Caryn Siebert Joins CLM Advisors

Caryn Siebert Joins CLM Advisors

Deerfield, Ill — CLM Advisors is pleased to announce that Caryn Siebert has joined CLM Advisors. Caryn brings a unique perspective to her CLM Advisor clients. She has served as a CEO, Chief Claims Officer and General Counsel, in roles with TPAs, insurance carriers and self-insured companies.

With more than 20 years of experience in legal, claims, and risk management, Caryn helps her clients achieve operational excellence, build high performing teams, and solve problems across a myriad of disciplines.  She also serves as a certified mediator and provides risk management advice to self-insureds, public entities, MGAs, insurers, and reinsurers.

Caryn is a proud recipient of the 2017 CLM Litigation Management Professional of the Year award and also the 2017 Ollie Award. In 2016 she authored Chapter Four of “Words of Wisdom from Women to Watch and was an honoree in the 2010 “Woman to Watch” Business Insurance awards.

Caryn is an active CLM leader, having been an original member of the CLM National Committee, and continuing to serve as a member of the Retail, Restaurant & Hospitality and also the Technology and Subrogation Committees of the CLM. She has served as a teacher at the CLM Claims College and has spoken at the CLM Annual Conference and also Regional and Specialty conferences. She continues to chair the CCC in Southern California and supports several non-profits including Kids Konnected, Alzheimer’s and Pathways.

Prior to joining CLM Advisors, Caryn led the claims operations of a large insurance carrier, in a role that included the oversight of TPAs across the country and an internal team of claims professionals. Previously she served as President of Carl Warren & Company, which, under her guidance, was listed on the Inc5000 list of fastest growing private companies in 2014 and was also awarded the National ESOP Company of the Year in 2013.

In prior roles, Caryn served as SVP and Claims Director of Safeco Insurance, Director of Commercial Claims for GE Employers Reinsurance, and General Counsel for GE Coregis.  Caryn started her career practicing insurance and reinsurance law at LeBoeuf, Lamb.

Caryn received a B.A., magna cum laude, from Brooklyn College and a J.D., cum laude, from New York Law and is still in good standing with the bar associations in NY, NJ and WA.

Inquiries about Caryn’s services can be directed to caryn.siebert@clmadvisors.org

About CLM Advisors
CLM Advisors is the consulting and advisory arm of the Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) Alliance, an organization of more than 40,000 members and fellows focused on promoting and furthering the highest standards of claims and litigation management. CLM Advisors works with claim and legal executives, law firms, and vendors to improve their businesses. The organization provides its services in three primary areas:  advisory and consulting, market intelligence, and talent acquisition. More information about CLM Advisors can be found at www.clmadvisors.org.

#Contact: Taylor Smith | President, CLM Advisors | 224.212.0134 | taylor.smith@clmadvisors.org

Thomas G. Dunlop Joins CLM Advisors

Thomas G. Dunlop Joins CLM Advisors

Deerfield, Ill — CLM Advisors is pleased to announce that Thomas Dunlop has joined CLM Advisors. Tom will focus his CLM Advisors’ practice on two distinct areas of the industry.

First, he will advise insurers, claims organizations and staff counsel operations on performance improvement issues ranging from operations improvement, litigation support vendor selection, contracting and management, and legal bill review and legal matter management systems.

Second, for outside insurance defense firms, and also for technology and service companies serving the claims and legal industries, Tom will help them to be more successful, by defining company value propositions, improving services delivery, and enhancing operational efficiencies.

Tom comes to CLM Advisors with 30 years of experience in Staff Counsel and Legal Operations Management, gaining deep expertise in staff counsel office management, staffing, and performance management. Tom’s broader litigation operations experience includes:

• the creation and management of a 20-person internal bill review and payment team

• the design, training and introduction of matter management systems

• national legal vendor sourcing and contracting

• the use of offshore vendors within backroom legal operations, and

• the early introduction and roll-out of legal e-billing platforms

Most recently, Tom served as Head of Legal Operations for CNA Insurance companies. He held numerous management positions in both legal operations and staff counsel at CNA, serving as Managing Trial Attorney, Regional AVP for Staff Counsel, and AVP of Legal Operations and Sourcing.

Tom is a licensed attorney and received his B.A from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and his J.D. from Gonzaga University School of Law. Tom is a member of the Wisconsin State Bar Association and completed management training at the Kellogg School of Northwestern University.

Inquiries about Tom’s practice and services can be directed to tom.dunlop@clmadvisors.org or to info.@clmadvisors.org.

CLM Advisors Launches New Litigation Industry Snapshot About Mediator Effectiveness

Deerfield, Ill — CLM Advisors , which conducts periodic industry snapshots that capture how industry executives feel about different legal cost containment  and effectiveness strategies, announced today that it is currently analyzing the industry’s use of mediators, with a particular emphasis on how claim organizations measure the effectiveness of the mediators being used. The Snapshot is entitled: “Measuring the Effectiveness of Mediators on Litigated Files: Perceptions and Observations of Senior Industry Claims and Litigation Officers.”

This data capture phase of this Snapshot involves a moderately short survey of less than 25 questions. We estimate the survey will take 7-10 minutes. As with all CLM Advisors’ Snapshots, the survey is open to claims and litigation executives who maintain an interest in knowing more about their industry’s current and best practices. Executives who participate will receive a Participants’ Report, which will provide a sense for how their peers feel about the topic at hand. All survey responses are confidential.

Any executive wishing to participate can request an invitation by contacting Taylor Smith, President of CLM Advisors (contact information below).

About CLM Advisors
CLM Advisors is the consulting and advisory arm of the Claims and Litigation Management (CLM) Alliance, an organization of more than 30,000 members and fellows focused on promoting and furthering the highest standards of claims and litigation management. CLM Advisors works with claim and legal executives, law firms, and vendors to improve their businesses. The organization provides its services in three primary areas:  advisory and consulting, market intelligence, and talent acquisition. More information about CLM Advisors can be found at www.clmadvisors.org.

#Contact: Taylor Smith | President, CLM Advisors | 224.212.0134 | taylor.smith@clmadvisors.org