Rob has over three decades of experience designing and placing all types of Management and Professional Liability Programs throughout the world. Rob specializes in Directors & Officers, Employment Practices Liability, Fiduciary Liability, and all forms of Professional Liability Coverage, including but not limited to Cyber, Privacy and Security Liability. Rob runs a team at ARC that places some of the most complex Global Management and Professional Liability Programs for many of the Fortune 500. Rob has also placed the D&O Liability programs for countless IPO’s and reverse-merger transactions throughout his career. Rob has a very strong following of Corporate CEOs, CFOs, Risk Managers, Insurance Attorneys, and Retail Insurance Brokers; many of whom he has worked with for decades and have relied on his technical expertise, market clout and reputation as an aggressive client advocate.
Rob also serves as ARC’s Chief Sales & Marketing Officer and is responsible for both the development and growth of ARC’s relationships with all of its trading partners. Rob also oversees the broker development and training for all of ARC’s Brokers across the country. Prior to joining ARC as a Principal Broker / Partner in 2001, Rob spent twelve years at Frenkel & Co., Inc. (now EPIC Insurance Brokers)., a large International Insurance Brokerage firm headquartered in NYC, where he was Senior Vice President of their Management & Professional Liability Division.
Rob frequently speaks at various Risk Management Forums, Expert Panels and Podcasts on topics relating to Management & Professional Liability Insurance. Rob has recently served as a Panelist for the Professional Liability Underwriting Society on D&O Liability exposures and recommended coverage structures for SPAC IPO’s and de-SPAC transactions. Rob has also presented as a D&O Liability Expert for the CFO Magazine Conference addressing the Management Liability exposures for Executives for both Public and Private Clients.
Rob also serves on the Board of Directors and Executive Committee for the Professional Liability Underwriters Society Foundation, and is an active board member for two other Non-Profit Organizations on Staten Island, NY. Rob is also an active fund raiser / Volunteer for The NYU Children Cancer Fund, The NYU Child/Life Center, Wish to Fish USA, and the Staten Island Chapter of the American Cancer Society.
Rob received his B.S. from St. John’s University, NY with Cum Laude honors in 1990. Rob also holds a 100 GRT Masters Captains License with the United States Coast Guard. Rob enjoys sport fishing, golf and working out in his spare time.
