Joshua Schwartz has been named General Counsel for Premia Holdings Ltd., a global insurance and reinsurance group that is a leading provider of solutions for the legacy market. 

Josh most recently served as Senior Managing Counsel, Global Director of Reinsurance Litigation for the Chubb Group.  His responsibilities included management and oversight of reinsurance disputes involving Chubb entities, including Chubb Tempest, Chubb Tempest Life, Brandywine, and the ceded reinsurance of Chubb’s insurance business globally.

Prior to this role, Josh served as General Counsel and Regional Compliance Officer for Chubb Bermuda (formerly ACE Bermuda). His responsibilities included providing legal advice on professional lines, excess liability, property, and reinsurance claims; participating in mediations, arbitrations, and other litigation; counseling underwriters on policy and reinsurance wordings; assisting with product development; and providing advice on risk management. Josh also participated on the ACE Bermuda Risk, Management, Audit, Reserving, Pension, and Investment Committees.  Josh joined ACE in 2006 as Associate General Counsel (Litigation) in New York.

Before ACE, Josh worked as Counsel at O’Melveny & Myers, Associate at Fried Frank and Law Clerk to the Hon. Federico A. Moreno, District Court Judge, Southern District of Florida.

Josh currently serves as President and a member of the Board of Directors of ARIAS-US, an industry association dedicated to improving the insurance and reinsurance arbitration process for international and domestic markets.  He has also been a key contributor to various industry conferences and has authored important articles on insurance and reinsurance matters.

Bill O’Farrell, CEO of Premia, noted: “I am incredibly pleased Josh has joined Premia as General Counsel.  We pride ourselves on attracting top industry talent and Josh is our latest example in this regard.  His experience is tailor made for Premia and we are thrilled to have him on board.”