Background
Michael Rossi's
cyber and privacy risk and insurance column focuses on insurance issues
associated with risks inherent in businesses' increasing reliance on
technology.
Mr. Rossi is president of Insurance Law Group, Inc., a law firm dedicated to
providing legal services to risk managers of large multinational corporations
headquartered throughout the world. Currently, his practice focuses on
e-commerce insurance issues and insurance issues for mergers and acquisitions.
Prior to forming his own company, Mr. Rossi was a partner of Troop Steuber
Pasich Reddick & Tobey, LLP, and chair of the firm's Risk Management
Group. His practice concentrates in the area of risk management legal services
exclusively for policyholder and insurance broker clients. Such services
include auditing insurance programs; advising on initial placements and
renewals of particular insurance policies; manuscripting insurance policies;
advising on insurance issues to consider for mergers, acquisitions, and other
corporate transactions; and drafting and negotiating indemnity and insurance
provisions in contracts. Mr. Rossi also represents his clients in presenting
claims to insurers and resolving insurance coverage disputes. His experience
extends to many of the property and liability insurance policies typically
purchased by corporate insureds, as well as to many specialty lines of
coverage.
Mr. Rossi is a member of the International Bar Association (Insurance
Committee), American Bar Association (Tort and Insurance Practice Committee),
and the California Bar Association. He also is the founder of the Risk
Management & Insurance Coverage Council, an international association of
insurance lawyers who provide services to policyholders (the purpose of which
is to enable member lawyers to give their clients access to insurance expertise
on a worldwide basis). Mr. Rossi also is a member of the Risk Management
Research Council, a group of leading professionals in the fields of risk
management and insurance brokering, consulting, underwriting, and legal
services who share information and ideas on risk management and insurance
issues.
Mr. Rossi is a frequent speaker at the RIMS Annual Conference and at
numerous local RIMS chapter events, and other industry conferences. He has
published numerous insurance-related articles in North America, Europe, and
Australia and is a frequent contributor to The Risk Report and EPLiC, both of which are published by IRMI.
Mr. Rossi obtained his BA degree in history from the University of
California at Los Angeles in 1988, his juris doctor degree from the University
of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law, in 1991.