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The Physician Insurers Association of America (PIAA) Board of Directors has chosen Edward J. Amsler '68 to serve as its chairman. Amsler is vice president of the Medical Liability Mutual Insurance Company (MLMIC), a doctor-owned medical malpractice insurer that covers more than 20,000 physicians, dentists and hospitals primarily in New York. He is also an attorney with more than 30 years of experience in representing the interests of physicians and hospitals.

In addition to his duties at MLMIC, Amsler is a partner at Fager & Amsler, Attorneys and Counselors-at-Law, and president of Donald J. Fager & Associates, MLMIC's administrative services provider. He is a member of the American Bar Association, where he serves on its Tort and Insurance Section. He is also active in the New York State Bar Association, the Onondaga County Bar Association, and the Association of the Bar of the City of New York.

Amsler earned his St. Lawrence University degree in government, and completed his J.D. degree at Syracuse University. As an undergraduate at St. Lawrence, he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity and the Omicron Delta Kappa leadership honorary, and participated in ROTC. Amsler has served the University both as a member of the Alumni Executive Council and the Board of Trustees, and has been active as a fund-raising volunteer.

Posted: June 28, 2006