Presenters

Clive O’Connell | Partner, Head of Insurance and Reinsurance | McCarthy Denning

Clive O’Connell has practised in the area of insurance and reinsurance law since he qualified in 1982. He has handled disputes relating to reinsurance and risk transfer in many jurisdictions around the world and has advised clients on all aspects of reinsurance and complex risk transfer mechanisms including alternative risk transfer (ART) and insurance-linked securities (ILS). Utilising the experience gained in dispute resolution he has worked with clients on the wordings of major reinsurance programmes and on the creation of innovative products and risk solutions. Clive was for many years the General Counsel and on the Board of the International Insurance Society and is a regular speaker and writer on industry subjects

Donald M. George (Moderator) | Vice President, Casualty and Professional Liability | Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Agency 

Don is Vice President of Casualty and Professional Liability for Royal & SunAlliance Insurance Agency and sets technical and compliance standards for General Liability, Auto, Umbrella/Excess, E&O and D&O “reverse flow” policies in the United States that are related to the multinational parents that RSA writes.  He has traveled to 38 countries in his role as liaison between RSA’s foreign global underwriters to help them place admitted policies in the US.