About Us

Michael F. Rooney--- Mike has 40 years experience in claims management. He was with Travelers Insurance Co. for 19 years in a variety of positions including Claims Manager of a 60 person office responsible for handling asbestos litigation nationwide, and as Director with responsibility for four regional Environmental Claims offices. He served as Chief Operating Officer (9 years) and Chief Executive Officer (1 year) at the Center For Claims Resolution which represented 21 asbestos defendants and had responsibility for settlement negotiation and processing of more than 400,000 claims. Since 2001, Mike has worked for a number of asbestos defendants, negotiating pre packaged bankruptcy settlements and serving as Claims Reviewer.

John Lake---- John has 19 years experience with claims processing. John joined the MFR team in June of 2008. Prior to MFR, John worked for Pfizer, Inc. where he worked in the systems department for the unit responsible for managing toxic tort claims. John worked at the Center for Claims Resolution for 10 years. In addition to claims management for bankruptcy pre-petition settlements, John is responsible for the computer systems at MFR, including application and database development. 

John Boyle---- John spent 21 years at Travelers Insurance Co. as a multi line adjuster, and as law office manager. He also had 7 years experience as a claims processing supervisor at the Center For Claims Resolution. In 2001 John worked For Ace USA as a claims manager with responsibility for asbestos accounts and development of audit programs. John also worked as an independent consultant providing “audit services” on 2 major asbestos bankruptcy projects involving 350,000 claims. Since Joining MFR in 2004, John has had responsibility for quality control and medical training in addition to claims review and qualification.

Brian Rooney ---- Since 2002 Brian has worked in a number of positions on asbestos claims processing projects involving four asbestos defendants and in excess of 450,000 claims. Brian has been with MFR since its inception in 2004, with responsibility for operations management in addition to responsibility for claims review and qualification. He is currently project manager for the Owens Corning Trust engagement with a staff of ten claim reviewers.