Insurance Mediation
The insurance industry is characterised by a number of players, Insurance Companies, Insured, insurance agencies, service providers, and third parties.
The range of interests those parties seek to protect is wide and diverse. However, in many instances the parties have a clear interest in preserving a working relationship with the other party. Often, the dispute will erupt over a real disagreement, and is not the outcome of a strategic decision bring a legal dispute or to damage the working relations.
The relationships between the parties could be characterised, in terms of as a repeated game.
For this reason, the principles of Focused Business Mediation are suitable to resolving conflicts within the insurance field. Most especially between commercial players in the industry. The strive to focus on the core of the dispute, the aspiration to resolve the business disagreement in the most efficient and swift manner, and the understanding of the importance of inviting relevant experts in suitable cases, clearly suits disputes between the commercial players in an Insurance dispute .
In this field, we recommend that Adv. Gil Cohen will mediate together with the insurance consultant Mr. Thomas Spice.
Mr. Thomas Spice has unique experience in the field of insurance. Mr. Spice has a wide perspective of the field of insurance, both from the commercial insurant’s aspect and from that of the insurer. This unique and extensive perspective is the result of a unique career path in which he pursued senior positions within insurance companies after which he moved to work as a freelance consultant representing giant organisations as well as small businesses vis-à-vis insurers.
Mr. Spice’s unique perspective facilitates his ability to deeply understand the various interests of the parties as well as the necessary balances within a business mediation process.
Currently, Mr. Spice is the owner of a consultancy named Dantan Risk Management Consultants. In the past, he was the deputy CEO at the Mivtach Rom Insurance Agency, a member of the Simon Insurance Agency Group. Mr. Spice also has extensive experience insuring special risks, including facultative re-insurance at Magen Insurance Co., a member of the Midgal Group.