Professional Insurance/Business Technical Assistant

Linda Scott

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Bronx,New York **469

Contact:646-***-****

Email:*****.******@*****.***

PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

A results driven professional who has held both permanent and consulting positions as a Lead Claims Technical Representative for more than 15 years. My experience in the Commercial, Personal and Professional Liability Insurance industry has helped me to become well known and respected within the Domestic and International insurance industry.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Concepts In Staffing June 2007 - June 2008

Client: Liberty International Underwriters, Inc New York, NY Consultant - Claims Technical Representative

Responsibilities include but are not limited to providing technical assistance to in-house counsel (6 lawyers) and to less senior members of the team, along with serving as a SME for various lines of business

Additional Responsibilities are:

• D&O Coverage (Directors and Officers)

• EPL Coverage Employer Personal Liability Coverage.

• Processing all aspects of claims first reports, summons and complaints and court litigation.

• Entering reserves and premium payments.

Tanenbaum Harbar, Inc. March 2006 – June 2007

Commercial Claims Representative

Responsibilities included but were not limited to providing assistance in the following areas of Commercial claims, along with serving as a SME for Automobile and Property Liability underwriting.

• Maintain over 100 Commercial Accounts Domestic and International

• Work directly with the Insured

• Work directly with Carrier Adjusters

• Assist Attorneys with legal processing of the claims.

• Handle all daily routes of claims processing including, First Reports and Attorney's Letters and Summons and Complaints, etc.

• Specialized in handling analysis of various types of reported claims.

(Automobile, Property and Personal Liability Claims)

• Claims Department's Marine Claims Specialist

• Hull and Machinery - All Risks Policies

• Builders Risks, War Risks

• Physical Damage, Construction, Operators Extra Expense, Business Interruption

• Subrogation and salvage, natural/manmade catastrophes.

• Recovery expense control through intervention, resolution and domestic/international litigation management.

AON Risks Services, Inc.

December 2001 - December 2005

Claims Specialist

• 2003 Assigned to AON's Financial Service Department handling all Unassigned Accounts

• 2004 Assigned to work on AON's Surplus Lines Project.

• Manage all claims processing First Reports and Follow-ups

• Correspond with the Insured and Adjusters

• Subrogation and Recovery - Identify potential defendants and prepare notice of a claim against them, coordinate investigations, identify and collect documents, locate and interview witnesses and preserve evidence so that spoliation problems are averted. Assist Attorney and Counsel in litigation matters.

• Assisted Attorney's with litigation requested information and other legal aspects of claims handling.

• Specialized in handling All Marine Claims.

• Handled Special Assigned Commercial Accounts (Lehman Brothers, Inc., The NASDAQ Stock Market and TEXTRON, Inc.) All Coverage’s.

CNA - All American Marine Slip March 1995 - March 2000

Associate Marine Underwriter

• Monitor and managed diversified accounts for major Domestic and international Commercial Accounts

• Handled Submissions, Binders, Policy Renewals, Endorsements and Treaties.

• Maintained on a daily basis the servicing of accounts payable and accounts receivable.

• Analyze claims including loss amounts, reserves, reserve changes and statistical changes.

• Verified premium payments to and from various business offices.

• Chatterer’s Legal Liability - Terminal Operator’s Legal Liability

• Marina Operator’s Legal Liability - Wharfinger’s Legal Liability

• Ship repairer’s Legal Liability - Vessel Builder’s Risk

• Stevedore’s Legal Liability - Marine General Liability

• Subrogation and Recovery - First Party Coverage

Marsh McLennan, Inc. March 1985 - March 1994

Accounts Representative- (Underwriting and Claims)

• Accumulated and analyzed statistical comparative data and prepared profit/loss summaries for quarterly, semi-annual and annual reports for various Bluewater and Energy Accounts.

• Verified rates for premiums per account verified discounts and processed billing statements to underwriters.

• Reviewed collected premiums for accounts receivable and accounts payable. Third party payments and reconciled billing and claim payments discrepancies specializing.

• Hull and Liability Claims – small US coastal craft to large scale cruise vessels

• Energy Claims – Offshore platforms, pipelines, and submersibles.

• Knowledge of American Institute of Marine Underwriters

• Knowledge of Admiral Law

• Knowledge of Warranties and Marine Laws. (Inland and Offshore)

• Handled Subrogation and Recovery for Domestic and International Insured.

EDUCATION:

Long Island University - New York, NY

Bachelor of Business Administration - Business Management

The College of Insurance - New York, NY

Courses completed:

University of Texas - Houston, TX

Courses completed:

Member of the American Marine Insurance Forum

Over 10 years experience in Marine Insurance.

TECHNICAL SKILLSET SUMMARY:

MICROSOFT WORD * POWERPOINT * EXCEL * GENUIS *

AS400 * AMS360 * AMS Sagitta * Applied * Corporate Systems (paperless)

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