Akos
Swierkiewicz, CPCU is the founder of IRCOS, LLC. He and his associates possess a broad range of property and casualty insurance
and reinsurance skills, including,
♦ Arbitration
♦ Due diligence
♦ Company startup and runoff
♦ Feasibility studies
♦
Expert witness
♦ Litigation support
♦ Product research, development and marketing
♦ Policy reviews
♦ Underwriting audits
Mr. Swierkiewicz established the property insurance division for Kemper Casualty Insurance Co., where he was Senior Vice
President. He had a key role in the startup of SOREMA N.A. Reinsurance Co. and he was its Senior Vice
President and Chief Underwriting Officer. He was also Executive Vice President of Fulcrum Insurance Co, a wholly owned excess
and surplus lines subsidiary of SOREMA and served as member of the board of directors of both companies.
Prior to joining
SOREMA, Mr. Swierkiewicz had been Senior Vice President, Research and Special Risks at SCOR, where he established reverse
flow casualty, surety and fidelity bond operations and developed a building guarantee product.
Mr. Swierkiewicz began
his career at the Insurance Company of North America (INA). There, he held various underwriting positions over 16 years, first
in the International Department and later in the INA Special Risk Facilities (which became CIGNA Special Risk Facilities).
At CIGNA he was Vice President and Senior Product Line Officer for energy and technical business nationwide.
Mr. Swierkiewicz
is former Chairman of the Conference of Special Risk Underwriters and member of the Coverage, Litigators, Educators and Witnesses
("CLEW") Interest Group Committee of the CPCU Society. He holds a BA in Economics from Temple University, the CPCU
designation from the American Institute for Property and Casualty Underwriters. He is an ARIAS-US Certified Arbitrator and
has experience as umpire in insurance dispute.