Alan W. Borst, Jr.

Alan W. Borst, Jr.

Commercial Mediator & Arbitrator | Insurance Coverage • Professional Liability • Reinsurance

New York | Serving Nationwide & Multi-Jurisdictional Commercial Matters

Professional Overview

Alan W. Borst, Jr. is a commercial mediator and arbitrator with more than 40 years of legal, insurance, reinsurance, claims, and dispute resolution experience. His practice focuses on sophisticated matters involving insurance coverage, professional liability, directors and officers (D&O) liability, reinsurance, fiduciary claims, financial institutions, partnerships, shareholders, and complex business disputes.

Admitted to the New York Bar in 1984, Alan's background combines private legal practice with senior insurance and reinsurance claims management, underwriting analysis, fiduciary consulting, and alternative dispute resolution.

His professional experience includes senior roles and consulting work involving AIG, XL Reinsurance America/AXA XL, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty/Fireman's Fund, major New York law firms, financial institutions, and other commercial organizations.

This combination gives Alan an understanding of the legal, financial, claims, underwriting, operational, and reputational considerations that influence settlement decisions in sophisticated insurance and commercial disputes.

Insurance Coverage, Professional Liability & Reinsurance

Insurance, reinsurance, and professional liability are central components of Alan's dispute resolution practice.

His experience includes matters involving:

• Insurance coverage and bad faith
• Directors & Officers (D&O) liability
• Errors & Omissions (E&O)
• Lawyers professional liability
• Accountants professional liability
• Insurance agents and brokers
• Design professional liability
• Financial institution liability
• Fiduciary liability
• Cyber liability and cyber insurance
• Life and disability insurance
• Pension and benefits-related disputes
• Rescission and declaratory judgment matters
• Treaty and facultative reinsurance
• Reinsurance coverage and allocation
• Aggregate and stop-loss issues
• Casualty, catastrophe, and clash claims
• Commutation provisions and reinsurance recoverables

Alan's experience with insurer and insured perspectives helps him evaluate coverage positions, claims exposure, damages, defense considerations, and settlement alternatives. His reinsurance background also provides insight into the contractual and commercial considerations affecting relationships between insurers and reinsurers.

Commercial & Business Disputes

Alan also mediates and arbitrates broader commercial disputes involving businesses, executives, owners, shareholders, partners, fiduciaries, and financial institutions.

Matters include:

• Commercial contract disputes
• Partnership and shareholder conflicts
• Business separation and dissolution
• Fiduciary duty claims
• Securities and investment disputes
• Financial institution matters
• Executive compensation
• Employment and wrongful termination
• Mergers and acquisitions-related disputes
• Bankruptcy-related commercial conflicts
• Complex multi-party litigation

His background is particularly relevant when disputes involve substantial financial exposure, sophisticated contractual relationships, multiple decision-makers, or overlapping legal, insurance, and business considerations.

Mediation & Arbitration Approach

Alan approaches dispute resolution through realistic case evaluation, disciplined risk analysis, and practical business problem-solving.

Drawing upon his experience as legal counsel, insurance and reinsurance executive, claims professional, and neutral, he helps parties evaluate litigation exposure, coverage positions, damages, defense costs, and settlement alternatives.

The objective is to identify the issues preventing resolution and determine whether a negotiated outcome provides a better legal and business result than continued litigation or arbitration.

ADR & Industry Experience

Alan serves as a mediator, arbitrator, and neutral evaluator in complex commercial and insurance matters. His credentials include:

• Certified Arbitrator — ARIAS-U.S.
• FINRA Arbitrator
• Member — New York Supreme Court, Commercial Division Panel of Neutrals
• Basic & Advanced Commercial Mediation Training under New York Part 146
• Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
• Associate in Reinsurance (ARe)
• Licensed Property & Casualty Claims Adjuster in multiple states

Alan has also participated in professional education and industry programs addressing D&O liability, insurance coverage, professional liability, and related commercial risks, including serving as a panel leader for New York City Bar programming examining current issues affecting insurers and insureds.

Geographic Scope

New York | Nationwide | Multi-Jurisdictional Matters

Alan is available for commercial mediation, arbitration, and neutral evaluation involving parties throughout the United States, including remote proceedings involving insurers, reinsurers, businesses, professionals, and counsel in multiple jurisdictions.