Gabriel S. Slominski

Biography

Gabriel S. Slominski, Esq., is a Vice President of Claims with the Surplus & Specialty Lines division at Crum & Forster, a Fairfax Company.  Mr. Slominski is based in Chicago and is a member of the Chicago Office Leadership Team.  His primary concentration involves claim management and underwriting support of various business segments in the Surplus & Specialty Lines, including Special Risk, Program Business and S&S’s Liquor Liability program.  Gabriel’s leadership encompasses multiple claim teams located across the entire country.  Gabriel works to facilitate and manage these claims teams through intricate liability and coverage analysis, strategic direction and precise ultimate exposure forecasting and reserving.  Gabriel has an extensive background in commercial general liability and over 20 years of insurance industry experience.  Throughout his tenure in the industry, Gabriel has organized two National Insurance Symposiums,  frequent speaker and co-chair at the CLM, DRI, and Perrin Conferences on topics ranging from Leadership, Toxic Torts, Product Liability, Hospitality and Dram Shop matters, as well as Litigation Management and Early Resolution.  Mr. Slominski is also on the Executive Council for the CLM’s School of Leadership and instructs at the Claims College each year. 

Prior to C&F, Gabriel was the Assistant Vice President of the Direct Claims Division at Resolute Management Inc., where he focused the majority of his time managing complex toxic tort/environmental claims and trials in various jurisdictions across the United States.  In that role, Gabriel was also very involved in mediations and arbitrations dealing directly with plaintiff’s counsel and other insurance companies, negotiating difficult settlements on behalf of the policy holder.  Aside from his management experience in the insurance industry, Mr. Slominski worked as a claims consultant in the EMTC Law Department for CNA Insurance Company as well as adjusting asbestos and environmental claims for Argonaut Insurance Company as a Claims Attorney. 

 

Education

• High School (or equivalent)
• Michigan State University, Bachelor’s Degree
• Depaul University, Juris Doctor

Admissions/Licenses

• Bar Admissions: IL