On January 3, 2018 Howard Kaplan became a member of CC&I. Howard joined the firm after spending 31 years as house counsel to Progressive Insurance Company where he was the founding managing attorney of the New York House counsel organization. He was responsible for leading their house counsel office in New York, training young lawyers how to try cases and trying the companies high exposure cases in the most difficult venues in New York. In his new role at CC& I, Howard will continue to try high exposure cases and provide our clients with the legal guidance and expertise that only rarely can be accessed in the private sector from someone who has become a true expert in understanding the insurers’ risks, concerns and objectives in addressing large loss exposures.
Carman, Callahan & Ingham is also pleased to announce that Tracy S. Reifer and Jami Amarasinghe were promoted to partners of the firm as of January 2018.