Bad Faith Expert Witnesses
Bad faith expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on bad faith. The bad faith expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Financial, Hotel & Restaurant, Industrial Hygiene, Insurance, Legal, Mold, and Risk Management.
Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM
Innovation Insurance Group, LLC
Alabama
Insurance
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Professional Liability Insurance, D&O Liability Insurance, Management Liability Insurance, E&O Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Property Insurance, Casualty Insurance, P&C Insurance Financial Lines Insurance, bad faith, underwriting, claims, policyholder, Insurance, EPLI Insurance, Directors, Officers
Mr. Sagalow is a well known expert in insurance disputes representing both the policyholder and insurance carrier. He has been retained by most of the largest law firms on "both sides of the aisle." As of April 2024 he has been retained over 150 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 60 times including at trial, arbitration and court hearings. While Mr. Sagalow has been retained for a wide variety of insurance matters, his expertise is especially sought after in Financial Lines cases including directors and officers (D&O) insurance and professional liability (E&O) insurance .
Mr. Sagalow has been successful in obtaining his policyholder clients over a billion dollars in recoveries as well as successfully saving for his insurance carrier clients hundreds of millions of dollars via successful declaratory judgment actions or trial verdicts.
Mr. Sagalow is a 40 year insurance veteran having held the most senior positions in many insurance companies including at ...
Dr. Eric N Brown, CIH, CSP
Industrial Hygiene and Mold Expert
Indoor Environments
Los Angeles , California
Mold, Industrial Hygiene
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Asbestos, Bad Faith, Construction Safety, Environmental, Ergonomics, Hazardous Materials, Human Factors Engineering, Industrial Hygiene & Mold, Landlord / Tenant, Lead Poisoning, Occupational / Environmental Health, OSHA, Safety, Wrongful Death
Dr. Eric N. Brown, CIH, CSP, is a Certified Industrial Hygienist (CIH) and a Certified Safety Professional (CSP), with both certifications in good standing with the issuing boards. Dr. Brown holds a Doctorate in Public Health with an Industrial Hygiene specialization from the University of California at Los Angeles, and a Master’s degree in Public Health with an Occupational Health specialization from the Medical College of Ohio. He has over 20 years of experience in:
Health and Safety
Industrial Hygiene
Indoor Air Quality Exposure Assessments
Heat Stress
Litigation Support
Dr. Brown has been a designated expert in thousands of cases, been deposed over one hundred times, and has testified in both trials and arbitrations. His services are available to attorneys representing both plaintiff and defendant.
Frank M Campbell, CLU, ChFC
Life Insurance, Annuities, Disability and LTC
Stratus Financial Partners
Riverside, California
Insurance, Financial
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Life Insurance, Annuity, Annuities, Suitability, Lapse, Life Settlement, agent, Conversion, Estate Planning, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Bad Faith, Beneficiary, trusts, STOLI, TOLI, Standard of Care, Expiration, Misrepresentation, Life/Disability Analyst
Expert in Permanent and Term Life Insurance, Disability, Long-Term Care Insurance as well as variable and fixed annuities. 40+ years’ experience as a high-producing agent with a Fortune 500 insurer. Past Life & Qualifying Member of Million Dollar Round Table – a trade group of top insurance producers. Chartered Life Underwriter. Chartered Financial Consultant. Licensed Life and Disability Analyst. Has reviewed and analyzed hundreds of insurance policies for issues such as suitability, expiration, beneficiaries, conversion, termination, reinstatement, value, and health of the insurer.
David S. Easton, JD, CPCU
Easton Insurance Consulting
San Diego, California
Insurance
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Insurance Claims Handling Best Practices, Insurance Claims Investigation, Construction Defect, Commercial Insurance, Adjuster Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Investigation, Insurance Coverage, Mediation, Duty to Defend, Premises Liability, Certificates of Insurance, Litigation Best Practices
I offer over 30 years of experience in litigated commercial and personal lines claims handling and case management. I am a former Senior Litigation Specialist with thorough knowledge of carrier best practices and their specific application to the duty to investigate, the duty to defend, and the duty to indemnify. For the last 15 years I have specialized in commercial casualty insurance coverage and how appropriate insurance best practices relate to construction defect claims as well as commercial premises liability claims.
I have personally attended over 1000 mediations and settlement conferences in litigated matters as a carrier representative. I have experience and training in giving deposition and trial testimony.
David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI
David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI
Monrovia, California
Insurance, Risk Management
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Workers Compensation, General Liability insurance, Personal and Commercial Lines, Errors and Omissions Casualty Claims, Bad Faith, Risk Management / Loss Control, Coverage and/or Contractual Disputes, Employer Practices Liability, Wage and Hour Disputes, Casualty issues
I offer over 35 years of strong technical background and multiple-line experience in personal and commercial casualty insurance including auto, general liability, and workers' compensation. I am the former Risk Manager of Fullerton School District, (enrollment of 13,554 students and approximately 1500 classified and certificated personnel on 22 sites), assuming overall responsibility for the administration of the district’s property, liability, and self-insured workers’ compensation programs and the employee health and welfare benefits programs. I have served on the Risk Management and Threat Assessment Advisory Board for Cal State Fullerton University Extended Education Program and have previously served as a Management Trustee for the Metropolitan Employee Benefits Association and on the Alliance of Schools for Cooperative Insurance Programs (ASCIP) Loss Control Committee. I have significant experience in litigated casualty claims case management combined with a thorough knowledge...
Steven E. Roth
Life and Disability Insurance Analyst
Agoura Hills, California
Insurance
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life insurance, disability insurance, indexed annuities, annuity, annuities, premium financing, indexed universal life, illustration, bad faith, unfair, deceptive, sales practices, misrepresentation, fraud, negligence, standard of care, STOLI, IOLI, IUL, FIA
Served as a consultant and/or testifying expert witness to national law firms and top lawyers in numerous pro-consumer cases, ranging from deceptive investment and insurance sales practices to unfair insurance claims handling (predominantly life and disability insurance and annuity cases). To date, these cases resulting in estimated $200 million plus of settlements, awards and judgments. Testified in state courts, before FINRA and arbitrations. Never disqualified or had opinions stricken.
1991 - present: Life and disability insurance agent. 2014 - present: Life & Disability Analyst.
ARTICLES AND SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Articles (partial list)
Featured in Forbes Magazine: “Sounding The Alarm On Indexed Universal Life Insurance”, a consumer warning piece concerning complex premium financing and Indexed Universal Life insurance – September 23, 2020
Featured in Forbes Magazine: “Kill The Messenger”, an critique of investment advisors and products – December, 2008
Featured in Forbes Mag...
Frank C. White, Jr. J.D.
ML Insurance Claims Expert Witness LLC.
East Hampton, Connecticut
Insurance
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claims standard of care, insurance coverage, claims investigation, claims valuation, claims authority, claims reserving, claims negotiations, best practices, good faith, bad faith, claims practices act, claims liability assessment, claims damage evaluation, claims exposure
Insurance Claims adjustment, standard of care, coverage, liability, causation, damages, investigations, communications, valuation, authority, reserving, negotiation, best practices, good faith, bad faith, claims practices acts and regulations, CGL, Commercial Auto, CUP, Commercial Excess, Inland Marine, Liquor Liability, Workers Compensation, Employer Liability, Garage Owner Liability, Employment Practices Liability, HO, Personal Auto, PUP, D&O, MPL, LPL, Employed Lawyers Liability, Medical Professional Liability, Cyber, Fiduciary Liability, Benefits Administrator Liability, Freight Forwarder Coverage, similar policies.
Twenty-Two years insurance claims experience with five carriers and private practice working for, with, and against insurance carriers.
David Bano
P/C Insurance. Claims, Sales, Agency, Underwriting
Enterprise Associates LLC
Sarasota, Florida
Insurance, Legal
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Customs Standards Practices, breach, coverage, exclusions, bad faith, extracontractual, automotive, E & O, UI & UIM, class actions, homeowner, wildfire, commercial, catastrophe, excess surplus, Claims Sales Underwriting Agency, SIU, arson, flood, disaster
I began my insurance career as an adjuster-trainee and over 35 years, worked through many assignments to ultimately become Nationwide's first Chief Claims Officer. I was also cross trained in General P/C Management and assigned to large business territories as both a Regional Manager and a State Officer, with full P/L responsibility for Sales/Agents, Underwriting and Claims. Initially, I led the Philadelphia market area and was subsequently promoted to manage the State of Michigan. As a hands-on leader with strong experience in both P/C general management and all aspects of Claims, I offer expertise across the entire Property & Casualty spectrum. Retiring from my role as Chief Claims Officer in 2019, I was responsible for all claims operations countrywide, across all lines of coverage and every business unit. I partnered very closely with General Counsel teams and held decision-making authority over all claims-related litigation, including extracontractual and bad faith situations...
Gregory Riehle, JD
Riehle Hospitality Consulting - Legal and Operations
Wesley Chapel, Florida
Hotel & Restaurant, Legal
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Resort asset management, hotel operations, standard of care, condominium hotels, captive insurance, bad faith, business interruption, risk purchasing, discrimination, harassment, ADA, sale of resort, receivership, sports academies, boarding schools, hotel security, premises liability
Mr. Riehle’s decades of experience in resort and sports academy operations, hospitality law, and insurance, uniquely qualify him as an expert in a variety of hospitality subject matter areas. During his career as a chief executive, general manager, and attorney, he has successfully managed and developed mid-sized companies and organizations. Mr. Riehle’s diverse professional background thus provides him insight into resolving and advising on a wide range of complex disputes. Most recently, Mr. Riehle oversaw all aspects of the sale of a large complex destination resort.
Background.
For 30 years, Mr. Riehle was a leader of one of the largest family-owned and operated resorts, Saddlebrook Resort, as well as its affiliated sports training, academic programs, and property management company. He served in a variety of capacities, including GM, EVP, and General Counsel. During this time, Mr. Riehle was instrumental in the development of Resort Hotel Association, a $9B collective of 150 in...
Rick Bingham
Glynloen Insurance Consulting
Alexandria, Kentucky
Insurance, Risk Management
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bad faith, claims, claim handling, reserves, bad-faith, unfair claims settlement practices, third party administrator, reinsurance, notice, asbestos, extra contractual, receivership, claims management, liquidation, environmental, property and casualty, reserve adequacy, market conduct examination
Throughout his career, Mr. Bingham served as a senior claims manager for 3 major property casualty carriers: CNA, the Hartford, and USF&G. As a seasoned senior level Insurance, Reinsurance, Regulatory and Run-Off Practitioner with 4 decades of industry, consulting, and receivership experience, Mr. Bingham possesses a demonstrated ability to analyze complex insurance-related matters in fast paced and evolving environments. Mr. Bingham’s credentials as subject matter expert have been accepted in both state and federal courts across the country.
Mr. Bingham has demonstrated an understanding and command of claims handling practices, reinsurance policies, and regulatory and run-off issues of the highest complexity. His wealth of experience in the handling of claims, claims management, regulatory compliance, drafting expert reports, and testifying in complex litigation have made him an asset to businesses and attorneys throughout the United States.
As a past recipient of the Cert...
Stephen Miller, CPCU, AIC
Miller Claims & Risk Associates, LLC
Northbridge, Massachusetts
Insurance, Risk Management
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Claims Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Nuclear Verdicts, Claims Use of AI, Coverages, Failure to Investigate, Failure to Defend, Failure to Settle, Primary v Excess, Duties to Excess Tower, Third Party Administrators, Insurer Processes
Steve, with over 30 years of experience in the property-casualty insurance industry, offers his services as a consultant/testifying expert witness on matters involving claims practices and norms, standards of care, bad faith, coverage analysis and litigation management. During the course of his career, he has directly adjusted, supervised, managed and/or mediated in over 40 states and the District of Columbia.
Steve's deep carrier experience encompasses bodily injury claims, property damage, personal and advertising injury, uninsured and underinsured motorists, subrogation and bad faith/extra contractual liability. He has experience in policy analysis, internal carrier processes, performance metrics, vendor management and litigation management. Steve has worked extensively with third party administrators and self-insureds in "unbundled" claims environments. His clients have ranged from individuals to Fortune 100 companies with large self-insured retentions and large exposures....
Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM
Innovation Insurance Group, LLC
Syosset, New York
Insurance
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Professional Liability Insurance, D&O Liability Insurance, Management Liability Insurance, E&O Insurance, Cyber Insurance, Property Insurance, Casualty Insurance, P&C Insurance Financial Lines Insurance, bad faith, underwriting, claims, policyholder, Insurance, EPLI Insurance, Directors, Officers
Mr. Sagalow is a well known expert in insurance disputes representing both the policyholder and insurance carrier. He has been retained by most of the largest law firms on "both sides of the aisle." As of April 2024 he has been retained over 150 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 60 times including at trial, arbitration and court hearings. While Mr. Sagalow has been retained for a wide variety of insurance matters, his expertise is especially sought after in Financial Lines cases including directors and officers (D&O) insurance and professional liability (E&O) insurance .
Mr. Sagalow has been successful in obtaining his policyholder clients over a billion dollars in recoveries as well as successfully saving for his insurance carrier clients hundreds of millions of dollars via successful declaratory judgment actions or trial verdicts.
Mr. Sagalow is a 40 year insurance veteran having held the most senior positions in many insurance companies including at ...
Britta M Moss, CPCU, SCLA, AIC-M
P&C Claim Handling Standards-Bad Faith Litigation
Britta M. Moss
Delaware, Ohio
Insurance, Legal
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Property & Casualty Claims, Casualty Insurance, P&C Claims, Insurance Claims, Insurance Bad Faith, First, Third, Industry Standards, Common Practices, Insurance Coverage, Investigation, Insurer Defense, Personal Injury, commercial, personal, auto, homeowner, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured
Independent professional in Property & Casualty insurance industry standards and common practices for claim handling. Located in Ohio, but available nationwide. Qualified to testify at trial in both state and federal court.
Consultation services provided to law firms representing plaintiffs and insurer defendants involved in disputes or litigation regarding coverage analysis, investigation, liability determination, damage evaluation, negotiation, and settlement. Experienced expert witness in industry claim handling standards and common practices.
Thirty (30) years-experience as a property and casualty insurance industry professional with a wide variety of personal and commercial lines claims. Roles include front-line Claim Representative, Litigation Examiner, Supervisor, Trainer, Manager, and Consultant for claims involving auto damage, personal & commercial property damage (PD), bodily injury (BI), personal injury, property damage liability, premises liability, commercial ...
Mark A Anderson, SCLA, AIC, AIM, AIS, CCI
Anderson Claim Consulting, LLC
Ninety Six, South Carolina
Insurance
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Bad Faith, Coverage, P&C Claims, Commercial Property Claims, Personal Property Claims, Best Practices, Exclusions, Denials, E&O Claims, Class Action, Extracontractual, Catastrophes, Hurricanes, Fraud, SIU, Subrogation, Commercial Auto Claims, P&C Operations
I began my career as an adjuster trainee and worked through every operating level within Claims. As VP of Property, Auto and Liability claims at Liberty Mutual for 36 years and AVP of Commercial Property, Auto and Agribusiness claims with Nationwide for 8 years, I was responsible for Claims operations nationwide. I partnered with defense, coverage and bad faith counsel in the review and oversight of coverage disputes and bad faith litigation.
Throughout my career, I have been responsible for the handling, management and leadership of PL and CL Property and Auto claims, field operations along with technical oversight, including the development and implementation of Claim Handling Guidelines "Best Practices".
I am extremely familiar with coverage interpretation, best claim practices, bad faith situations, limits, exclusions, claim procedures and building construction issues.
As a P&C Insurance claim consultant, I work for both plaintiffs and defendants. I am currently available as...
David Princeton, CPCU, AMIM, AIC, JD
Muskego, Wisconsin
Insurance
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Good Faith, Bad Faith, Practices, Claim, Adjuster, Commercial, Insurance, Residential, ISO, Construction, defect, broker, agent, coverage, HO3, damage, property, settlement, unfair, casualty
David Princeton is a distinguished insurance professional with a career spanning several facets of the industry. His 20-year career includes pivotal roles at National Insurance Carriers, A Top 50 Broker, and in Private Equity. Currently the Principal Consultant of Advocate Risk Network Inc., David provides professional guidance to corporations and prominent individuals in both the risk management and claims disciplines. Additionally, David consults with insurance companies, provides expert witness testimony, is an author, a speaker, and holds multiple insurance designations and licenses.
CPCU - Charter Property Casualty Underwriter
AMIM- Associates in Marine Insurance Management
AIC - Associates in Claims
CSRP - Certified Subrogation Recovery Professional
Obtained his Juris Doctorate in January 2024