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Senior Vice President, Commercial P&C Claims Management
Courtney McLarty joined Stephens Insurance in 2015 and currently serves as Senior Vice President and lead of the Property & Casualty Claims Management division. Her role is to provide advocacy and support to insureds during the claims process to ensure the best possible outcome, including negotiating settlements and resolving disputes, as well as research and analyze relevant laws and regulations related to insureds' claims to provide the best course of action.
Prior to joining Stephens, McLarty was engaged in private practice with the Little Rock firm of Wright, Lindsey and Jennings LLP with a focus on insurance defense, trucking and transportation defense, and insurance coverage dispute litigation. Her practice areas also include transactional and trial practice in contract, business, and litigated issues related to Federal and Arkansas securities law claims.
McLarty earned a JD from the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville soon after receiving a BA in Classical Greek from the University of Georgia.
McLarty is active in the community through organizations such as the Junior League of Little Rock (President 2009-2010), the 20th Century Club of Little Rock, and currently serves on the Board of the Pulaski County Bar Foundation. She graduated as a Fellow of the American Board of Trial Advocates Trial College held at Harvard Law School in 2014 and has been a member of the William R. Overton Inn of Court since 1999.