“Vish” Viswanathan joined ICA in 1991. With experience in risk management and public accounting, Vish has taken on challenging consulting assignments as Director of Special Projects for ICA and he manages ICA’s Expert Witness and Litigation Support Department. Vish’s expertise and coverage analysis has resulted in the recovery of millions of dollars for Clients in litigation matters where he provided litigation support and expert witness services. Vish is regularly recognized by Clients for his unmatched problem solving abilities, and his industry standard-setting knowledge of Directors & Officers liability and Management Liability concerns.
Prior to joining ICA, Vish was the Audit Manager for Zambezi Paper Mills Group in Ndola, Zambia where he reviewed and analyzed the company’s financial risks and exposures. He also was a Chartered Accountant for Nathan & Raman in Chennai, India where he reviewed compliance with generally accepted accounting standards and advised clients on tax and financial matters.
Vish holds a Master’s degree in Business Administration from the University of Georgia, specializing in Risk Management & Insurance and Management Information systems. He has a Bachelor’s degree in Law from the University of Bombay. In 1990, Vish passed the Uniform CPA Examination of AICPA. He is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India and holds the Associate in Risk Management, the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and the Certified Insurance Counselor designations. Vish is a member of the Society of Certified Insurance Counselors and the Society of CPCUs.
Vish is a former Director of the Society of Risk Management Consultants and a current active member. Two credos that Vish lives by:
- You always have to know more today than yesterday!
- Your passion has to show in everything you do!
With graduate degrees and professional designations in law, accounting, business, risk management and insurance, Vish has the technical skills to complement his passion for everything insurance, contracts and business. Over the past 25+ years, his ICA Clients have seen this daily in how Vish represents them in identifying and analyzing risk exposures, in reviewing and seeking changes in policy language to match the exposures and in arguing for and obtaining coverage when the claims (invariably) happen. The trust that the Clients place in his knowledge and expertise is what Vish considers his ultimate professional reward.
Vish can be reached at vish@icarisk.com and via LinkedIn.