Regina Adler, Aon
Regina is the North America Construction Claims Leader for Aon, spearheading Aon’s commitment to deliver world-class claim support to Aon’s construction clients. Regina has more than two decades of experience handling complex construction claims, and she has built a national reputation as a leader who delivers technical expertise, best practices, and constructive carrier relationships for a wide range of clients who range from some of the largest international Contractors and Subcontractors to some of the most prominent Fortune 500 companies in industries from technology, infrastructure, and public works to residential owners, entertainment companies, educational institutions, health care companies and more. In her current role at Aon, Regina is a member of leadership of the Construction and Infrastructure department, working closely with Aon’s account executives and brokers to ensure that Aon’s construction clients receive the service and attention that they both need and rightfully expect.
Joe Becker, Cara Solutions
Joseph Becker is a Certified Public Accountant with over 35-years of experience measuring insurance claims on behalf of both the insurance carrier and the policy holder since 1988. In 1995, Joseph formed a CPA firm, that first represented insurance companies and eventually began representing the party sustaining the loss. In 2001, Joseph founded Cara Solutions and has since provided expertise related to measuring damages for insurance claim preparation, business income valuations, project management, property appraisal, risk consulting (including contingent business interruption and supply chain analysis), pre-loss disaster planning, disaster response, and litigation support.
Joseph and his wife, Michele, live in Montclair, NJ with their daughter, Felecia, who is finishing her freshman year in college.
Steve Cross, AXIS
Steve Cross is a Chartered Civil Engineer with 24 years’ insurance experience.
Steve studied Civil Engineering at university and spent 10 years in the 1990’s designing and building tunnels such as the Jubilee Line Extension and Heathrow Express in London, the Lisbon Metro, and the MTR in Hong Kong.
Steve’s first job in Insurance was as a Risk Engineer with Allianz in 2000 where he undertook risk assessments of projects under construction on behalf of the construction insurers. In 2003 Steve joined Zurich as a construction underwriter with a focus on Civil Engineering projects, predominantly tunnels, dams and infrastructure. Zurich Insurance in London lead many of the large global infrastructure projects during Steve’s tenure including metro projects in Singapore, Sydney, New York, London and Hong Kong; as well as hydroelectric construction projects in Europe, Asia and Latin America.
In 2009 Steve joined Hardy Syndicate to establish a construction team within syndicate and in 2016 Steve moved to Novae syndicate (subsequently purchased by AXIS Insurance) to establish and build the construction team. Steve grew the Construction team to 11 underwriters and over $250m GWP by 2024.
In 2024 Steve moved internally within AXIS to head the Non-Marine division of AXIS Global Markets in London which includes Construction, as well as Property, Terrorism and Casualty lines of business. Steve remains as Global Head of Construction.
In 2024 Steve became the Chairman of the London Engineering Group.
Henry Daar, WTW
Henry brings 45 years of property insurance experience to Willis Towers Watson. Henry joined WTW in June, 2017. Henry is the Team Leader of Willis’ National Property Claims Team.
As a trial attorney from 1980 to 2006, Henry focused on all aspects of first party property insurance. At WTW, Henry is using his experience to assist Willis clients in all facets of property insurance, including coverage analysis, policy certainty and claim resolution. The following summarizes Henry’s background and experience.
From 1980 until 1992, Henry was an attorney with Clausen, Miller, Gorman, Caffrey & Witous, P.C., where he worked on numerous large property insurance matters. In 1992, Henry started his own law firm, Daar & Vanek, where he continued his industry-leading efforts regarding property insurance, including drafting insurance policy provisions which are still in use today. At each of these firms, Henry gained experience through the representation of both insurers and insureds. Through representation of both the insurance industry and insureds, Henry gained a unique insight into the handling of property insurance issues from both perspectives.
Henry handles first party property, boiler and machinery/equipment breakdown and Builders Risk coverage disputes on behalf of Willis clients.
In 2006 Henry joined Aon Corporation as Executive Vice President and Head of National Property claims. At Aon Henry interfaced with its property brokers to ensure contract certainty and claim resolution.
Maryanne Foster, Barton Malow Holdings
Maryanne B. Foster is the Vice President of Risk Management for Barton Malow, a large commercial general contractor based in Southfield, Michigan.
Barton Malow is well known in the construction environment as a premier builder in numerous commercial markets including manufacturing, auto and battery plants, stadiums, hospitals, higher education, and energy projects. Prior to joining Barton Malow, Ms. Foster was a coverage attorney and partner at the law firm, Plunkett Cooney, in the Bloomfield Hills, Michigan office. In that position, Ms. Foster served as coverage counsel for several large national property and casualty insurers, providing coverage advice, counsel and litigation representation primarily in construction related disputes. Ms. Foster is also an insurance producer licensed in the State of Michigan.
Previously Ms. Foster also served as Senior Coverage Counsel at Amerisure Insurance Company in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
Patrick Harrington, Marsh
Patrick has 34 years’ experience of insurance claims of which the last 18 have been dedicated to major and complex construction matters emanating from the London market and internationally. He plays a role in many of the largest and most complex construction losses currently in the market and participates in the successful resolution of claims disputes for UK and overseas clients.
His career has involved work as a Claims Advocate in the broking houses of JLT and Marsh Construction Practices, a Claims Consultant undertaking claims preparation and presentation for clients at Echelon Claims Consultants and a Loss Adjuster. Patrick’s insight and experience is fairly unique within the broking world and often different thinking, coupled with a direct yet collaborative and technically robust style, enables solutions to be found when none may have seemingly been on the table.
He offers Marsh clients strategic and technical advice through the claim journey to bring about resolution of the most difficult and challenging claims arising under covers for construction and erection works, delay in start-up, liability and design & construct professional indemnity as well as latent defects and subcontractor default.
Many of the claims Patrick resolves span more than one of these classes and demand sound interpretation and application of principles around what is damage and the defective work, corrosion and other commonly encountered exclusions in CAR/EAR/DSU and construction PI & liability policies. The interplay between the material damage and liability covers is typically vexing but having managed many such claim problems Patrick is able to dovetail the responses and bring reluctant markets to work on a satisfactory apportionment in an overall settlement that is favourable to our clients.
Paulina Herrington, SCOR
Paulina has over 18 years of claims handling experience predominantly within CAR, EAR, onshore energy and power generation. Paulina joined SCOR UK in June 2022 as Global Practice Lead for Construction Claims where her focus is on managing large lead construction claims worldwide, with a large proportion of her portfolio being Builders Risk losses in the US. Prior to joining SCOR, she spent almost 11 years at Liberty Specialty Markets as a Senior Claims Specialist handling large and complex energy and construction claims. Before Liberty, Paulina spent 4 years working in the energy loss adjusting division of Charles Taylor.
Paulina is also a deputy chair of the IUA’s Construction and Engineering Claims Committee which focuses on promoting good practice, hosting educational presentations and sharing industry insights within the London market claims community.
Melissa Impastato, J.S. Held
Melissa Impastato has been a construction professional for nearly 25 years and has extensive experience with project management, general contracting, and construction operations during her tenure with an ENR top 10 construction firm. In Melissa’s current role at J.S. Held, she concentrates on construction planning/scheduling and cost evaluation on insurance matters during the course of construction and has been a testifying expert on many Builder’s Risk claims.
Prior to joining J.S. Held, Melissa was a Vice President of Operations for Urban Investment Partners (UIP), a vertically integrated owner/developer/contractor specializing in multi-family investments. At UIP, Melissa held an executive management role in their construction group and focused on preconstruction, contract negotiation, personnel management, and project performance. In addition, Melissa spent 15 years at Clark Construction Group, one of the nation’s top contractors as well as the largest privately held general contractor. At Clark, Melissa was responsible for on-site management, change order / claims negotiation and resolution, and schedule and budget management and was directly responsible for construction in excess of $200 million dollars throughout her career.
Keith Kurland, Walker Dunlop
Bio coming soon
Joe Lakich, Sedgwick
Joseph S. Lakich is a Senior Executive General Adjuster in the Seattle, WA office of Sedgwick. He has worked in the insurance industry for more than thirty years beginning his career with Lindsey Morden as a property adjuster and was promoted to the West Coast Regional Manager. From there, he joined McLarens Toplis (VeriClaim) in 2000 and then Crawford in 2003, gaining experience in the commercial claims field and advancing to EGA before returning to VeriClaim (now part of Sedgwick) in 2009.
Joe is a graduate of California State University – Sacramento, CA where he earned his Bachelor of Science – in Criminal Justice. Since entering the insurance industry, he has earned the Associate in Claims (AIC) and Property Claim Law Associate (PCLA) designations. In his current role as Senior Executive General Adjuster, he works on complex commercial large losses of all perils, with specialization in Builders Risk and Equipment Breakdown claims, among other areas. He has experience in large commercial property losses involving Technology, Manufacturing and Industrial, Semi-Conductor, Energy and Power, Entertainment and Gaming, Healthcare facilities, Hospitality, Multi-Family, Retail and Wholesale, Warehousing and Distribution losses involving direct insurers, complex market policies and claims represented by Public Adjusters / Attorneys.
Eric Marsh, Vantage Data Centers
Bio coming soon
Lexi May, Meaden & Moore
Almost 20 years of forensic accounting experience performing calculations and writing reports regarding business income losses, extra expense analysis, property damage, soft costs analysis, builder’s risk losses, inventory losses, and financial motive for a variety of industries including; manufacturing, retail, healthcare, hospitality, real estate, apparel, utility, food service, law, education, and religious entities.
Chelsea Nelson, Marsh
Chelsea joined our firm in 2023 with over 10 years in the industry. Prior to joining the Marsh team she worked at WTW on the North American Builder’s Risk Broking Team. Chelsea also previously served as an inland marine underwriter at Chubb where she was successful in coordinating and managing construction property programs for large owners and contractors throughout the United States, delivering significant growth as well as crafting and managing construction property programs for a diverse group of owners and contractors.
Lourdes Reyes, Allianz Insurance
Lourdes Reyes is a seasoned claims professional with Allianz Global Risks US Insurance Company, part of Allianz Commercial, where she has served since April 1997. With deep expertise in Construction, Property, and Power lines of business, Lourdes manages complex claims, including Builders Risk and Delay Start Up losses. She handles claims for owner/developers, general contractors, and multinational companies under master policies, frequently coordinating with Allianz affiliates worldwide.
Lourdes is designated on key accounts and is also involved in special projects across her areas of focus.
Andrew Rice, Ryan Specialty
Andrew Rice, Esq., serves in dual roles as Assistant General Counsel with Ryan Specialty and Claims Counsel with Technical Risk Underwriters (TRU).
In his prior practice, he advised and represented clients primarily in the areas of builder’s risk, commercial property, and reinsurance. Andrew is a graduate of Boston College and Boston College Law School.
Nigel Ward, Aviva
Nigel is a technical insurance practitioner with broad experience of managing major insurance losses. He has significant experience of London and international markets, including Lloyd’s, focused on claims management and team leadership.
Nigel has represented Lloyd’s syndicates and both London and international market companies on the Steering Committee of many of the major losses of the new Millennium, including the World Trade Centre, damage to the State of Louisiana following Hurricane Katrina, claims arising from Deepwater Horizon and losses sustained during construction of the Al Burj tower and other global projects.
At Marsh, Nigel acted for many of the world’s largest companies, ensuring major losses were project-managed to resolve high-level coverage and quantum issues, often via direct negotiation with insurers, reinsurers, captives and third parties.
He joined Aviva in 2018 to provide best possible service to clients who suffer major losses in the areas of Construction/LDI, Power/Renewables, Engineering and/or Political Violence and Terrorism
Fred White, Munich Re
Mr. White is a Senior Legal Counsel with Munch Re focusing on insurance wordings and contracts for the company.
Prior to joining Munich Re, Mr. White was a partner at a private insurance defense law firm in Florida where he specialized in construction defect and engineering malpractice litigation.
William Wilson, Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass
William (Bill) Wilson has almost thirty-four years of experience handling insurance-related matters. He is a partner with the law firm of Mound Cotton Wollan & Greengrass. Since 1998, he has been responsible for running the Firm’s New Jersey office. Bill’s practice focuses primarily on the handling of complex first-party and third-party insurance coverage disputes. He is a member of the New Jersey, New York, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Texas bars, and is also admitted to numerous federal courts.
Bill is a former Adjunct Professor of Law at Seton Hall University School of Law. He also is the co-author of New Jersey Insurance Coverage Litigation – 2021: A Practitioner’s Guide, which is published by the New Jersey Institute for Continuing Legal Education, a division of the New Jersey State Bar Association.