Biography: Insurance & Reinsurance

Thorn Rosenthal is a partner at Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP. Thorn has represented many of the largest US, Bermudian and European insurers and reinsurers over the past 30 years in a broad range of complex disputes, transactions and regulatory matters. Many have involved hundreds of millions, or in several instances billions, of dollars. Although Thorn has succeeded in settling the majority of disputes he has handled, he has extensive trial experience in state and federal courts, before both judges and juries and in arbitration/appraisal proceedings.

Thorn is the author of the Bermuda Market Excess General Liability Policy Form and has drafted numerous other policy forms and reinsurance treaties. Thorn has also represented numerous major financial institutions (including investment and commercial banks) in resolving disputes and transactions and has a broad understanding of their businesses. Clients have included insurers and reinsurers, such as the AIG companies, Ironshore Inc, Kemper Insurance Companies, Swiss Re, XL Insurance Ltd and Zurich/Centre Group; brokers and intermediaries like Marsh & McLennan Companies and Integro; and leading financial institutions including Citibank and JPMorgan Chase.

Thorn received his undergraduate degree from Vassar College and his JD from the University of Chicago. He has taught classes relating to insurance and reinsurance issues at Yale Law School and New York Law School, and regularly teaches CLE programmes on trial preparation, negotiation skills, transfer of insurance and reinsurance risk to the capital markets and other subjects.