
Tara Clayton, J.D.
Managing Director, Marsh

Tara Clayton is a client executive in Marsh’s Senior Living and LTC Industry Practice. In this role, she advises clients with strategic and tactical advice concerning effective general and professional claim resolution, risk management, and strategies to obtain maximum insurance coverage across lines of coverage. Tara’s expertise with complex litigation and creative risk management initiatives helps reduce costs, enhance value, and increase client control of their risk management programs. Tara is also actively involved in national and state trade associations, demonstrating her commitment to the industry and her active participation in shaping public policy.
Tara has more than 19 years of experience in general and professional liability in the senior care industry through her roles as defense counsel, corporate counsel, and as a claim consultant. Tara joined Marsh in 2021 after serving senior care clients as a national senior claim consultant for a global insurance broker. Prior to joining the brokerage industry, Tara was vice president of operations legal counsel for a multi-state senior care provider. In that role, she managed general, professional, and employment litigation for the skilled nursing and senior living campuses, as well as pharmacy and therapy litigation. She also assisted with corporate legal matters, including corporate transactions, regulatory compliance, privacy and security compliance, and risk management.
Before moving into the role of operations counsel in 2013, Tara was a health care and commercial litigation attorney, representing senior care providers and other health care in general and professional liability claims. Tara also advised on regulatory matters, including federal and state health care privacy, licensure, and long-term care discharge proceedings.