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Board Approves Michael Walsh as an ARIAS•U.S. Qualified Mediator.

May, 2009

At its May 6, 2009 meeting, the Board of Directors approved Michael T. Walsh as an ARIAS•U.S. Qualified Mediator.

The Qualified Mediator Program was established in 2006 to provide a means for ARIAS•U.S. Certified Arbitrators with mediation training to be easily contacted for service in mediation of disputes.

The AIDA Reinsurance and Insurance Arbitration Society, ARIAS•U.S. is a not-for-profit corporation that promotes the improvement of the insurance and reinsurance arbitration process for the international and domestic markets. Founded in 1994, ARIAS•U.S. provides initial training and continuing in-depth conferences and workshops in the skills necessary to serve effectively on an insurance/reinsurance arbitration panel. In addition, ARIAS•U.S. certifies a pool of qualified arbitrators and serves as a resource for parties involved in a dispute to find the appropriate persons to resolve the matter in a professional, knowledgeable and cost-effective manner.

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