Timothy W. Stalker
Blue Bell, Pennsylvania
Partner

Timothy W. Stalker has thirty (30) years of industry experience not only as outside counsel, but also as an officer for both insurance and reinsurance companies.  He is a shareholder with the firm of Nelson, Levine, de Luca & Horst in Blue Bell, PA and chairs the firm's international reinsurance practice.  As such, his expertise focuses on reinsurance arrangements, contractual wordings, commutations, coverage analysis, claim presentations, and dispute resolution including litigation and arbitration.  He is also a frequent speaker on reinsurance related topics.

Prior to returning to outside practice, Tim functioned in numerous in-house capacities.  Among those positions held were Vice President of Claims and Legal within the Liberty Mutual Group; Vice President and Counsel for Gerling Global Reinsurance Corporation of America; Vice President, Director and General Counsel for various companies within Crum & Forster Corporation (Talegen). 

Tim graduated from Rutgers University (B.A.) and New York Law School (J.D.).  He is admitted to practice law before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and the United States Supreme Court.  He was elected to the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel in 2006 and is an ARIAS-US certified arbitrator.

Professional Associations and Memberships:

• AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society (ARIAS), Member
• American Bar Association, Member
• Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel
• Pennsylvania Bar Association, Member
• Philadelphia Bar Association, Member

Representative Clients:

• ARI Insurance Companies
• Atlas Assurance Company
• Cambridge Integrated Services, Inc.
• Colorado Casualty Insurance Company
• Golden Eagle Insurance Corporation
• Guarantee Insurance Company
• Harleysville Insurance Company
• Indiana Insurance Company
• The Liberty Mutual Insurance Company
• Novae Syndicates Ltd.
• Peerless Insurance Company

Classes/Seminars Taught:

• "Discovery from Intermediaries and E-Discovery" (Co-presenter: Nicole Blanche Guerin, Vice President and Counsel of Towers Perrin), Mealey's Reinsurance Arbitration and Litigation Conference, February 11, 2008
• "Attorney - Client Privilege and Communication", BMS Group, London, UK, November 29, 2007
• "Ceded Reinsurance and Managing the Run-Off" (Co-presenter: Brian Johnston, Executive Vice President of Reinsurance Solutions), AIRROC Conference, October 16, 2007
• "The Reinsurance Relationship, Hot Topics and the Road Ahead", The National Constitution Center, September 21, 2006
• "Reinsurance Primer", The Insurance Society of Philadelphia, May 3, 2006
• "Behind the Numbers- Using Accounting and Actuarial Data to Bolster Your Position When Conducting Business with an Insolvent Company", American Conference Institute, November 15, 2005
• "Insurance Bad Faith", The Insurance Society of Philadelphia, May 9, 2005
• "Fraudulent Health Care Referrals & Ownership" (Co-Presenter Alphonso Ibrahim at Liberty Mutual), IASIU 19th Annual Seminar, September 14, 2004
• "Basic Reinsurance", The Harmonie Group, 2004
• "The Reinsurance Relationship, Hot Topics and the Road Ahead", 7th Annual Cambridge Reinsurance Symposium, 2003
• "Asbestos and Environmental Issues--Evolving and Continuing", 5th Annual Cambridge Reinsurance Symposium, November 13, 2001

Published Works:

The Benefits of Flexibility: Alternative Risk Mechanisms Help Insurers and Reinsurers Withstand Greater Risks, Best's Review, July, 2008

Have You Secured Your Unauthorized Reinsurance Obligations?, The Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel Quarterly, co-authored with Arnold Braun, Esquire, Fall, 2006

Reinsurance: A Changing Environment, The Metropolitan Corporate Counsel, July, 2004

Practice Disciplines:

Bad Faith Consulting and Litigation

Insurance Coverage

Reinsurance

Bar Admissions:

Pennsylvania

U.S. District Court Eastern District of Pennsylvania

U.S. Supreme Court

Education:

New York Law School, New York, New York
J.D.

Rutgers University, Camden, NJ
B.A.