Sarah Michelle Abrams

Sarah M. Abrams is an attorney and Executive Vice President at RTProExec – The Oak Bridge Team. RT ProExec – The Oak Bridge Team is an insurance intermediary focused exclusively on management liability issues and is a division of RT Specialty.

Sarah began her career as a coverage attorney in Chicago, representing insurers, reinsurers, and policyholders in professional liability claim disputes and insurance coverage litigation. She later transitioned into in-house leadership roles, where she managed high-severity and novel claims involving securities class actions, derivative litigation, bankruptcy-related D&O exposure, and emerging risk areas.

Before joining RTProExec – The Oak Bridge Team, Sarah held senior leadership roles in professional liability and management liability claims, including serving as a Head of Claims at Baleen Specialty, a division of Bowhead Specialty, and Head of Professional Liability Claims at Bowhead Specialty. She was also a Director of Management liability Claims at Markel and, while in her carrier roles, Sarah oversaw complex D&O, EPL, E&O, cyber, and regulatory matters. She also built technology-forward claims operations capable of supporting both public and private company risks.

Sarah is an active industry speaker and writer on D&O and professional liability topics, including as a regular contributor to the D&O Diary and Law360. She has served as a panelist, moderator, keynote speaker, and guest lecturer at programs sponsored by the Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS), the New York City Bar Association, Columbia University, Practising Law Institute (PLI), and other industry and academic organizations.

Sarah is a graduate of Duke University and received her Juris Doctor from Chicago-Kent College of Law. She is admitted to practice in Illinois and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.