Richard J. Scislowski, JD, CPCU, CIC, CRIS

Rich Scislowski is editor of Pollution Coverage Issues, a co-author of Commercial Liability Insurance, and a contributing author for a number of other IRMI publications. He is a Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC), and holds the Construction Risk and Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designation.

Mr. Scislowski contributes articles on pollution coverage issues to the Expert Commentary section of IRMI.com.

Prior to joining IRMI in March 2005, Mr. Scislowski was a coverage lawyer with Gallagher, Sharp, Fulton & Norman in Cleveland, a large insurance defense and coverage firm, where he specialized in litigating commercial and personal lines coverage disputes. Before that, he was with a litigation boutique firm where he regularly appeared in court to defend a wide variety of complex civil matters, including business torts, construction defects, workplace injuries, medical and legal malpractice, and insurance coverage. Mr. Scislowski began his career as a judicial clerk for the Ohio Court of Appeals for the 11th District, helping write over 250 opinions, including several construing insurance policy language.

Mr. Scislowski graduated magna cum laude from the University of Akron School of Law, serving as articles editor for the Akron Law Review.

Articles on IRMI.com

Commercial Insurance: General Liability Insurance

Allocating Losses under a 1973 CGL (September 2007)

Commercial Insurance: Pollution Coverage Issues

"Damages" under a 1973 CGL Insurance Policy (April 2008)

"Suits" under a 1973 CGL Insurance Policy (February 2008)

Common Law Exceptions to the 1973 "Owned Property" Exclusion (January 2008)

Allocating Losses under a 1973 CGL (September 2007)