Justin Kudler is Senior Vice President/Senior Claims Counsel in the Claims Advocacy Group, working with clients and insurers to achieve favorable resolutions of clients’ claims. Before joining ARC, Justin spent over 17 years at AXA XL in Hartford, handling professional liability claims under policies for Directors and Officers liability, Financial Institutions liability, Errors and Omissions liability, Crime, Cyber, Employment Practices liability, and other professional lines programs. In private law practice, Justin represented defendants and plaintiffs in securities and consumer class actions, as well as individuals in SEC investigations.
He served as a Co-Chair of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (“PLUS”) D&O Symposium for three years and as a Hartford PLUS Chapter Steering Committee Member, serving as Chair in 2020. For several years, he has taught the D&O Claims Management course for PLUS D&O University and currently is a member of PLUS’ D&O Think Tank. He also has served on several PLUS task forces, including as Chair. Justin has published articles on Directors and Officers insurance issues, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and other securities and class action issues. He also has moderated and has spoken on panels at industry conferences on topics including claim handling, claim trends, insurance for financial institutions, insurance for agents and brokers, regulatory investigations, and sub-prime litigation.
Justin is active on community boards in West Hartford, CT, and he volunteers with the Simsbury, CT Special Olympics Ski Team. He is a graduate of Harvard University, receiving his undergraduate degree cum laude in Government, and the University of Virginia School of Law, where he served as Executive Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.
