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LinkedIn’s Reinsurance Claims Group is 100 Members Strong!

August 24th, 2010 Reinsurance Claims, Reinsurance Claims Group, Reinsurance Social Media Comments Off on LinkedIn’s Reinsurance Claims Group is 100 Members Strong!

 On July 30, 2010 we announced the formation of LinkedIn’s Reinsurance Claims group. (Post here)  On August 14, 2010 we introduced the co-managers of the group:  Nigel Shepherd, Robert Bear, Marc Lanzkowsky, Theresa Hajost, Bill Hook and me.  (Post here)  Today we are happy to report that we admitted our 100th member after having been in existence for less than one month!

The group actively discusses issues concerning U.S. and international ceded and assumed reinsurance claims.  It enables members to share information; discuss and debate issues; access a number of excellent reinsurance- and insurance-related blogs; and network with others in the domestic and international reinsurance community.  

The group welcomes new members, and encourages (but does not require) active participation.  The only requirement for membership is a bona fide interest in reinsurance claims.  The group is not a forum for, and does not permit, advertising or blatant self-promotion, so our members need not be concerned about being subject to sales pitches and the like. 

If you are already a member of LinkedIn, please click here to apply for membership in the group.  If you are not a LinkedIn member, please click here and you will be guided through the process of creating a profile (which does not need to be completed in one step).  Once your profile is started, and you have a user name and password, you can click here to apply for membership in the group.  Joining LinkedIn is free, as is joining the group.

We look forward to meeting you online!

[Editor’s Note:  If you are also interested in reinsurance and other types of arbitration and mediation, then we invite you to join LinkedIn’s Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group, which is now over 900 members strong.  (Post here, which contains information on how to join.)]

Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum is a LexisNexis Top 50 Insurance Law Blog for 2009!

August 17th, 2010 Reinsurance Social Media Comments Off on Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum is a LexisNexis Top 50 Insurance Law Blog for 2009!

On June 27, 2010 we announced that the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum had been nominated to be one of LexisNexis Insurance Law Community’s Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs for 2009.  (Post here)  Yesterday LexisNexis posted its list of the Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs for 2009, and we are happy to say that the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum made the final cut!   (Read LexisNexis’s post here.)

We are also pleased that The Claims SPOT — an excellent insurance and reinsurance claims blog owned by our good friend and fellow LinkedIn Reinsurance Claims group co-manager, Marc Lanzkowsky — also made the top 50 list.  Congratulations, Marc and keep up the great work! 

Making LexisNexis’s Insurance Law Community’s Top 50 list is a great honor and privilege, and we would like to thank the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community for selecting The Claims Spot, the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum, and the 48 other great blogs that made the list.

Meet the Reinsurance Claims Group Co-Managers

August 14th, 2010 ADR Social Media, Reinsurance Claims Comments Off on Meet the Reinsurance Claims Group Co-Managers

On July 30, 2010 we announced the formation of LinkedIn’s Reinsurance Claims group, which is a forum for the discussion of issues concerning U.S. and international ceded and assumed reinsurance claims.  (Post here)  We would like to introduce the co-managers of the group:  Nigel Shepherd, Robert Bear, Marc Lanzkowsky, Theresa Hajost, Bill Hook and me.  It is an honor to work with such a talented and professionally diverse group of people, and their commitment to the group bodes well for its success.    

But there is more.  Every one of these people is a great human being that is a pleasure to know and with whom it is a privilege to collaborate.  All are readily approachable and willing to share freely their impressive knowledge, skills and experience.  And that is what makes for a great Web 2.0 discussion and networking group.     Continue Reading »

Announcing a New LinkedIn Group: Reinsurance Claims

July 30th, 2010 ADR Social Media, Reinsurance Claims, Reinsurance Social Media Comments Off on Announcing a New LinkedIn Group: Reinsurance Claims

Readers know that I own and co-manage with other ADR professionals LinkedIn’s Commercial and Industry Arbitration and Mediation Group.  (See most recent post here.)   For some time, however, I have been planning to start a LinkedIn group that focused on reinsurance-related matters, and on July 28, 2010, my good friends Nigel Shepherd and Robert Bear and I took the plunge and formed Reinsurance Claims. 

After being in existence for only two days, the group has grown to 38 members, and our good friends Marc Lanzkowsky, Theresa Hajost and George Simpson, IV have  graciously agreed to join Nigel, Robert and me on the co-management team.  We intend to publish a shortly an article discussing the backgrounds and credentials of our very talented and diverse team. 

The group is a forum for the open discussion of issues and sharing of information concerning ceded and assumed reinsurance claims in the U.S. and overseas markets.  Topics of discussion may include, but are not limited to the presentation, adjustment, processing, settlement and payment of ceded and assumed reinsurance claims; claims dispute resolution, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and other forms of ADR; commutation; handling claims for a company in run-off; handling claims for an active writer; collections, including collections from companies in run off; comparative claims practices and procedures (e.g., London versus U.S. market); claims issues pertinent to insurance insolvencies; and coordination between the claims department and other departments of the company.  The group welcomes members from both the U.S. and international community.

Persons who should consider joining the group include in-house claims professionals; in-house and outside counsel; claims consultants and experts; actuaries; reinsurance arbitrators and mediators; brokers with claims responsibilities; and anyone genuinely interested in learning more about the subject.  The purpose of the group is information sharing and professional networking.  

The group welcomes new members, and encourages (but does not require) active participation.  The only requirement for membership is a bona fide interest in reinsurance claims.  The group is not a forum for, and does not permit, advertising or blatant self-promotion, so our members need not be concerned about being subject to sales pitches and the like. 

If you are already a member of LinkedIn, please click here to apply for membership in the group.  If you are not a LinkedIn member, click here, and you will be guided through the process of creating a profile (which does not need to be completed in one step).  Once your profile is started, and you have a log-in name and password, you can click here to apply for membership in the group.  Joining LinkedIn is free, as is joining the group. 

We hope you’ll join up!

Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum Nominated for Inclusion in LexisNexis Insurance Law Community’s Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs!

June 27th, 2010 ADR Social Media, Claims Spot, General Comments Off on Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum Nominated for Inclusion in LexisNexis Insurance Law Community’s Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs!

This blog, along with several other insurance-law-related blogs, has been nominated for inclusion in LexisNexis Insurance Law Community’s Top 50 Insurance Law Blogs.  But we haven’t made the final cut yet — LexisNexis will select the winners after a comment period that ends this June 30, 2010. 

According to the post announcing the initial nominees (here):

As many of you know, there are blogs, and then there are blogs. When we consider a blog for membership in ILC’s annual Top 50, we look for frequent posts, timely topics, and quality writing. Only the best may gain admission. Our readers have come to expect nothing less, and we wouldn’t have it any other way.  (emphasis in original)

If you read and enjoy the Loree Reinsurance and Arbitration Law Forum, we would be grateful if you would post a comment at the LexisNexis Insurance Law Community site recommending us for inclusion in the final Top 50 list.  Instructions on how to do so are here. 

We also note that our good friend Marc Lanzkowsky’s blog, The Claims SPOT, was included in the initial list of nominees.  If you are not already familiar with Marc’s blog, then we urge you to check it out, because we think you’ll like what you see.  And whether or not you are already familiar with Marc’s blog, if you share our view that it should be included in the final top 50 list, then please be sure to let LexisNexis know here.

Many thanks to all of our readers for your continued support!

EDITOR’S NOTE:  LexisNexis has advised us that the comment period has now been extended to July 9, 2010.