John J. Sarchio

Partner

Practice Description

John Sarchio is co-head of Chadbourne’s insurance and reinsurance practice group. He concentrates on insurance industry mergers, acquisitions and financings; reinsurance transactions; self-insurance and captives; and insurance regulatory matters. He also advises on insurance company demutualizations and bank-insurer affiliations, and has represented a variety of financial services industry clients in domestic and offshore insurance securitization transactions. Mr. Sarchio has advised a variety of professional service firms in a wide range of matters relating to their professional liability insurance programs, and has counseled numerous industrial and financial services companies on matters relating to their directors’ and officers’ insurance programs.

Since co-founding Chadbourne’s insurance and reinsurance practice with David Raim in 1989, Mr. Sarchio played a significant role in developing the practice group. In addition to his work for commercial clients, he has advised a number of state and foreign governments on insurance issues, and has drafted a number of laws and regulations governing various aspects of the insurance industry, including Vermont’s Captive Insurance Act, the U.S. Virgin Islands’ Exempt Companies Act and Exempt International Insurers Act and the Commercial Insurance Code of the Republic of Belarus.

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