Constance O’Mara
Principal, O’Mara Consulting, LLC
Ms. O’Mara has 20 years of insurance claims management experience. Prior to beginning her consulting business, her most recent position as the President of Brandywine Division of ACE USA Insurance companies was the latest in a series of positions of increasing responsibility managing both direct and assumed claims operations, as well as a nationwide litigation department. Her extensive experience on claims management techniques and litigation issues enables her to provide perspective and advice on a variety of claims handling and reinsurance recovery issues. In addition, she has developed processes and metrics for managing litigation, aligning litigation strategy, and assessing litigation risk. She has designed and implemented auditing programs to effectively assess reserve development and document financial controls.
Her current practice includes serving as an expert witness on claims handling issues as well as assisting companies in evaluating exposures and allocating losses/reserves. Her office is in Haddonfield, New Jersey, 20 minutes from downtown Philadelphia, but her work has included projects in California, Oregon, New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Ms. O’Mara received her JD from Notre Dame Law School and is licensed to practice in New Jersey.
Articles and Presentations:
• Co-editor AIRROC Special Edition of AIRROC Matters: Insolvency Special Edition, Summer 2011
• Speaker/Facilitator, ARIAS Spring Conference, May 5-7, 2010: How to Make Arbitrations Better, Quicker, Cheaper
• Author, Dealing with Attorney-client Privileged or Work Product Documents in Arbitration, Published 1Q2010 ARIAS Quarterly
• ARIAS Arbitrator Seminar: Mock Arbitration on Discovery Issues involving Attorney-Client Privilege (New York, NY Fall Conference November 2008)
• American Conference Institute, Advanced National Forum on Environmental Insurance Coverage and Claims: “Recovering under “Old” CGL Policies: Lessons Learned and a Look Ahead”
• International Association of Defense Counsel, 2003 Mid-year Meeting, Pebble Beach, CA: “What Insurance Companies Need from their Defense Counsel in Defending Asbestos Claims”
• Complex Insurance Claims Litigation Association (CICLA) 2003 Annual Seminar: “Status of the “Suit” and “Damages” Issues under CGL policies”
• Emerging and Environmental Claims Manager’s Conference, 2002 Annual Conference, Scottsdale, AR: “Foster-Gardner and Powerine Issues in California, future development under Powerine II and County of San Diego”
Credentials:
- Certified Arbitrator, ARIAS-US (AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Association)
- Member New Jersey Association of Professional Mediators
- Official Roster of Mediators, Superior Court of New Jersey
- Member, New Jersey Bar Association, Dispute Resolution Section
- Editorial Board: AIRROC (Association of Insurance and Reinsurance Run-off Companies) Newsletter: AIRROC Matters