Professional Note
Adnan Arain
Seasoned Executive – Trusted Adviser
Insurance – Law – Entrepreneurship
Experience
Public Directors & Officers Insurance Brokerage (2022-2024)
Client-facing and market-facing for the largest and most complex accounts.
- Prevailed on four RFP’s for publicly traded companies
- Go-to resource for presentations to corporate leadership and boards – publicly traded, private and private equity accounts
SVP, Head of Claims and Subject Matter Expert – All Executive Lines (2019-2022)
Led team of 3 claims analysts; brokered terms for Executive Lines Panel and Cyber Panel; lead content creator – Executive Lines
Private and Nonprofit Directors & Officers Insurance Brokerage (2017-2019)
Spearheaded every Executive Lines renewal – Private/Nonprofit D&O, Ancillary Lines, E&O and Cyber
Analytics; Head of Claims; Subject Matter Expert – Lawyers Professional, Management Liability, EPL, Cyber (2013-2017)
Led team of 2 claims analysts; Authored all thought leadership; Created and curated analytics system for tracking claims and renewal data
AVP, Senior Broker – Lawyers Professional, Management Liability, EPL (2007-2013)
Client executive to AmLaw 200 Law Firms
Practice of Law (2000-2007)
Prevailed on 3 dispositive motions and 2 appellate briefs; 2nd chair jury trial; due diligence for $135M telecom acquisition; extensive motion practice in: insurance defense – professional liability – toxic torts
Representative Publications
- Cyber Insurance and Law Firms – Published at AJG.com, January 2022
- Fiduciary Duteis of Attorneys in Legal Malpractice Cases – Published at AJG.com, May 2021
- Purchasing Employed Lawyers Insurance with Executive Liability – Published at AJG.com, May 2021
- Outside Directors Liability for Private Equity Firms – Published at AJG.com, March 2021
- Current Considerations for D&O and Bankruptcy – Published at AJG.com, December 2020
- How D&O Policies Respond in Bankruptcy Proceedings – Published at AJG.com,
August 2020 - Google and Ascension Health Data Sharing and Cyber Insurance, April 2020
- CLE Presentation – Lawyers Professional Liability Insurance Overview, October 2019
- Presentation to Client: Social Engineering – Overview and Cyber Insurance Trends, July 2018
- Created, Moderated and Presented ABA Panel Presentation: When the Bankruptcy Trustee Comes Calling, National Legal Malpractice Conference – American Bar Association,
April 2018 - Presentation: The Rise of the Claims Advocate –Defining the Role Vis a Vis Insurance Recovery Counsel, at law firm Neal, Gerber and Eisenberg, April 2018
- Requiring Cybersecurity Insurance: Best Practices for Business Associate Agreements, March 2015
- M&A and Stratification – Law Firm Trends Within a Larger Movement, July 2014
Education
Juris Doctor
Northwestern University Pritzker School of Law
Fulbright Scholarship Recipient
BA, Near Eastern Languages & Civilization
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