INDEPENDENT CAPTIVE BOARD MEMBER, EXPERT WITNESS,SPECIAL ARBITRATION SERVICES

INDEPENDENT CAPTIVE BOARD MEMBER, EXPERT WITNESS,SPECIAL ARBITRATION SERVICES

INDEPENDENT CAPTIVE BOARD MEMBER, EXPERT WITNESS,SPECIAL ARBITRATION SERVICES
John J. O’Brien JD, CLU, CPCU is an independent captive board member, an attorney and insurance specialist with over thirty years experience in insurance, captive insurance, trial practice and insurance law. He believes that a truly active and insurance qualified independent board member can make a significant contribution to the success of a captive, a reciprocal or a risk retention group. He has written extensively on risk, insurance and captive insurance and addressed conferences nationwide and testified as an insurance expert in state and federal courts. He is Adjunct Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at the College of Charleston. Many of his writings are available through a Google search of John J. O’Brien JD, CLU, and CPCU.John is a native of Philadelphia and a graduate of La Salle University. He earned his law degree at the University of Tennessee. He began his insurance career as an insurance agent and during the course of his professional career, he has served as Vice President and General Counsel of American Patriot Insurance Company, Associate General Counsel of National Home Insurance Company, Counsel at IDS Insurance Company (now American Express ), and Counsel at Colonial Penn Insurance Company. He founded O’Brien and Hennessy, a leading national insurance subrogation law firm, and served on the board of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals.He has tried many civil and criminal cases including medical malpractice cases. He is a licensed attorney in South Carolina providing corporate legal services and resident agent services primarily to South Carolina domiciled captive insurance companies.In the 1980s he served as Council President of a leading Pennsylvania municipality. At the time, the availability crises for police liability insurance led him to explore the feasibility of forming a group captive or purchasing group for municipalities to provide this coverage and served as his introduction to Bermuda and captive insurance.Generally acknowledged as one of the earliest proponents of the captive industry in South Carolina, he founded the first captive insurance management company (Charleston Captive Management Company) in the state. He helped form the South Carolina Captive Insurance Association serving as president and a member of the board of directors. He was instrumental in establishing the Captive Insurance Education Certificate Program in Charleston and in the formation of the Friendly Society Restored, an organization composed of captive service providers in South Carolina. He is a member of the board of directors of The International Center for Captive Insurance Educational and an instructor of ICCIE’s course in professional ethics. He is a member of the insurance committee of the South Carolina Bar Association.He serves as a consultant in the areas of corporate governance and regulatory liaison and board member to a rapidly growing transportation risk retention group.He has participated in the establishing of many captive insurance companies and risk retention groups. John focuses his health care captive consulting on adding value to the formation and ongoing operation of risk retention groups and reciprocals through attention to patient care first as well as wealth accumulation and preservation for physicians through loss control and well proven formulas for success. He serves on the boards of several leading healthcare captives and risk retention groups ranging from nursing home professional liability to physician malpractice groups.He has testified in state and federal courts on insurance matters including matters relating to proper claims handling of both life and health insurance claims as well as casualty claims. He has served as claims attorney for leading carriers.He formed and owned the first captive management company in South Carolina. The company he founded, Charleston Captive Management Company, was purchased by Wilmington Trust in 2005. After assisting Wilmington Trust as Vice President during its entry into captive insurance management, in 2007 he launched his insurance consultant practice which he advises clients on the formation and operation of captives, reciprocals, purchasing and risk retention groups, serves as an independent board member, offers expert testimony and handles special intercompany arbitration matters for captives.John J. O’Brien JD, CLU, CPCUA Professional Corporation4862 Marshwood DriveHollywood, South Carolina 294481-843-571-0407Email: lionsthree@aol.com 9:24:00 AM by lionsthree Delete
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