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40,000+ Claims Crude Oil Pipeline Break, Nigeria	Planned and managed receipt and recording of third party liability claims. Consulted on claims management strategies including negotiations with tribal chieftains and Nigerian governmental authorities. Assembled and managed a team of Nigerian claims adjusters.
$200 Million Claim Oil Well Blowout, Italy	For underwriter, managed, mitigated and assessed claims resulting from this drilling incident. Services included assessing periodic claims from the assured, reporting to the underwriter and negotiating payments on account, advising the assured regarding all manner of third party claims. Developed and implemented a costs reporting database. Also provided assessment/adjustment expertise to the hired loss-adjusting firm. Assisted in the evaluations, negotiations and settlements of approximately 7,000 third party liability claims as a result of this incident. Coordinated with the client’s outside counsel regarding all litigation matters (including, but not limited to criminal investigations). Liaison between the Assured and excess insurance carriers relating to all coverage issues on this multi-year response.
$1.5 Billion Claim Contamination Cleanup, Material Damages And Business Interruption Resulting From The Persian Gulf War.	For the injured party, coordinated efforts of multi-discipline and multi-national project team and summarized findings in report format for presentation to the United Nations Compensation Committee. Developed and implemented comprehensive document/data management system that was critical to the efficient review and analysis necessary for reporting.
$5 Million Claim Trade Disruption From Hurricane, Honduras	For the underwriter, conducted inspections to investigate the impact of this catastrophic event on the company’s operations with regard to Trade Disruption Insurance. Analyzed coverage and damages and reported to client regarding establishment of reserves and assessment of exposures.
$1.2 Billion Claim War Damages Claim Calculation, Saudi Arabia	For the injured party, we worked under the direction of outside legal counsel to develop claim for extraordinary expenses resulting from the invasion and occupation of Kuwait. Analyzed data and prepared summary of claim for presentation to United Nations Compensation Commission.
Pipeline Leak Oruro, Bolivia	For the insured, developed a claims handling program for investigating and settling all manner of claims resulting from a pipeline spill caused by flooding.
Oil Well Blowout Port Harcourt, Nigeria	For the policyholder, reviewed and analyzed historical documents in order to develop a claim for this inland oil well blowout incident. Developed and implemented a document/data management system to produce the information needed for the claim.
Business Interruption Claim Mexico City, Mexico	Provided financial review and consulting services and prepared report on this $2 million loss at a Mexican automobile assembly plant.
Mine Tailings - Toxic Release Seville, Spain	Managed "Fast Track" claims office assessing, negotiating and settling over 500 claims resulting from a release of mine tailings into the Guadalquivir Valley. Claims included assorted crops, livestock, bees and other miscellaneous items.
Pipeline Explosion Bogota, Colombia	Investigated loss resulting from an explosion along a pipeline in Colombia and presented reports detailing the nature and extent of the damage, as well as the estimated reserves.
$5 Million Claim Industrial Flood Damage, Botswana	For the underwriter, provided invoice auditing, costs analysis, and development/implementation of costs data management system including preparation of formal costs reports for presentation to underwriters regarding this claim that resulted from large scale flood damage to a mining/extraction and production complex.
Over $2 Billion Claim Gulf War Damage Assessment Kuwait City, Kuwait	Coordinated efforts of multi-disciplined and multi-national project team and summarized findings in report format for presentation to the United Nations Compensation Committee.
750 Claims Oil Over Spray, Midwest, USA	Planned and managed all phases of third party claims operations and client reporting including settlement strategies, file processing, time and expense reporting and a variety of summary and detail reports to client’s management. Liability claims payments related to this over spray incident that affected 6 square miles of residential and light industrial properties. Development and implementation of a claims tracking and management system. Rebuffed threatened class action litigation filings.
6,000 Barrel Crude Oil Pipeline Break, Midwest, USA	Tracked, recorded and reported to client management on all response contractor personnel, equipment and supplies involved in this cleanup operation. Advised client in negotiating and paying invoices. Our daily inventory reports were used by client in dealing with state and federal environmental agencies.
500,000 Gallon Crude Oil Spill, Gulf Coast, USA	For the responsible party, managed third party claims handling and cost control of contractor works for damages resulting from this crude spill in the Mississippi River. Advised client regarding third party related damage assertions as well. Acted as liaison with the clients Legal and Public Relations. Developed and implemented a claims tracking and management system.
$50 Million Claim Crude Oil Tanker Spill, Northeast, USA	Assisted in managing third party liability claims payments program that successfully preempted large class action litigation filings from going forward and paid several thousand claims from individual property owners as well as businesses. Administered contractor cost containment program including daily personnel, equipment and supplies inventories, invoice auditing, invoice negotiation and invoice payment processes.
Over $500 Million Claim Environmental Impairment, USA	Responsible for all claims and cost review issues relating to the investigation, evaluation and negotiation/settlement of over 70 large property damage claims totaling more than 500 Million dollars. These claims involved environmental impairment allegations at locations throughout the USA resulting from, in some cases, over 50 years of manufacturing activities. Tasks included the design and control of a document management system (DMS) for the purpose of recording information received by all involved parties and/or obtained via FOIA requests. Other tasks involve developing models for claim assessment and presentation scenarios, as well as litigation support services. All facets of work on these claims were particularly sensitive due to the contentious and litigious history between the underwriter and the policyholder.
$15 Million Claim Crude Oil Tanker Spill, Mississippi River, USA	For P&I club underwriter, worked closely with their attorney to develop and implement a cost database/invoice management system, while managing invoice review and payment process for oil spill cleanup costs resulting from a spill near the environmentally sensitive Mississippi River delta. Responsibilities also included payment negotiations with contractors and liaison with attorney’s and P&I club representatives in efforts to control and mitigate costs. Negotiated, settled and paid invoices related to spill clean up operations.
$2 Billion Claim Product Liability, USA	For the product manufacturer, managed Litigation Support Unit, including extensive business interruption analyses. Analyzed claims and presented business valuation and damage assessment (recommended claims settlement value) reports. Additionally, performed forensic accounting, alternative disputes resolution, discovery assistance and document management and expert preparation for lead and outside counsels.
Pipeline Break Kentucky, USA	For the responsible party, managed and implemented a cost recording and management system and advised client as to cost mitigation strategies related to this pipeline release of approximately 20,000 bbls of crude oil in agricultural farmland. Administered and coordinated field operations as well as analyzed / synthesized data for presentation to client.