Experience

James L. Kelly, Jr. (“Jim”) has nearly 40 years of experience in the legal industry both as outside and in-house counsel. Before retiring in 2021 and founding Leverty Consulting, he served as Vice President and Chief Coverage Director for Chubb North American Claims in Wilmington, Delaware. While at Chubb, he was responsible for managing major commercial, marine, and personal lines property litigation involving the Chubb-affiliated companies. He also provided coverage and adjustment advice on high-exposure claims. His responsibilities included retaining outside counsel to represent the company’s interest in contested matters. This responsibility included all aspects of monitoring, reviewing, and critiquing counsel’s performance and ensuring adherence to litigation management protocol. Mr. Kelly also served as Assistant General Counsel in the Corporate Litigation Department of ACE USA. Before coming to ACE in 2009, Jim served as Managing Counsel of the First Party Property Coverage Unit in the legal department at Travelers Insurance Company from 2001-2008. His unit provided coverage advice to property claim adjusters on various issues and managed first-party property litigation globally. For eight years, Jim served as Group Counsel of extra-contractual claims in the Claim Legal Department at St. Paul Fire & Marine Insurance Company. Mr. Kelly came to St. Paul in 1993 after practicing law in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area for ten years.