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| JOHN A. DORE Sheridan Ridge Advisers LLC 626 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 500 Chicago, IL 60661 (312) 543-4159 (cell) (312) 239-2809 (office) johndore@sheridanridge.com EXPERIENCE 2003 – Present Sheridan Ridge Advisers LLC Insurance and reinsurance consulting, including arbitrations and expert witness practice 2000 – 2003 American Country Holdings Inc. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer American Country Insurance Company Nasdaq-listed insurance holding company until it was acquired by Kingsway Financial Services in 2002 1999 – 2000 Independent Consultant Practice focused on insurance and reinsurance issues 1990 – 1999 The First Reinsurance Company of Hartford Oakley Underwriting Agency, Inc. These two companies were 100% owned by Financial Institutions Insurance Group until 1996, when they were acquired by the private equity firm Castle Harlan. Castle Harlan merged them into another insurance investment and renamed the business Dearborn Risk Management. In 1998, Castle Harlan sold these two companies to Gryphon Holdings, and in 1999 Gryphon Holdings was acquired by Markel Corporation. President and Chief Executive Officer • For the first six years under the ownership of Financial Institution Insurance Group, served as CEO of this Nasdaq-listed company’s effort to write reinsurance for financial institutions business and to expand its business into specialty insurance lines • For two years under the ownership of Castle Harlan and Dearborn Risk Management, continued to expand its insurance business, including in the excess and surplus lines business through Homestead Insurance Company. • For seven months under the ownership of Gryphon Holdings, coordinated professional liability expansion within this multi insurance company holding company. • For three months under the ownership of Markel, worked on the integration of the business into another division of Markel. 1987 – 1990 Aon Corporation President – Virginia Surety Company, Inc. President – Dearborn Insurance Company 1983 – 1986 Chicago Underwriting Group, Inc. This company served as an underwriting manager for Old Republic Insurance Company. President Cofounded this joint venture, which underwrote specialty insurance coverages (Professional Liability and Directors and Officers Liability) 1974 – 1983 Crum & Forster Senior Vice President – L.W. Biegler Inc. Senior Vice President – International Surplus Line Insurance Company EDUCATION 2007 Certificate of Completion in Mediation DePaul University College of Law 1974 – 1978 MBA, Finance and Marketing Northwestern University, Kellogg Graduate School of Management Evanston, IL 1969 – 1973 BA, Psychology Yale University, New Haven, CT OTHER ACTIVITIES Dearborn Risk Management, Inc., Director Sheridan Ridge Corporation, President Certified ARIAS Arbitrator, Mediator, and Umpire Yale Alumni Schools Committee – Member |
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