Biography

Paul W. Burkett has served as Chief Executive Officer of Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc., located in Reno, Nevada, since August 1995, where he provides risk management consulting, insurance policy and program audit services, and expert witness opinions and testimony on insurance coverage, claims handling, underwriting, and insurance company matters for both plaintiff and defense counsel. Mr. Burkett also served as Principal and Chief Operating Officer of TUITIONGard®, Ltd. from 1997 to 2006, where he was responsible for underwriting and claims handling functions, and drafted the company’s insurance contract and related endorsements. He also served as President and CEO of Meadowbrook Insurance Group of Colorado from 1992 to 2006, where among other things he assisted in developing underwriting and claims handling manuals for alternative insurance programs. Earlier in his career, Mr. Burkett held various management positions in underwriting, risk management, loss control, and insurance marketing, including as Vice President and Manager of the Risk Management Services Department at Frank B. Hall & Co. in Colorado, and in several senior management roles at SAFECO Insurance Company in California and Colorado. Since 2022, Mr. Burkett has served as an Adjunct Professor at the University of Nevada, Reno, teaching an upper-division Life and Health Insurance course in the Business College. Mr. Burkett is a licensed risk management consultant and licensed insurance producer for property, casualty, life and health insurance in Nevada. He earned his J.D. from Concord Law School, Purdue University Global, in 2007, and holds a B.A. in International Relations from the University of Minnesota, and is a veteran of the United States Air Force.