Lawrence Fine is the Management Liability Coverage Leader for WTW’s FINEX North America division, with prior experience at law firms and an insurance carrier. He has more than 30 years’ legal and insurance industry experience, particularly in relation to Directors and Officers Liability, Professional Liability, Employment Practices Liability, and Fiduciary Liability.
Professional Experience
Prior to joining Willis Towers Watson, and after working at two law firms, Larry spent 27 years at AIG where he was responsible for all U.S. commercial D&O, fiduciary liability, employment liability and non-tech professional liability claims. For several years Larry was also Global Head of Professional Liability and D&O Claims at AIG. In his role as Claims Chief Technical Officer, Larry also helped write all of AIG’s Financial Lines policies and many endorsements which are still in use.
At AIG, Larry was personally involved in hundreds of cases and oversaw tens of thousands of claims. In addition to being an expert in dispute resolution, Larry has participated in over 100 mediations, almost all of them successfully resolving coverage disputes or underlying claims. As a result of his long career as a senior claims executive at AIG, Larry is respected by industry claims leaders.
In his role at WTW, Larry provides Thought and Product Leadership in connection with D&O and fiduciary exposures, utilizing his voluminous experience working on complex and high exposure claims to provide unique insight to our clients. Larry provides clients with wordings advice, coverage analyses, and input on litigation strategies, using his deep network of insurance executives, defense counsel, coverage counsel and mediators to leverage successful resolutions for our clients.
Speaking Engagements/Publications
Larry has spoken concerning directors and officers liability, lawyers liability, securities law, ERISA, employment and insurance issues at conferences sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), the Practicing Law Institute (PLI), Bloomberg, Thomson Legalworks, Director’s Roundtable, the American Conference Institute (ACI), the FICC and others. Larry has been published in diverse publications, including the Rutgers Law Review, Directorship Magazine, Securities Litigation Report, The Market Standard, the D&O Diary and Analog Science Fiction.
Education and Credentials
Larry received his J.D. from Rutgers School of Law and his B.A. from Washington University. Larry has an Associate in Risk Management designation from the Insurance Institute of America (IIA).
