Nicholas A. Pasciullo

npasciullo@chartwelllaw.com

412.551.4970

(FAX) 610.666.7704

Nicholas A. Pasciullo is the Director, Complex Property and Energy for The Chartwell Law Offices LLP. For over two decades, Mr. Pasciullo has counseled and represented domestic and international property and casualty insurance companies on traditional and emerging legal issues. His practice principally involves first-party insurance and reinsurance coverage and litigation under manuscript, specialty property and commercial insurance contracts. Mr. Pasciullo has extensive experience in complex and multi-party litigation, representing domestic, London, Bermuda and European clients in state and federal jurisdictions.

Mr. Pasciullo is also a certified Federal Court Mediator and successfully utilizes alternative dispute resolution methods to assists clients in expediting resolution of complex matters in appropriate cases.

Mr. Pasciullo’s practice primarily focuses on coverage and defense of Underwriters of:

  • Refinery, Power Generation, Pipeline.
  • Commercial, Industrial and Multi-Residential
  • CAT Losses, including Resorts, Golf Courses, Media and Commercial, Industrial and Multi-Residential Properties
  • Green Buildings

Mr. Pasciullo is a frequent speaker and lecturer on legal topics of interest to the insurance industry directly to Underwriters and at educational conferences for insurance companies and trade associations including the Loss Executives Association and the Property Loss Research Bureau. Mr. Pasciullo is also the creator and owner of the CyberInsurance Institute, a non-profit educational organization dedicated to providing continuing education credits to claims representatives.

PRESENTATIONS/PUBLICATIONS

Xchanging Claims Services, "Post Loss Bankruptcy and Foreclosure," April 2010 - More...

Loss Executives Association 2010 Winter Meeting, “Practical, Ethical, Monetary and Precedent-setting Considerations of Functional Replacement”, January 2010

Underwriters at Lloyd’s and London Underwriters, “Impact of Bankruptcy or Foreclosure on Period of Indemnity”, November 2009

London Underwriters, “Managing Expectations of the Assured”, October 2008

London Underwriters, “Logic Modeling and Claims” and “Modern Approach to ADR”, August 2008

Loss Executives Association 2008 Summer Meeting, “The Adjuster’s Toolkit – Utilizing logic Modeling in Managing Claims”, June 2008

Loss Executives Association 2007 Summer Meeting, “Managing Expectations”, June 2007

AEGIS Claims Conference, “Electronic Discovery for Claims Departments and Claims Representatives”, October 2006

Loss Executives Association 2005 Summer Meeting, “Records Retention & The Electronic Courtroom”, June 2005

Loss Executives Association 2005 Winter Meeting, General Session Presentation, “Identity Theft: Concerns and Defenses”, January 2005

Loss Executives Association 2004 Summer Meeting, “Electronic Risks and Losses Update”, June 2004

Property Loss Research Bureau 2004 Claims Conference, “Computer In-Security”, April 2004

Property Loss Research Bureau 2003 Claims Conference, “Appraisal and Alternative Dispute Resolution”, March 2003

Loss Executives Association 2003 Summer Meeting, “Electronic Risks and Losses”, June 2003

Property Loss Research Bureau 2002 Claims Conference, “CyberInsurance Risk and Loss Assessment Today and Tomorrow”, April 2002

Property Loss Research Bureau 2001 Claims Conference, “Responding to CyberInsurance Vulnerabilities”, March 2001

Loss Executives Association 2001 Winter Meeting, “CyberInsurance Risk and Loss Assessment, February 2001

Property Loss Research Bureau 2000 Claims Conference, “Adjustment of Motor Cargo Legal Liability Claims”, March 2000

Internet Society (ISOC), Network and Distributed System Security Symposium, “The Economics of In-Security”, February 2000

Loss Executives Association 2000 Winter Meeting, “Y2K, the First 30 Days”, January 2000

First Party Year 2000 Roundtable, “From Sea Trade to E-Trade: Confronting Sue and Labor in E-Commerce”, August 1999

Loss Executives Association 1999 Summer Meeting, entitled, “Year 2000 Workshop: From Claim to Resolution”, June 1999

Property Loss Research Bureau 1999 Claims Conference, entitled, “A Critical Analysis of Coverage Issues”, April 1999

Western Pennsylvania League of Financial Institutions, entitled, “From Here to 2001,” addressing e-commerce issues of concern to financial institutions and trustees, April, 1999

Loss Executives Association 1999 Winter Meeting, entitled “Analytical Techniques and Phased Goal-Based Procedures for Evaluation of E-Commerce Issues”, January, 1999

“From Here to 2001, Not Quite Eternity,” with Dr. Thomas Longstaff, Assistant Director, CERT, joint publication with the Software Engineering Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, March 1999

American Iron & Steel Institute at its “Legal Implications of the Year 2000 Problem for Steel Companies” seminar for general counsel and chief financial officers, October, 1998

Boiler and Machinery Roundtable at its summer meeting, concerning terminology used in boiler and machinery insurance, September, 1998
Loss Executives Association 1998 Winter Meeting, “Reverse and Comparative Bad Faith”, January 1998

“Turning the Tables: Reverse Bad Faith Gains Acceptance in Court,” Claims Magazine, September 1998

Loss Executives Association 1998 Summer Meeting, “Reverse and Comparative Bad Faith”, June 1998

 

BAR ADMISSIONS
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Third Circuit Court of Appeals
United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania
United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
Supreme Court of Ohio
United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio United States Claims Court

PRACTICE AREAS
Commercial First Party Property Coverage and Defense
Builders Risk Coverage and Defense
Subrogation and Recovery
Bad Faith Prevention and Defense Mediation

EDUCATION
Antioch School of Law (J.D., 1982)
Antioch University (B.A., 1979)

PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
Loss Executives Association
Pennsylvania Bar Association
Ohio Bar Association
Allegheny County Bar Association

 

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