Contact Information:
Maskee, Tudor Close, Great Bookham, Surrey KT23 3DP
Telephone: 01372 454993. Mobile: 07841 581670
Email: stephenhartingan@aol.com

Expertise (examples of assignments):
2004 Expert witness on dispute to authorisation to carry on business in the UK
2004 Expert witness on Underwriting agency dispute
2004 Expert witness on Insurance Premium tax dispute with Customs and Excise
2004 Expert witness on dispute between US Reinsurer and London Market Cedent on PA reinsurance
2004 Expert with on witness on dispute between US Cedent and London market Value reinsurers professional indemnity reinsurance communication.
2003 Expert witness on Sports Personal Accident dispute
2003 Expert witness in dispute on reinsurance of a major travel account.
2003 Inspection and advice on reinsurance of major London Market Marine reinsurance programme.
2003 Advice on Film Finance Dispute.
2003 Appointed as Arbitrator on a London Market Facultative placement of World Trade Centre
2003 Arbitrator on reinsurance Dispute relating to Bloodstock Reinsurance treaties.
2002 Reinsurance Consultant to Road Accident fund of South Africa.
2002 Novation of Over 1000 Reinsurance contracts ranging from 1982-2002
2001 Commercial Settlement of disputed Personal Accident Retrocession Programme
2001 Litigation of Medical Expense Reinsurance treaty.
2000-2002 Litigation on Property Binder
2000 Commutation of disputed Motor Excess of Loss protections (£5m)
1998 Negotiated establishment of Broadgate Underwriting syndicate at Lloyds
1995-2001 Expert Witness on Trade Credit issue
1994-1996 Collaborated with City of London Fraud Office on £26m fraud by city based insuance brokers leading to successful conviction.
1992-2002 Annual purchase of £100m reinsurance programme.
Expert Witness on Mortgage Indemnity/Residual Value dispute.
Expert Witness on role and duties of a reinsurance broker.

Career:
2005 - Present
Chief Executive Officer, Interglobal Limited.
Running a major Insurance Underwriting Operation specialising in Medical Insurance programmes for Expatriates. Underwritten by Lloyds and International companies.

2003-2004
JTW Reinsurance Services Limited, London-based reinsurance consultancy
Director acting as an Arbitrator, Mediator and Expert Witness in Insurance and Reinsurance disputes. Overseeing major inspection and consultancy projects.

1992-2002
Group Insurance Company (previously Gan Minster Insurance Company)
Managing Director with specific responsibility for UK Commercial Insurance and claims. London market Underwriting, Reinsurance purchasing, Dispute resolution and miscellaneous Risks Account. Presided over merger with Lombard Insurance Company and significant input preparation of Sale Information Memorandum in conjunction with Lazards and Linklaters.

1990-1992
Trinity Insurance Company Limited
Managing Director Establishing Reinsurance division and took over UK Commercial operations. Identified irregularities in shareholder structure and terminated underwriting activitis. Worked with administrators on successful Scheme of Arrangement.

1986-1990
Hogg Robinson and Gardner Mountain (now Aon group)
Acting Managing Director of Non Marine reinsurance division. Chairman of Divisional Executive committee.

1977-1986
J.D. Rowland Insurance Brokers (re-named Nasco Insurance brokers)
Director responsible for all reinsurance placements for the group Insurance Companies located in Lebanon, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, as well as development of London Market Reinsurance business.

Professional Qualifications & Accreditations:
Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (MCIArb)
Member of the Academy of Experts
Accredited CEDR mediator
Member of ABI Reinsurance Committee 1995-2002
Member of Pool Re Technical Committee 1996-2002
Panel Member of A.R.I.S. UK
Member of British Insurance Law Association (BILA)
Admitted to Worshipful Company of Insurers: October 2001
Freeman of the City of London

Additional languages: French and Spanish

Speaking Engagements:
Lloyds Training Institute
Chartered Insurance Institute
Swiss Re
Federation of Afro Asian Insurers and Reinsures (F.A.I.R.)
Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-vous, Baden Baden Reinsurance Meeting
Eurolegal Conference on Reinsurance Underwriting (July 2003).
Member of Training Faculty for Arias Mediation course in conjunction with University of Nottingham Law School (2004)