The American Arbitration Association® (AAA®) provides insurance companies and businesses with fair, efficient, cost-effective and private dispute-resolution options to resolve insurance coverage disputes, including those arising in connection with COVID-19.

The AAA offers:

  • A panel of insurance experts with extensive insurance experience in a wide range of complex areas including insurance, coverage and business interruption/property loss.
  • A variety of non-binding and binding dispute-resolution options designed for insurance disputes, including mediation.
  • A dedicated case-management team with expertise administering commercial insurance disputes.
AAA Commercial Insurance Panel

The AAA Commercial Insurance Panel is comprised of attorneys specializing in the insurance area as well as former judges and industry executives with insurance-related experience. These panel members have considerable experience in a number of technical, legal and coverage aspects of insurance including:

  • Business interruption/property loss
  • First and third-party coverage issues
  • Allocation of loss among multiple insurers
  • Primary/excess issues
  • Trigger issues/exhaustion of policy limits
For more information


Featured Panelists


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Catharine Biggs Arrowood
Parker Poe
North Carolina
United States

Hugh J. Bell, Jr.
Henning Mediation &
Arbitration Services, Inc.
Georgia
United States

Raymond G. Bender
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator
Washington D.C.
United States

Fred G. Bennett
Quinn Emanuel
California
United States


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Marc Borello
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator
Roquefort les Pins
France

Thomas Brewer
Independent Arbitrator
Washington
United States

Gerry F. Doyle
Doyle & Bachman
Washington D.C.
United States

Allen B. Green
Dentons
Washington D.C.
United States


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Hon. Faith S. Hochberg
Judge Hochberg ADR
New York
United States

Kathryn J. Humphrey
Dykema
Michigan
United States

Paul Klaas
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator
Minneapolis
United States

Steve Koh
Perkins Coie
Washington
United States


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Sharon L. Larkin
Larkin Ferrell
Washington D.C.
United States

Pamela Meredith
Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger
Washington D.C.
United States

Elliot Polebaum
Independent Arbitrator
Washington D.C.
United States

Kara M. Sacilotto
Wiley Rein
Washington D.C.
United States


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Lawrence Schaner
Schaner Dispute Resolution
Illinois
United States

Lester Schiefelbein
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator
California
United States

Milton “Skip” Smith
Sherman & Howard
Colorado
United States

Stephen Smith
Independent Arbitrator
Colorado
United States


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Edna Sussman
Sussman ADR
New York
United States

Wolf von Kumberg
Independent Arbitrator & Mediator
London
United Kingdom

Kellye L. Walker
Huntington Ingalls Industries
Virginia
United States

Richard Ziegler
Jenner & Block
New York
United States



For more information, please contact either vice president below or fill out the form above.                                                                                   
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Steve K. Andersen, Esq.

Vice President, ICDR
Los Angeles, CA
+1.213.271.9915  |  [email protected]

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Andrew Barton

Vice President, AAA
San Antonio, TX
+1.210.998.5750  |  [email protected]