Mark W. Larsen
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Consultant
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Mark Larsen wrote articles on
directors and officers
and fiduciary liability for IRMI.com.
Mr. Larsen was a risk management consultant with Tillinghast-Towers Perrin
in its Chicago office. He is responsible for the Directors and Officers (D&O)
Liability Survey and other D&O products and services, as well as related surveys
on liability issues. He has been responsible for these surveys, products and
services for more than 5 years, beginning at the Wyatt Company and continuing
when Tillinghast acquired that firm's Risk and Insurance Services practice.
Mr. Larsen's areas of expertise and responsibility include D&O liability,
employment practices liability (EPL), fiduciary liability, medical malpractice,
hospital professional liability, and other related professional liability lines.
He also consults on survey research and a wide array of financial and investment
topics, especially those requiring risk analysis.
In addition, Mr. Larsen's career also includes work as a supervisory statistical
consultant at CNA Insurance Companies. For nearly 8 years at CNA, he provided
statistical and risk analysis support to operating and staff departments. Key
activities included the development of dynamic investment strategy simulation
models to support interest-sensitive life and pension products, and the design
and implementation of an expert system for underwriting D&O liability insurance
for non-financial corporations based on a multidimensional financial distress
model.
Mr. Larsen has been quoted on D&O liability, EPL, educators legal liability,
and fiduciary liability issues by such leading periodicals as
Business Insurance, Journal of Commerce, National
Underwriter, The New York Times, Risk & Insurance, and
The Wall Street Journal. He is also a
frequent speaker at industry conferences and seminars on D&O liability and EPL.
Mr. Larsen holds a MS degree in applied probability and statistics and a
BS degree in economics from Northern Illinois University, where he earned the
Chairman's Award from the Department of Mathematical Sciences. He also completed
course work toward a Doctor of Philosophy degree in statistics at Michigan State
University.
Articles on IRMI.com
Commercial Insurance: Professional, D&O, and Fiduciary Liability
2002 D&O Survey
Finds D&O Insurance Market Continues To Harden (June 2003)
2001 D&O Survey
Finds Real Premium Increases Average 29% for D&O Insurance (June 2002)
2000 Fiduciary
Liability Survey (August 2001)
Fiduciary Liability
Basics (July 2001)
1999 D&O Survey
Reports Rising Costs of Claims from Shareholders and Employees (June 2000)
1999 D&O Survey
Confirms Competition in the D&O Insurance Marketplace (March 2000)