Justin Kudler

Vice President & Senior Claims Counsel
ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC

Justin Kudler is Vice President and Senior Claims Counsel in the Claims Advocacy Group at ARC Excess & Surplus, LLC.  Before joining ARC, Justin worked at AXA XL in Hartford, where he handled D&O, E&O, EPL, and other professional liability claims. 

He served as a Co-Chair of the PLUS D&O Symposium from 2020 to 2022 and is a Hartford PLUS Chapter Steering Committee Member, serving as Chair in 2020.  Justin has published articles on D&O insurance issues, the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, and other securities and class action issues.  He also has spoken at industry conferences on topics including claim handling, claim trends, insurance for financial institutions, insurance for agents and brokers, and sub-prime litigation.  In private law practice, Justin represented defendants and plaintiffs in securities and consumer class actions, as well as individuals in SEC investigations. 

Justin is a graduate of Harvard University, receiving his undergraduate degree cum laude in Government, and the University of Virginia School of Law, serving as Executive Editor of the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology.