I am delighted to introduce Marcos Antonio Mendoza as an additional BLPB guest blogger for this month.  He plans to do several posts here over the next few weeks.  I look forward to his contributions.

Marcos is a graduate of Washburn University School of Law (J.D.) and the University of Connecticut School of Law (LL.M.), with Honors.  His recent article in the Connecticut Insurance Law Journal, "Reinsurance as Governance: Governmental Risk Management Pools as a Case Study in the Governance Role Played by Reinsurance Institutions,"  is a continuance of “insurance as governance” scholarship through the empirical examination of reinsurer relationships.  With more than 25 years in the insurance and self-funded pooling industries, he currently is an assistant director with the third party administrator for one of the largest public-entity risk management funds in the U.S., based in Austin, Texas.

Marcos is a regular reader of–and sometimes-commenter on–the BLPB.  His perspectives have been quite valuable to me.  I hope that you will find his insights helpful to your work.