Insurance Expert Witnesses

The SEAK Expert Witness Directory contains a comprehensive list of insurance expert witnesses who testify, consult and provide litigation support on insurance and related issues. Insurance expert witnesses and consultants on this page may form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, and provide expert witness testimony at deposition and trial. The issues and subjects these insurance expert witnesses testify regarding may include: Insurance, Bad Faith, Claims, Life Insurance, Risk Management, Construction, Insurance Coverage, Annuities, Insurance Bad Faith, Reinsurance, Standard Of Care, Misrepresentation, Bad Faith Insurance, Claims Handling, and Disability Insurance .

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Harold "Trey" Fairman III, AIF®, J.D., LL.M. Financial Services Industry Expert

Insurance, Securities & Investments - Life Insurance,ERISA,FINRA,Premium Financing,IUL,Negligence,Life Settlement,Indexed UL,Annuities,STOLI,Economic Damages, Misrepresentation,Disability,Unfair Sales Practices,Fraud,Standard of Care,Variable, LTC, 401k,Illustration,VUL,FIA,ILIT,Bad Faith,Policy Lapse,Fiduciary,Agent Duty,403b,Deceptive
As a court-qualified expert since 2011, I have authored numerous reports and rebuttals, opined on damage matters, and testified multiple times in federal and state court jury trials. I have also consulted as an expert in FINRA arbitration hearings. I am uniquely qualified with decades of experience in the high-net-worth financial services marketplace. Over my career, I have partnered with insurance agents, fiduciaries, attorneys, accountants, pension actuaries, registered investment advisors, financial planners, Wall Street firms, Private Banks, and Trust Companies to provide investment and insurance planning services. I have extensive knowledge of various financial services, from basic to complex. Experience includes 401(k) fiduciary oversight and plan governance, standards of care and prudent processes, business owner planning, estate tax liquidity planning, and income replacement planning. Product experience includes most types of investment vehicles, annuities, disabili...

Robert M Anderson, CPCU The Anderson Edge

Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Federal Cases, Rule 26, Insurance Pollution, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Insurer Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect Insurance, Insurance Manuscript Policies, Insurance Custom and Practice, Property Casualty Insurance
Trusted by 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms Bob began his career as a casualty underwriter for Pacific Indemnity Company (Chubb) and later for Industrial Indemnity Company. Bob also served as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of well-known Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers. Over nearly 30 years, he built Anderson & Anderson from a four-person company to the fifth-largest brokerage firm in California until the time of its sale to AON Corporation. At Aon, Bob was the president of the Aon Advantage Group which advised 20 industry practice leaders such as the Hospitality Group which insured Hotels, Resorts, and Casinos. Bob attended the Harvard Business School’s OPM program which is similar to its MBA program. He earned his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in 1970 from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Inc. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to; • ADR (Arbitration/Mediation) Cove...

Rick Bingham Glynloen Insurance Consulting

Insurance, Risk Management - 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...

Timothy A Coleman, PhD Coleman Knupp & DIce, LLC

Birmingham, Alabama
Meteorology, Environmental - Weather, Rainfall, Flood, Hurricane, Tornado, Wind, Fog, Visibility, Atmosphere, Insurance, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction
Dr. Tim Coleman is the founding partner of the meteorological consulting firm of Coleman Knupp & Dice, LLC. He has been working in forensic weather analysis and consulting since 2008, and has 32 years of experience in meteorology. He holds a PhD and MS in Atmospheric Science from The University of Alabama in Huntsville, and a BS in Physics and Mathematics from Samford University. Tim has performed meteorological consulting services in over 200 cases in 19 states and Europe. His work in these cases has been widely varied, including but not limited to: rainfall and flood analysis; building collapse (due to wind or water); wind damage (including hurricanes, straight-line winds, and tornadoes), slip and fall (due to water, ice, and wind), lightning, hail damage, highway accidents, aircraft accidents, fog and visibility, and sun angle. Many of these cases have involved expert testimony. Dr. Coleman’s clients have complimented his ability to locate and analyze complex information, ...

Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM Innovation Insurance Group, LLC

Alabama
Insurance - 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 June 2023, he has been retained over 125 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 50 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 A...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Mountain Brook, Alabama
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Robert A Lohr, MPA Bob Lohr & Associates

Anchorage, Alaska
Insurance, Financial - Insurance Bad Faith, Claims Investigation, Standard of Care, Property/Casualty, Auto, UM/UIM, Life Insurance, Regulatory Compliance, Rate & Form Filings, Material Misrepresentation, Broker Negligence, Workers Compensation,Force Place Coverage, Homeowners Ratemaking, GCOP, and Health Insurance.
Former Director of Insurance, State of Alaska Active participant in National Association of Insurance Commissioners Retained as Expert Witness or Confidential Consultant in more than 80 Insurance matters, from 2003-Present. Testified or deposed in more than 18 matters. Advised insurers through counsel on resolving proposed regulatory administrative actions from Alaska Division of Insurance. Research and present insurance issues for possible class action litigation. Excerpts from Harvard University Graduate School Professor’s letter of Reference: “clearly [Mr. Lohr] was among the top ten students in the class numbering more than 170.”.. Few have worked as hard and gotten as much out of this program.”

Ramzi Asfour, MD Praxis Infectious Diseases

Arizona
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital). Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving: Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necrotizing fasc...

Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.

Arizona
Insurance, Insurance - Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices,
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc., Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022) Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times. Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Associate in Claims (ARM) Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas

Daniel G Fink, CIC, CRM, CPCU, CRIS, AAI Insurance Expert Witness

Phoenix, Arizona
Insurance - Insurance Agent/Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Agents errors and omissions, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Coverages, and Claims, Insurance Industry Claim handling standards, Workers Compensation insurance, Auto Insurance, UM & UIM Insurance, Home Insurance, Insurance Disput
Daniel Fink, [email protected], is an active insurance agent and instructor with over 35 years of experience. He has earned the CIC, CRM, CPCU, CRIS, & AAI insurance certifications. As an insurance instructor, he teaches continuing education & certification classes for the CIC, CISR, and CRIS programs. Daniel is a good communicator (BA in Journalism and English) combined with an extensive background in insurance. He served as President of the IIABAZ (Arizona Agents Association) and has worked on the Arizona insurance licensing exam. Daniel has served as an expert witness for many years with plaintiffs and defendants, reviewing insurance agent standard of care, claims handling, policy and coverage reviews, and bad faith/unfair claim practices.

Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates, Inc.

Arizona
Structural Engineering, Engineering - Wood, masonry, steel, concrete structures. Construction defect, insurance litigation, professional liability claims. Seismic/wind design, code review, standard of care analysis. Also foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, and tie-backs. Extensive graphics and animations capabilities.
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates (JWA), founded in 1988 and with licenses in thirty states, has provided structural design and construction defect investigations/evaluations across the United States and abroad. Structural evaluations included wood, masonry, steel, and concrete structures, with particular emphasis on seismic and wind design. JWA has experience working with specialty materials such as acrylic, aluminum, and glass as well. Evaluations also include code review and analysis, and standard of care analysis. JWA has extensive experience with geotechnical structures such as special foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, tie-backs, and soil nails, among others. JWA strives for a reasoned, accurate, and practical solution to structural engineering problems and deficiencies. Principal Structural Engineers Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE; Dan R. Werdowatz PE, SE; and Stephen P. Kerr, PE, SE have been retained as expert witnesses in over 1,500 cases for plaintiff and defense cli...

Stuart Landsverk NorthStar Partners

Mesa, Arizona
Automotive, Financial - Automotive, Automobile dealerships, Auto Theft, Best Practices, Property and Security, Insurance, Diminished Value Cases, Automobile Dealership Policies & Procedures, Auto Financing, Trademarks, Automobile Sales Finance Act, Improper Disclosures, New & Used Automobile Transactions
Mr. Landsverk has been a veteran of the automotive dealership industry since 1982 and holds the designation of the certified master dealer, one of the highest designations available to an automotive dealer. In his 35+ year automotive career, he has worked his way through the business in sales, sales manager, finance director, used vehicle manager, general sales manager, general manager, managing partner, and dealer principal. Stuart has worked with clients like hedge funds, law firms, peer groups, and venture capitalists that want to learn more about the automobile business or automotive finance business. Stuart has been deposed as an expert witness, provided counsel, expert reports, and testimony regarding hiring, firing, Auto Financing, GAP policies, Automobile theft, property security, P&L, pay plans, property damage, trademarks, auto dealer security measures, auto dealership best practices, F&I, consumer fraud auto dealer inventory practices, diminished value claims, dealersh...

David R. Mitchell, CPCU, CIC, MBA, MA.HR, SPHR, SHRM-SCP Ideal Insurance Agency

Surprise, Arizona
Insurance - insurance standard of care, insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, workers compensation, human resources, property and casualty insurance, life insurance, health insurance, disability insurance, long term care insurance, cyber insurance, auto insurance, home insurance, business insurance
David has been a licensed practicing insurance producer for 39 years. He understands the reasonable care, skill and diligence from not only academia but experience. He has been an insurance agency owner for 37 years. To date he has consulted in over 50 court cases as a consultant/expert. His consultant/expert work is split at about 45% Plaintiff and 55% Defense. David has testified in several depositions and at jury trial with a successful outcome. David is a CPCU. In addition, he has been a Certified Insurance Counselor since September of 1992. The Family Agency in which he is a partner has won both community and industry awards. David has reviewed the Arizona State Licensure Exams since 1998. He has taught various insurance courses through The National Alliance since 2002. He has taught several continuing education courses in Arizona. Since 2002 he has taught various business courses collegiately. Currently has been an adjunct professor at Glendale Community College teaching in...

Harold "Trey" Fairman III, AIF®, J.D., LL.M. Financial Services Industry Expert

Fayetteville, Arkansas
Insurance, Securities & Investments - Life Insurance,ERISA,FINRA,Premium Financing,IUL,Negligence,Life Settlement,Indexed UL,Annuities,STOLI,Economic Damages, Misrepresentation,Disability,Unfair Sales Practices,Fraud,Standard of Care,Variable, LTC, 401k,Illustration,VUL,FIA,ILIT,Bad Faith,Policy Lapse,Fiduciary,Agent Duty,403b,Deceptive
As a court-qualified expert since 2011, I have authored numerous reports and rebuttals, opined on damage matters, and testified multiple times in federal and state court jury trials. I have also consulted as an expert in FINRA arbitration hearings. I am uniquely qualified with decades of experience in the high-net-worth financial services marketplace. Over my career, I have partnered with insurance agents, fiduciaries, attorneys, accountants, pension actuaries, registered investment advisors, financial planners, Wall Street firms, Private Banks, and Trust Companies to provide investment and insurance planning services. I have extensive knowledge of various financial services, from basic to complex. Experience includes 401(k) fiduciary oversight and plan governance, standards of care and prudent processes, business owner planning, estate tax liquidity planning, and income replacement planning. Product experience includes most types of investment vehicles, annuities, disabili...

Advisors / Experts @MCS Associates National Expert Witness/Consulting Group

Tustin, California
Real Estate, Insurance - Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Construction, SBA, Lending, Appraisal, RESPA/TIL, Broker standards, Escrow, Title insurance, Leasing, Property management, Foreclosure, Agent/Broker duties, Insurance underwriting, Claims, Bad faith, Life, Health, Disability, Property/Casualty, Reinsurance, etc.
MCS Associates (established 1973) is a nationwide specialist expert witness and litigation consulting group that concentrates in seven key areas:  Banking and Lending  Securities & Investments  Investment Banking & Finance  Financial Services  Insurance  Real Estate  Damages, Economic Analysis & Forensic Accounting Our company takes greater pride and care in identifying and selecting the right experts with the specific specialized expertise needed for each assignment, and we undertake expert witness assignments throughout the United States. Our clients include several thousand leading national and regional law firms, as well as many smaller and specialized boutique practices, and we also work extensively with numerous regulatory and government agencies Real Estate, Insurance - Residential, Commercial, Industrial, Construction, SBA, Lending, Appraisal, RESPA/TIL, Broker standards, Escrow, Title insurance, Leasing, Property management, Foreclosure, Agent/Broker duties, ...

Robert M Anderson, CPCU The Anderson Edge

Newport Beach, California
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Federal Cases, Rule 26, Insurance Pollution, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Insurer Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect Insurance, Insurance Manuscript Policies, Insurance Custom and Practice, Property Casualty Insurance
Trusted by 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms Bob began his career as a casualty underwriter for Pacific Indemnity Company (Chubb) and later for Industrial Indemnity Company. Bob also served as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of well-known Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers. Over nearly 30 years, he built Anderson & Anderson from a four-person company to the fifth-largest brokerage firm in California until the time of its sale to AON Corporation. At Aon, Bob was the president of the Aon Advantage Group which advised 20 industry practice leaders such as the Hospitality Group which insured Hotels, Resorts, and Casinos. Bob attended the Harvard Business School’s OPM program which is similar to its MBA program. He earned his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in 1970 from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Inc. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to; • ADR (Arbitration/Mediation) Cove...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Newport Beach, California
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Ramzi Asfour, MD Praxis Infectious Diseases

California
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital). Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving: Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necrotizing fasc...

Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.

California
Insurance, Insurance - Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices,
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc., Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022) Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times. Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Associate in Claims (ARM) Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas

Dick Bridy, PhD DBI Group Expert Witness

Solana Beach, California
Real Estate - Asset/Property/Portfolio Management, Commercial real estate, real estate Development/Redevelopment, Insurance, Personal Injury, Slip and Fall, Liability, Realtor Fiduciary Matters, Disclosure, Misrepresentation, Negligence, Affirmative Duty
DBI Expert Witness is a commercial real estate Consulting Firm that offers services, including workplace safety and health standards of care and OSHA compliance services. • Litigation consultation services and trial testimony • Expert consultation on public safety, building compliance and personal injury • Building Code violations and property owner negligence • California Building Standards Code (Title 24) • Application, interpretations, compliance and industry consensus standards of the OSH ACT of 1970 • Lease obligations and Landlord/Tenant default Extensive experience in asset and property management issues related to management operations, leasing, Landlord/Tenant disputes, slip & falls, property inspection and maintenance, security, fiduciary and affirmative duties, plus standards of care for commercial facilities. Dr. Dick Bridy as over 45 years of experience as an owner/developer/redeveloper, asset/property manager, Realtor, investment syndicator and lender for commercial ...

Frank M Campbell, CLU, ChFC Stratus Financial Partners

Riverside, California
Insurance, Financial - Life Insurance, Annuity, Annuities, Suitability, Lapse, Life Settlement, Renewal, Conversion, Estate Planning, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Bad Faith, Beneficiary, trusts, STOLI, TOLI, Standard of Care, Expiration, Misrepresentation, Life/Disability Analyst, Broker, Agent
Expert in Whole and Term Life, Disability and Long-Term Care Insurance as well as variable and fixed annuities. 30+ 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.

Tyla DiMaria, RN, MSN, CCM, CNLCP Best Life Care Solutions

Carlsbad, California
Life Care Planning, Nurse - Home Care Agency Owner/Expert, Nursing Administration, Long Term Care, Standard of Care Expert, Medical Surgical, Trauma, Brain Injury, Spinal Cord Injury, Pain Management, Burn Injury, Catastrophic Injury, Amputation Injury, Case Management, Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance, Medical Bill Review
Registered Nurse with over 26 years of experience. Home Care Agency Owner since 2008. Broad range of nursing experience including medical surgical, trauma/ICU, telemetry, orthopedics, rehab, workers comp, mother/baby, and more. Serving both plaintiffs and defense with life care planning services, life care plan rebuttals, medical record review, standard of care reports, medical bill review, and more. Looking forward to working with you!

Mason A Dinehart III, RFC FEND - Financial Education Network Development

San Ramon, California
Securities & Investments, Insurance - Due Diligence, Suitability, Supervision, Standards of Care, Breach of Fiduciary Duty, Variable and Fixed Index Annuities, TIC's, Non-Traded REIT'S, Broker Dealer Compliance, Portfolio Analysis,Private Placements, Elder Abuse, Damages, Misrepresentation, Material Omission and Fraud,
I am celebrating 5 decades in the securities Industry. I am both a FINRA Arbitrator and the designated securities expert witness for the CA State Bar. I am a consulting expert in litigation and arbitration having testified in 25 states involving securities, insurance and annuities. Since 1991, I have been retained over 1000 times and have testified in 365 arbitrations before NASD, FINRA, JAMS, PSE, AAA and PSE along with attending and testifying in over 100 mediations. In addition, I have qualified and testified before the L.A. Federal Court along with State Courts in L.A., Orange, Fresno and San Diego. My case track record stands at 328 wins and 37 losses. From a long-standing banking background in corporate finance to underwriting and investment banking and real estate experience, I bring a strong knowledge of modern portfolio theory through the teaching of hundreds of retirement financial planning seminars at the corporate level. It is my goal to bring a refres...

David S. Easton, JD, CPCU Easton Insurance Consulting

San Diego, California
Insurance - 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.

Frederick J Fisher, J.D., CCP Fisher Consulting Group, Inc.

El Segundo, California
Insurance, Business Operations - Professional Liability, Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Brokers, Real Estate Brokers, Escrow Procedures, Mortgage Brokers, Claims Procedures, Claims Made Insurance,
Frederick J. Fisher, J.D. is the President of Fisher Consulting Group, Inc., and was the Founder of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, a Wholesale & MGA facility specializing in Professional Liability and Specialty Line risks. He is a Member of the Editorial Board for Agents of America; a Faculty Member of the Claims College, and Member of the Executive Council, School of Professional Lines as sponsored by the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. He is a course designer and webinar Instructor for the Academy of Insurance (sponsored by the Insurance Journal). Since his career began, Mr. Fisher focused on one vision: providing financial security to the client. The result was a successful 41 year career in Specialty Lines Insurance. In 1975, Mr. Fisher began his career on the service side, as an Independent E&O claims adjuster. In 1982, he bought the Company, continued with claims, while expanding the firm’s services to include qualitative claim auditing, risk management & loss contro...

Lola Hogan, CPCU ARM ARe Lola Hogan Insurance Consulting LLC

Pacific Grove, California
Insurance - Claims Practices, Bad Faith, Duty to Defend, Property & Casualty, Personal and Commercial lines.
Over 35 years of insurance industry experience, including 20 plus years of experience as an insurance executive. Understands and can explain both the theoretical and practical aspects of claims handling. She served as the Vice President and Chief Claim Officer for Sequoia Insurance Company in Monterey, California. In addition to management duties, personally handled and managed a broad range of complex, high exposure first and third party claims, umbrella claims and suits against the company. Personally handled well over 100 mediations and MSC’s and has extensive experience in giving deposition and trial testimony.

James Ji, MD James Ji MD, Inc

San Marino, California
Internal Medicine, Hospitalist - Medical Director, HMO, Medicare Advantage, Insurance, HCC, RAF, Coding, Billing, Contracts
Dr. Ji is a Los Angeles based board certified internal medicine physician with experience as a medical director and practicing hospitalist physician since graduating residency in New York in 2013 (Columbia University/New York Presbyterian Hospital). Since then he has had: 10+ years of experience as a hybrid hospitalist and office based internal medicine physician in active practice 7+ years of medical director experience for two large medical groups (Regal Medical Group and Caremore) Additional experience and expertise include clinical and management expertise in: -value based care and risk bearing models of care -PCP/specialist and hospital contracting -HCC/RAF coding -STARS/HEDIS -High risk population management (inpatient and outpatient) -Insurance based bed day management (inpatient/observation determination, and out-of-network and patient transfer management) -Extensive case review experience with physician quality/standards, hospital coding, appeals determination including...

Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates, Inc.

San Diego, California
Structural Engineering, Engineering - Wood, masonry, steel, concrete structures. Construction defect, insurance litigation, professional liability claims. Seismic/wind design, code review, standard of care analysis. Also foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, and tie-backs. Extensive graphics and animations capabilities.
Josephson-Werdowatz & Associates (JWA), founded in 1988 and with licenses in thirty states, has provided structural design and construction defect investigations/evaluations across the United States and abroad. Structural evaluations included wood, masonry, steel, and concrete structures, with particular emphasis on seismic and wind design. JWA has experience working with specialty materials such as acrylic, aluminum, and glass as well. Evaluations also include code review and analysis, and standard of care analysis. JWA has extensive experience with geotechnical structures such as special foundations, underpinning, retaining walls, tie-backs, and soil nails, among others. JWA strives for a reasoned, accurate, and practical solution to structural engineering problems and deficiencies. Principal Structural Engineers Carl H. Josephson, PE, SE; Dan R. Werdowatz PE, SE; and Stephen P. Kerr, PE, SE have been retained as expert witnesses in over 1,500 cases for plaintiff and defense cli...

Arthur B Kagan, FSA, EA A | K Actuarial & Pension Services

Woodland Hills, California
Actuarial, Statistics - Actuary, Pension Plans, retirement plans, 401k plans, ERISA, IRS compliance, audits, pension consulting, life expectancy calculations, marital dissolution, employee benefits, personal injury, wrongful death, disability, loss of income, life estate values, insurance, annuities, executive plans
Professional affiliations include F.S.A, Fellow Society of Actuaries (highest education for an actuary), E. A. Enrolled Actuary, M. A. A. A Member American Academy of Actuaries, ASPPA American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries, NIPA National Institute of Pension Administrators, and past affiliation as F. C. A. Fellow of Conference of Consulting Actuaries. Prior Board Member for Conference of Consulting Actuaries and NIPA. Authored several articles early in career on the growing trend of 401k Plans to replace traditional Pension Plans. Implemented one of the early Cash Balance Pension Plans for large law firm; expanded to over 100 Cash Balance Pension Plans. Worked closely with ERISA and client attorneys on client issues; frequently utilized research service of ERISA attorney firm. Presented many seminars on recent developments in pension plan industry and creative plan design to Desert Estate Planning Council, California CPA Society, AXA Advisors and various...

Guy O Kornblum Guy O. Kornblum, A Professional Law Corporation

San Francisco, California
Insurance, Legal - Insurance Claims Handling, Insurance Compliance with Good Faith Claims Principles, Standard of Care in Civil Litigation, Civil Litigation, Case Evaluation, Negotiation and Settlement
GUY O. KORNBLUM is a principal in Guy O. Kornblum, a professional law corporation, with offices in San Francisco, California. He has specialized as a trial and appellate lawyer for over 45 years. The firm specializes in a wide range of civil litigation, including serious injury and wrongful death, financial and physical elder abuse, and all aspects of insurance including “bad faith” claims. Mr. Kornblum himself has handled over 4000 litigated matters to conclusion and has several million dollar plus cases to his credit. He has represented hundreds of clients, small businesses, individuals, and large Fortune 500 corporations during his over 40 years of practice. He is highly regarded for his courtroom and appellate skills, and his representation of his clients in mediations, where he has a strong track record of successful settlements. Mr. Kornblum is certified in Civil Trial Law and Civil Pretrial Practice Advocacy by the prestigious National Board of Trial Advocacy, and is a ...

Mitchell L. Lathrop, CArb Law Office of Mitchell L. Lathrop

San Diego, California
Insurance, Legal - Bad faith, insurance coverage, legal malpractice, reinsurance, legal ethics
Mitchell L. Lathrop is a lawyer licensed in California, New York and the District of Columbia. After over 40 years in trial courts throughout the United States, he today restricts his practice to arbitration, mediation, and expert consulting and testimony in matters involving insurance, reinsurance, and lawyers’ professional responsibility and ethics. He is a former Presiding Referee of the California State Bar Court, with over 20 years experience in lawyer disciplinary matters. He has served in over 100 cases as an expert in insurance, reinsurance. and legal malpractice matters.

Sandra Moriarty, CPCU, AIC, API, AIS, AINS Resolved SF, LLC

San Francisco, California
Insurance - Claims, Claims Handling, Standards and Practice, Property, Casualty, Restoration, Fire, Water, Mold, IICRC
With extensive experience across a broad sector of the property and casualty insurance industry, Sandra has unique insight and perspective into the challenges that arise in the insurance claims process. She has successfully guided both plaintiffs and defendants through hundreds of complex claims; both first and third party, litigated and non- litigated. With her extensive background in the fire and water restoration industry, combined with her outstanding communication and negotiation skills, Sandra excels in helping her clients get their cases RESOLVED.

Thomas M. Neches, CPA, ABV, CVA, CFE, CFF Thomas Neches & Co., LLP

Los Angeles, California
Business Damages, Accounting - CPA expert witness, forensic accounting, damages, business valuation, lost profits, reasonable royalty, alter ego, intellectual property, wrongful termination, wrongful death, breach of contract, lender liability,banking, entertainment, insurance, manufacturing, retail, securities, wholesale.
Thomas Neches, managing partner of Thomas Neches & Company LLP, provides accounting, financial, business valuation and statistical analyses to assist attorneys involved in litigation. Mr. Neches has testified as an expert in state and federal courts in Arizona, California, Florida, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New York and Oregon. He is a Certified Public Accountant, Accredited in Business Valuation, a Certified Valuation Analyst, a Certified Fraud Examiner and is Certified in Financial Forensics. He received his BA in Mathematics and Literature from UC San Diego and his MS in Operations Research from UCLA. Mr. Neches has testified to juries on behalf of both plaintiffs and defendants in antitrust, breach of contract, fraud, intellectual property, lender liability, personal injury and wrongful termination cases. Examples of the litigation issues he has addressed include lost profits, lost business value, determining a reasonable royalty and piercing the corporate veil. Representativ...

David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI David E. Pilcher, CPCU, ARM, AIC, AAI

Monrovia, California
Insurance, Risk Management - 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, and other 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...

Daniel R Robles, PE, MBA Community Engineering Services, PLLC

California
Mechanical Engineering, Real Estate - plumbing, pipe, re-pipe, leaks, failures, Inspection, construction, water damage, feasibility, epoxy liner, CPVC, Aquatherm, PEX, Galvanized, copper, risk assessment, machinery, insurance, defect, standard of care, Blockchain, smart contract adjudication.
Thirty-five years of practical engineering experience across the aerospace, building construction, and technology industries. Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Masters degree in International Business Administration. Expert Witness at the intersection of mechanical engineering, business practices, and standard of care.  Technical specialties include plumbing systems (failures, leaks, defects and corrosion), building envelope failures resulting in mold or water damage, Real Estate transactions, mechanical failures due to improper maintenance or operation, Investigation, testing, and report writing. Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to explain complex matters in simple and accessible terms. Knowledgable in recent technologies such as blockchain, digital twin, and digital twin applications for the engineering professions. Experienced in cross border and international engineering practices. Registered professional engineer in California and Washingt...

Steven E. Roth Life and Disability Insurance Analyst

Agoura Hills, California
Insurance - 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,class action,premium,lapse,reinstatement, termination.
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...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

California
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Pauline Thomas, CRM, CIC, ARM, CISR Effective Risk Management

Costa Mesa, California
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance, Risk Management, Agent/Broker Standard of Care, MGA, Wholesale Intermediary, Excess & Surplus Lines, Underwriting, Insurance Industry Customs & Practices, Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, E&O, EPLI, Occurrence v. Claims Made, PEOs, Contracts, Certificates, Additional Insureds, Claims
51+ years experience. Insurance & risk management professional. Faculty Member, Big "I" Virtual University Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America Practice includes expert witness & transactional consulting. Personal & commercial insurance including property, inland marine, wet marine, builders risk, course of construction, general liability, automobile liability, workers compensation, homeowners, medical malpractice, employment practices liability, professional liability. Traditional insurance & alternative risk programs, captives, self-insurance, large deductibles, retrospective rating. Experience includes underwriting, retail & wholesale production agencies, general agent, excess & surplus lines & franchisor. Producer, agent and broker custom & practice and standard of care. Good faith, bad faith. Experience with design & marketing of insurance programs & design & interpretation of insurance clauses in lease agreements, construction and other business contracts, cer...

Damian J. Arguello Crest Insurance Law & Consulting, LLC

Colorado
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance claim handling, insurance standards, bad faith, Insurance agent/broker professional negligence, errors & omissions insurance, Contractual risk transfer
I’m Damian J. Arguello, an experienced former adjuster, claim manager, and insurance agency errors & omissions risk manager. I provide consulting and testifying expert services on cases nationwide. I have testified over 30 times, including jury trials and arbitration proceedings, as well as depositions. I have three decades of unique insurance industry experience, having worked in and around the insurance industry since 1986: A former multi-line claims adjuster A claims manager at a top-20 insurance brokerage An insurance brokerage's errors & omissions risk manager An Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law A former faculty member for the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research I was one of the leaders of a claims reengineering project for a major insurance company, working with the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Company. I have provided consulting and testifying expert witness services in a diverse range of cases: Construction Defect Claims Builders Risk Cla...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Colorado
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Laura A. Dambier Insurance Capital Consulting LLC

Avon, Connecticut
Insurance, Business Operations - Life insurance, annuities, agent licensing, appointment, commissions, terminations, contracting, regulatory requirements, operations, customer service, call centers, home office administrative processes, technology, compliance, file review
Laura A. Dambier Accomplished retired senior executive with more than 20 years of experience leading life insurance operations across the life cycle of a policy from life insurance and annuity agent/broker/distribution sales authorization to the sales process, compensation, customer service and claims. Areas of expertise include but are not limited to life insurance and annuity agent licensing, appointments, terminations, commissions, contracting, technology, customer service, call center and claims. Please see Insurance Capital Consulting LLC below for further detail. Insurance Capital Consulting LLC Led by Laura A. Dambier, Insurance Capital Consulting LLC brings together a cross-functional team of seasoned insurance industry professionals with extensive experience in insurance company home office processes covering the lifespan of a life insurance policy or annuity. Hartford, Connecticut presence with nationwide reach and expertise. Expert consultant backgrounds and experience ...

Henry T French, JD Bifrost LLC

Farmington, Connecticut
Insurance - Bad Faith, Claims Handling, Bermuda Form, Casualty, Liability, Property, Directors and Officers, Errors and Omissions, reinsurance, Runoff, legacy, loss portfolio transfer, adverse development cover, Compliance
Previously served as senior executive in a global insurance/reinsurance Fortune 500 company with reporting lines to the General Counsel and the Audit Committee; providing guidance to professionals in Legal, Compliance, Underwriting, Claims, Risk Management, and Data; managed in-house lawyers, compliance professionals, claims lawyers, and data privacy officers; • Corporate insurance team co-leader for purchase of corporate Directors and Officers, Errors and Omission, and Cyber liability insurance, including strategy, negotiation, terms, and conditions, claims management, and Board reporting General Counsel for Global Litigation of global insurance and reinsurance group of companies • Reported to Audit Committee on major litigation, large losses, group exposures • Oversaw all major non-claims litigation against group companies • To ensure consistency across group companies, provided overall guidance and strategy on large loss events • As senior lawyer supporting Claims Department, se...

Matthew Furlong, CBC, RBC Först Consulting Group

District Of Columbia
Construction Defects, Construction - Forensic investigation, building pathology, failure analysis, technical reporting, construction claims, litigation support, insurance, building code, EIFs, stucco, building envelope, facades, rainscreen, infrared, moisture, structural capability, energy conservation, contract analysis.
Mr. Matthew Furlong specializes in construction defect and failure analysis, forensic engineering, scientific investigations, technical report writing and expert witness testimony for construction claims and litigation matters. Mr. Furlong has 21 years of experience with construction, project coordination and design, remodeling, and field inspections of building systems for residential, and commercial low and high-rise properties. He has successfully completed more than 600 unique and custom projects while as a general contractor. His builder background experience ranges from high-end new custom home construction, interior renovations and additions, to green building and energy efficient homes, historical renovations, timber-framing, and creating elaborate custom interiors in prestigious estate-sized homes. This experience gives Mr. Furlong the unique qualifications to testify as an expert in construction matters. As a professional consultant, Mr. Furlong provides services in the ...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

District Of Columbia
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Florida
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

David Bano Enterprise Associates LLC

Sarasota, Florida
Insurance, Legal - Customs/Standards/Practices. Claims/Sales/Underwriting/Agency. P/C operations. 48-states. Bad faith, coverage, exclusions, denials, extracontractual, automotive, E & O, denials, UI & UIM, class actions, homeowner, commercial, catastrophe, excess surplus, fraud, SIU, investigation, flood, disaster.
Chief Claims Officer - Nationwide Insurance [2007-2019]. Vice President- Home Office Claims [2004-2007]. Vice President -Field Claims Operations [2000-2004]. State Officer / Regional Vice President - Michigan [1998-2000]. General Manager - Philadelphia Operations [1997-1998]. State Claims Manager - Pennsylvania [1995-1998]. International Chief Claims Officer Roundtable [2007-2019]. National Insurance Crime Bureau - Board of Governors. Chairman & Founding Director - Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Authority. Automotive hobbyist and collector. Insurance industry advisor/technical consultant for Scale AI, a San Francisco technology firm. I began my insurance career as an adjuster trainee and worked through every operating level within Claims to eventually become Nationwide's first Chief Claims Officer. As a hands-on leader with strong experience in both P/C general management [i.e., sales, agency operations, underwriting] as well as claims, I offer expertise across the entire Pro...

Thomas Collier, Jr Collier Consultants

Florida
Construction, Premises Liability - Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina. Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants. General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...

Brad A LaPorte High Tide Advisors

Juno Beach, Florida
Cybersecurity, Information Technology - Gartner, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, hygiene, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack, forensic, digital, incident response, compliance, audit, identity, cloud, software, patent, trade secret
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and IT consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 18+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments. Prior to joining High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following specialties: security information and event management (“SIEM”), security orchestration, automation, and response (“SOAR”), Threat and Exposure Management, Vulnerability Management, Pen Testing, Cloud Security, managed security service provider (“MSSP”), managed detection and response (“MDR”), endpoint protection platforms/endpoint detection and response (“EPP/EDR”), Extended Detection & Response (“XDR”), Threat Intelligence, Digital Risk Protection, Social Media Protection, and Attack Surface Management. Mr. LaPorte was the lead author of the Gartner Market Guide for Threat Intelligence, Market Guide for Endpoint Detection and Respon...

Errold F Moody, PhD MBA MSFP LLB BSCE EF Moody PhD MBA BSCE LLB MSFP

CRYSTAL RIVER, Florida
Securities & Investments, Risk Management - FINANCIAL PLANNING, SUITABILITY, BEST INTERESTS, PRUDENT MAN, FIDUCIARY BREACH, ARBITRATION, FEES, COMMISSIONS, ECONOMICS, INSURANCE, RISK OF LOSS, FINRA, ERISA, SEC/STATE LICENSING, REGULATORY INCOMPETENCE, CFP, RIA, SSRN, ChFC, CPA
AND NOW FOR SOMETHING COMPLETELY DIFFERENT ​PhD- Real Estate; MBA- Business; MSFP- Financial Planning; LLB- Law; BSCE- Civil engineering. No Nonsense Finance- 2003. reprinted 2009; Financial Planning Fiduciary Standards under Dodd Frank, 2011; The Failure of Securities Arbitration, 2012; Investments/Securities Risk of Loss, 2023, online at EMoody.com. 52 years in the trenches as Financial Planner, Held 7, 24, 27, 63, 65 licenses, CFP, RIA, Real Estate Broker; B-1 General Contractor, California Life and Disability Insurance Analyst (i of 35); Have acted as arbitrator, expert witness. Current focus as Consultant. Taught CFP/Financial Planning courses for University of California, Irvine and Berkeley, University of San Francisco, et al; Real Estate Capstone course for UCI, Taught series 4, 6, 24, 27, 63, 65, etc. for Private schools. Continuing insurance education courses- Medicare...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Florida
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Brent Winans, CPCU, ARM Clear Advantage Risk Management

Delray Beach, Florida
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance Agency Standards, Insurance Agent/Broker Duties, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability, Insurance Agents Errors and Omissions, Insurance Broker Duties, Insurance Errors and Omissions, Insurance Wholesale Broker/MGA Liability, Insurance Agent/Broker Standard of Care, Wholesale Broker Duties
Brent Winans focuses his expert witness practice on insurance agent/broker standard of care cases. . He has served as an expert on approximately 120 agent E&O cases in fifteen states and authors “Expert Commentary” articles on insurance agent E&O for the International Risk Management Institute (IRMI). He teaches a Continuing Legal Education class on insurance agent/broker standard of care which has been approved for one hour of CLE. He holds the CPCU and ARM designations and a Bachelor of Science Degree from Lincoln Christian University. He is licensed as a resident General Lines Insurance Agent in Florida and a non-resident Insurance Producer in New Jersey. In his 40 years in the insurance industry, he has become expert in the custom and practice of retail and wholesale insurance brokers as viewed from many perspectives. He began his career as a State Farm agent, then became an independent agent. He has worked for small and mid-sized independent agencies as well as one of the worl...

John O Winter, DDS High Volume Dental Consulting, Inc.

Sarasota, Florida
Dentist, Insurance - FL, NY & Nationwide,Insurance defense,Dental Malpractice injury expert,Crown/Caps/Bridge,Nerve Numbness,Root Canals/Endodontics,Oral Surgery/Extractions, Periodontics/Gum,Broken Instrument/Foreign Body,Failure Diagnose,Infection, Board Claims,Consent, Restaurant trip fall auto hotel defense claims
Dr. John O. Winter, DDS Dental Malpractice Expert Witness, Injury and Claims Consultant represents defense attorneys and insurance companies on a broad range of dental injury and dental malpractice claims. Dental injury defense representation is provided for the automobile, restaurant, hotel, hospitality and construction industry. Dr. Winter employs skillful and aggressive methods to defend against dental negligence allegations and claims. His clients can look to this professional in order to minimize insurance payouts for allegations of dental injuries due to dental malpractice, trip, slip and fall, auto accidents, restaurant customers and construction claims. Having extensive experience with over 400 completed assignments involving $10 million dollars in claims Dr. Winter has a reputation for efficient and reliable communication with his nationwide clients. Prompt and courteous service is provided to both new and existing clients. Litigation Support - Dr. Winter provides...

Thomas Collier, Jr Collier Consultants

Atlanta, Georgia
Construction, Premises Liability - Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina. Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants. General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...

Bruce Fredrics, BSM.h, GA-BC, RGA (EGA), CrtGA, CGA, GMGA, MPA, ICEP, AIC, PPIA, ACA, CACP, CCA U. S. Accredited Expert - Claims & Appraisals

McDonough, Georgia
Insurance, Appraisal & Valuation - Insurance Claims, Insurance Process, Procedure, Standards, Practices, Protocols, Insurance Appraisal and Umpire, Property and Casualty General Adjuster masterclass, Public and Independent Adjuster, Arbitration, State and Federal Court Qualified Expert, Rule 26, Property Claims
Bruce Fredrics, BSM.h, GA-BC, RGA (EGA), CrtGA, CGA, GMGA, MPA, ICEP, AIC, PPIA, ACA, CACP, CCA, PCLA, LPCS, HCI-R/C, FSRT, WIND-P, CMS, CMI, AMRT, WRT, CPAU, UCC, CPCUcand, CALAc, CCPc, ACPc, CPLA, CPLU, (CFLC) INSURANCE CLAIMS EXPERT: Exclusive Elite Expert, P & C Masterclass Executive General Adjuster, Expert (Federal and State Court), IICRC, CMR, CC/CL, IAUA, AAA, CLM, AICP, WAPIA, AIGC Certified: Arbitration, Appraisal, Umpire II, Asbestos, Business Interruption, Fire, Water, Mold, Wind, Earthquake, Roofing, Flood -- EXPERIENCE: 30 years’ experience in multi-lines claims including Adjuster-In-Charge, owner of three (3) claims processing firms, and having declined Claims Manager and Regional Management positions. Can process any claim 360°: Commercial Property, Condominium, Construction Defects, Equipment/Mechanical Breakdown, Business Interruption, Residential Dwelling, Manufactured Housing, Sinkhole, Mold, Fire Investigation and Adjustment, Environmental/Pollution, Proper...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Georgia
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Illinois
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Joseph J Jaskulski, PE Project Performance Group LLC

Evanston, Illinois
Mechanical Engineering, Energy - Power, generation, power plant, operation, maintenance, commissioning, testing, performance, insurance, construction, defect, efficiency, turbine, boiler, contractor, design build, EPC, infrastructure, gas, coal, steam, failure, wind, solar, boiler, turbine, wood, waste, root cause, cost, estimate
Expert witness on multiple technical and commercial issues in arbitration, state and federal court, and in front of regulatory commission environments. Deep expertise in power plant development, construction, operating and maintenance, and asset management. Numerous evaluations and audits of generating portfolios, including review of business processes and identifying/quantifying improvement opportunities/potential threats. Technologies include coal, oil, natural gas, wood, and waste-fueled facilities, simple and combined cycle power stations, and spark and diesel reciprocating engine-based power plants. Green energy experience, including, wind energy construction, smart grid implementation, building energy conservation measures, battery storage, and both concentrated and photo-voltaic solar generation. Experienced in all aspects of infrastructure projects and programs in both the public and private sectors: development, financing, construction, operations, maintenance, asset man...

Michael J Kalinowski, CSP,MBA, CHST, CRIS

Gilberts, Illinois
Construction, OSHA - Insurance, Legal, Safety
Highly qualified and well rounded expert opinion is supported by nearly 14 years experience in the specialized field of construction, incident investigation and general OSHA litigation. Association of General Contractors Safety & Health Committee Member Certified Safety Professional (CSP) Construction Health & Safety Technician (CHST) Construction Risk & Insurance Specialist (CRIS) Many additional Safety certifications available upon request. Worked with construction general contractors for 14 years and have in-depth experience with Federal OSHA litigation. Experienced with fatality investigations, OSHA inspections.

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Illinois
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Raymond W Wills, AIC Claim Auditing and Premium Analysis Services Company (CAAPASCO)

Woodridge, Illinois
Insurance - workers' compensation, premium disputes, Best Practices, policy/contract/collateral analysis, retrospective rated policies, deductible policies, experience modification factor, claim evaluations, policy side agreements, reserving, return to work, payroll audit, classification codes
Raymond Wills began his insurance career in 1976. He is an insurance professional with a vast knowledge base and extensive command of the insurance industry that has included workers’ compensation, general liability, product liability, professional liability and run-off claims. He was formerly a member of a risk management and consulting firm that provided third party administration for a self-insured workers’ compensation pool which was able to obtain an A.M. Best rating of (A-) that may have been the only pooling arrangement in the United States with such a rating. As a Risk Manager, Consultant and Expert Witness, Mr. Wills has performed extensive insurance program reviews and claim audits on a national basis, with testimony provided when required, for clients pertaining to various issues that have included, but were not limited to: • Premium disputes and monetary damages sustained by the insured/employer related to retrospective, deductible and guaranteed cost insurance program...

William J. Warfel, PhD, CPCU, CLU Indiana State University/ Warfel Consulting

Terre Haute, Indiana
Insurance, Risk Management - Claims Handling, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Contracts, Insurance Practices & Standards, Insurance-Bad Faith, Property & Casualty Insurance, Underwriting Practices
Number of Expert Reports Drafted in the Last 4 Years: 22 Specialize in breach of contract, bad faith, and agent/broker liability, and underwriting issues. Have been retained in about 100 cases by attorneys who represent policyholders, insurance agents, insurers, and third parties. Experience includes actual courtroom and arbitration testimony, as well as deposition testimony in numerous cases. Have been retained in cases involving commercial general liability, garage operations- auto only liability, umbrella liability, trucker's liability, underinsured/ uninsured motorists liability, personal auto, homeowners, commercial auto, commercial property, business income, individual life, medical expense, and disability, professional liability, employee dishonesty, worker compensation, inland marine insurance policies, and trade credit insurance policies. Have also been retained in cases involving an indemnification agreement, and the additional insured endorsement. Finally, have been ret...

Jerod Allen, PA, CC, XCT, CGA, AINS Allen Claims, Inc.

Kansas
Insurance, Dispute Resolution - Claim Consultant, Public Adjuster, Insurance, Estimation, Valuation, Building Loss Consultants, Xactimate, Insurances Losses, Umpire, ADR, Independent Adjuster, Hurricane, Mediation, Appraisal, Commercial Property, Residential Property, Hail Claims, Freeze Water Claims, Complex Claims, Fire Claims,
Insurance Claims and Building Estimate Expert Certified General Adjuster, Xactimate Certified Trainer, Building Loss Consultant, Claims Expert and Claims Trainer. * Experienced Retained Expert Witness with Trial & Deposition Experience * 15 years+ in field inspecting, adjusting and/or estimating losses for insurance claims, build back, and liability. documenting, overwatch of claims, claim review, reconciliation to move claims forward towards indemnification, utilizing policy interpretation for proper claims settlement. * Rebuild loss locations for partial & total losses providing perspective as to the value of the scope and claim amount. * Umpire for claims losses providing a professionalism non-biased discipline goaled toward accurate & comprehensive settlement via Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). * Expert witness – Provided opinion about scope, build back, construction scheduling, damages sustained vs pre-existing, estimate review, & analysis for cause of loss determination...

John D. Lavin, CCM AccuWeather for Business

Wichita, Kansas
Meteorology, Slip Trip & Fall - Expert Witness Testimony, Insurance, Construction, Wrongful Death, Slip and Fall, Accident Reconstruction, Wildfires, Hail, High Wind, Tornadoes, Fog, Visibility, Rainfall, Flooding, Roof Damage, Lightning, Insurance Claims, Snow, Ice, Weather
John Lavin is the Director of Forensic Services and a Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) at AccuWeather. John leads a team of highly qualified expert meteorologists practicing forensic meteorology for over 40 years. AccuWeather is a recognized global leader in the weather industry and has been operating since 1962. It is likely a jury already has a positive relationship using AccuWeather as their trusted source for weather information through our mobile application, accuweather.com, and the AccuWeather Network John has over ten years of professional meteorology experience working directly with many Fortune 500 companies on critical weather-related decisions. John has worked on many forensic cases involving hail and wind verification, slip and falls, auto accidents, and wrongful death suits. John's experience working directly with businesses translates well as an expert witness, communicating complex meteorological topics to non-scientists.

Rick Bingham Glynloen Insurance Consulting

Alexandria, Kentucky
Insurance, Risk Management - 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...

Randy Gray, CHST, CSHM, GSP, OHST, BS, MS Grayhawk Advantage, Inc., dba. Grayhawk Safety & Health Consulting Company

Benton, Kentucky
OSHA, Safety - OSHA, Industrial Accidents, Safety, Industrial Hygiene, Loss Control, Risk Management, Slip Trip & Fall, Construction Accidents, Manufacturing Accidents, Insurance, Investigations
Mr. Gray provides expert witness services in defense and plaintiff litigation matters, safety and health on-site audits, customized OSHA safety and health training, OSHA 10 and 30-hour construction and general industry training, and assistance for employers who have been issued citations that they need assistance with obtaining better citation settlement agreements and working in conjunction with legal counsel with litigation assistance contesting OSHA citations. Highly-experienced OSHA Forensic Expert Witness with 75 separate fatality and more than 150 non-fatal work-related accidents. 25+ years of OSHA compliance with 29 CFR regulations related to construction and general industry. 8 years of private Safety and Health Consulting specializing in Defense and Plaintiff's occupational injuries, conducting safety and health audits, Authorized OSHA Outreach Trainer for construction and general industry, and employer assistance with settlement of OSHA citations, and testifying in O...

Britta M Moss, CPCU, SCLA, AIC-M Britta M. Moss

Kentucky
Insurance, Legal - Property & Casualty, Claims, Bad Faith, Industry Standards, Claim Handling, Coverage, BI, PD, MP, PIP, UM/UIM, CGL, Liability, Unfair Claims Settlement Practices, Extra-contractual, Claim Investigation
Property & Casualty Insurance Industry claim consultant with over 25 years’ experience. Consultation in industry standards, practices and norms for personal and commercial claim handling procedure, supervision, and management. Experienced expert witness for both insurer defense and plaintiff cases involving allegations of bad faith.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Louisiana
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Randal Thompson Building Damage Consultants

Covington, Louisiana
Building Inspection, Insurance - Property Damage, Insurance Adjusting, Public Insurance Adjusting, Property Damage Consulting, Damage Consulting, Property Damage Appraisal, Appraiser, Fire Damage, Wind Damage, Hail Damage, Estimating, Insurance Estimating, Insurance Adjusting Practices, Insurance Claims, Property Insurance Claims
For 18 years, I have been focusing on the disaster recovery and insurance space. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, I started with a New Orleans based disaster mitigation & remediation company. Later, I ran my own construction company, reconstructing hurricane-damaged homes. I became an Insurance Adjuster in 2010, handling disaster claims nationwide. Eventually, I managed complex, litigated claims across the country and earned an LPCS designation. In 2019, I became a Public Insurance Adjuster and Appraiser, working catastrophe claims from Hurricanes Laura, Delta, Zeta, and Ida and daily disaster claims including fires, plumbing leaks, hail damage etc.. I expanded services to include Property Damage Appraisals and Expert Witness Consulting. My mission remains devoted to serving the community and ensuring just indemnification for individuals and businesses.

K. David Meit, CPM®, ARM®, GRI® Oculus Realty, AMO®

Gaithersburg, Maryland
Real Estate, Premises Liability - property management, real estate management, subrogation, risk management, maintenance, property operations, facilities, premises liability, insurance, apartments, multifamily, slip, fall, property damage, building management, risk management, property loss, lead paint, mold, carbon monoxide, CO
An accomplished and qualified expert witness. Provides unbiased assessments and expert testimony for both Plaintiff and Defense in property management standard of care, premises liability, real estate partnerships and related legal disputes. Expert opinions are based on professional experience, academic training, research and the facts of each case. An award winning real estate executive with over thirty years experience managing portfolios of conventional and rent regulated multifamily, mixed-use and retail properties in both suburban and urban markets. Experienced manager of all class of property from tax credit to ultra luxury. Skilled at developing best-in-class residential property management operating teams and preserving and enhancing value through operations. Institute of Real Estate Management accredited Certified Property Manager®, Accredited Residential Manager®, and Graduate, Real Estate Institute through National Association of Realtors®. Founder and Principal of Ocu...

Amy L. Natoli, CPM®, RPA® Natoli Property Management Consulting

Crofton, Maryland
Premises Liability, Real Estate - Property management, risk management, maintenance, property operations, insurance, slip and fall, facilities, premises liability, property damage, lease administration, facility management, due diligence, asset management, property inspections, standards of care,
Amy Natoli is an award-winning Property Management expert with over twenty years of hands-on experience managing commercial real estate properties. She is experienced in standards of care, budgeting and asset management, lease administration, property inspections, parking garage maintenance and inspections, vendor and contract management, life safety systems compliance, and risk management. She is active with the Institute of Real Estate Management (IREM), serving nationally as a Governing Councillor and as Chairperson of the Instructor Advisory Council. At the local level, she is a Maryland Chapter Board of Directors member, Vice Chair of the Region 3 Education Committee, and an Ethics instructor.

Paul F Amoruso, CPCU

Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Insurance - Insurance Casualty, Insurance Operations, Bad Faith, Insurance Operations, Insurance Agencies, Claims Handling, Case Value, Insurance Personal, Pre and Post Litigation Management, Workers' Compensation, State Government Reviews of Insurance, Reserves, Insurance Ethics, Casualty Insurance
Mr. Amoruso has given expert witness testimony to identify issues related to bad and good faith claims procedures, providing guidance for pre and post litigation management. In addition, he offers client orientated assistance in relation to accepted claims practices, and provides insight on claim issues to law firms. He also offers evaluations related to workers compensation case management, insurance company procedures, guidance for proper claims handling practices, reviews for State government on insurance company conduct, and advice on issues concerning insurance companies and insurance agents.

Donald D. Stafford, MBA Stafford Claims Consulting, LLC

Boston, Massachusetts
Insurance, Appraisal & Valuation - Appraiser Personal Property, Personal Property Appraisal, Personal Property Depreciation, Contents Best Practices, Insurance Appraisal, Contents Claims Practice, Contents Depreciation Practices, Contents Estimating, Coverage C Consulting, Contents Subrogation Disputes, Contents Damage Claims
My work with insurance property claims related matters for over 30 years has positioned me to speak in an expert capacity regarding the valuation of personal property and commercial contents as related to insurance claims settlement and in other matters requiring valuation expertise. During my career, I have had the opportunity to assist insurance adjusters in the preparation and resolution of well over 1 million contents claims. My education and unique level of experience, accumulated over a career spanning 37 years, has allowed me to develop specialized technical knowledge and skill in contents valuation and insurance claims practice. This enables me to render expert findings, fair and impartial opinions, using research and valuation methods generally accepted in this field of endeavor. Whether in Deposition, Testimony at Trial, or in Written Report for the consideration of the court, I deliver an objective analysis and evaluation of the evidence presented in any particular cas...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Massachusetts
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Bob Lawson, CSCP®, AIF®, CFE®, MRFC®, LUTCF® Barrington Financial Consulting Group, Inc.

Bloomington, Minnesota
Securities & Investments, Insurance - Ponzi Schemes, FINRA Expert Witness, FINRA Arbitration Expert Witness, Securities Expert Witness, Mutual Fund Expert Witness, FINRA Arbitrator, Fiduciary Expert Witness, Securities Compliance Expert Witness, Annuity Expert Witness, Options Expert Witness, Securities Fraud Examiner, Annuity Expert
Mr. Robert Lawson has 40 years of experience in the financial services industry with securities, investments, retirement plans, and insurance and in a professional capacity as a registered representative, financial advisor, investment fiduciary, branch manager, securities, and options principal. He is the President and Chief Compliance Officer of Barrington Capital Management, Inc., a Registered Investment Advisory (RIA) firm he established in 1988. He also serves as the President and Managing Principal of Barrington Financial Consulting Group, Inc., a securities and insurance litigation consulting firm with experienced testifying and consulting experts. Mr. Lawson proudly serves as a FINRA and NFA Arbitrator (FINRA Chair-Qualified) and a FINRA Mediator where he presides over industry and public disputes pertaining to breach of fiduciary duties, negligence, failure to supervise, misrepresentation, breach of contract, monetary damages, and employment issues. As an unbiased Arbitrato...

Jerod Allen, PA, CC, XCT, CGA, AINS Allen Claims, Inc.

Kansas City, Missouri
Insurance, Dispute Resolution - Claim Consultant, Public Adjuster, Insurance, Estimation, Valuation, Building Loss Consultants, Xactimate, Insurances Losses, Umpire, ADR, Independent Adjuster, Hurricane, Mediation, Appraisal, Commercial Property, Residential Property, Hail Claims, Freeze Water Claims, Complex Claims, Fire Claims,
Insurance Claims and Building Estimate Expert Certified General Adjuster, Xactimate Certified Trainer, Building Loss Consultant, Claims Expert and Claims Trainer. * Experienced Retained Expert Witness with Trial & Deposition Experience * 15 years+ in field inspecting, adjusting and/or estimating losses for insurance claims, build back, and liability. documenting, overwatch of claims, claim review, reconciliation to move claims forward towards indemnification, utilizing policy interpretation for proper claims settlement. * Rebuild loss locations for partial & total losses providing perspective as to the value of the scope and claim amount. * Umpire for claims losses providing a professionalism non-biased discipline goaled toward accurate & comprehensive settlement via Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR). * Expert witness – Provided opinion about scope, build back, construction scheduling, damages sustained vs pre-existing, estimate review, & analysis for cause of loss determination...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Nevada
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Ramzi Asfour, MD Praxis Infectious Diseases

Henderson, Nevada
Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine - COVID-19, nursing homes, long term care, sepsis, necrotizing fasciitis, infections, surgical site infections, infection control, antimicrobial stewardship, consulting, insurance, case review, medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, bacterial or viral infections, outbreak management
Ramzi Asfour, MD, is board certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine, and Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). In addition to his 20+ years of extensive private practice, Dr. Asfour has privileges at five California hospitals (Alameda County Medical Center, Alameda Hospital, Sutter Lakeside Hospital, Sutter Eden Medical Center, and Mammoth Hospital). Dr. Asfour has worked for the World Health Organization in Geneva in the HIV / AIDS department, developing training programs for doctors in HIV. In addition to his clinical practice, Dr. Asfour also advises hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, schools, and businesses on infection control, including outbreak control and COVID-19, and antimicrobial stewardship. Dr. Asfour has experience working with both plaintiff and defense attorneys to provide clear, independent opinions on matters involving: Medical malpractice, standards of care, sepsis, necrotizing fasc...

Paul W Burkett, JD, CPCU, CIC, ARM,CRM, ALCM Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc.

Reno, Nevada
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance Company Good and Bad Faith Expert Witness; Agent/Broker Standard of Care Expert Witness; Insurance Industry Custom and Practices Expert Witness; Risk Management Consulting and Expert Witness; Business Contract Insurance Clause Analysis and Application Expert Witness; Ins.Claims Dispute
Paul Burkett is the President and CEO of Snoaspen Insurance Group, Inc. Paul began his career as a Loss Control Representative for SAFECO Insurance Company after serving as an Officer in the United States Air Force. During his career with SAFECO, Paul served as a Loss Control Supervisor, Loss Control Manager, Commercial Sales Representative, Division Commercial Lines Underwriting Manager, and Regional Workers Compensation Manager. From Safeco Insurance Company, Paul worked for Frank B. Hall & Company as a Vice President in charge of Risk Management Services. Paul was responsible for design and implementation of alternative insurance programs such as pools, self-insurance, and captives. From Frank B. Hall, Paul assisted in establishing the Meadowbrook of Colorado office and focused on developing specialized group programs. Paul assisted in establishing TUITIONGard which specialized in coverage for private student loans provided through banks in the United States.

Michael L. Averill MLA Consulting, LLC

Bedford, New Hampshire
Insurance, Products Liability - Asbestos, Pollution, Premises Liability, Occurrence Limits, Agent's Liability, Sexual Abuse, Stacking of Limits, Property, Businessowners, Professional Liability, Claims Handling, Compliance.
Have provided expert opinions on cases for insureds as well as insurers. Have testified in state courts, federal courts, hearings, and at an arbitration. Have been deposed multiple times - both in person and via electronic means. Have been retained by counsel for cases throughout the United States. Started my career at the Insurance Services Office, Inc. ("ISO"), the world's largest insurance service organization. ISO has over 1,200 participating companies. Worked in Personal Lines, Commercial Property and Commercial Casualty (CGL and Commercial Auto). Drafted many policy forms and endorsements at ISO including the Personal Auto Policy, the Commercial Property Coverage Form and Businessowners Policy, the occurrence and claims-made versions of the Commercial General Liability Coverage Form, and the pollution, asbestos, and punitive damages exclusions. At The Home was responsible for all regulatory compliance as well as the relationship with insurance regulators and legislator...

Alan J Besnoff, CFP, ChFC, CLU Securities Expert Witness & Litigation Support, LLC

Fremont, New Hampshire
Securities & Investments, Insurance - Mutual Funds, Annuities, Financial Planning, Life Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, FINRA, Misrepresentation, Asset Allocation, Retirement Plans, Unauthorized Trading, Suitability, churning, Supervision, Employment, U-5, Variable Annuities, Alternative Investments, CFP, Fiduciary Duty, IRAs
Alan J. Besnoff, CFP, ChFC, CLU is the founder of Securities Expert Witness & Litigation Support, LLC, and provides litigation consulting services and expert testimony for matters involving customer disputes and employment issues within the financial services industry. Mr. Besnoff’s expert engagements typically involve sales practices and violations of rules and industry standards in the areas of securities, life insurance and annuities, supervisory, and U-5/employment matters. Mr. Besnoff has been engaged as an expert in more than 130 cases and has testified approximately 30 times. Alan Besnoff has 30+ years of experience within the industry, primarily in supervisory and leadership positions. Mr. Besnoff has passed FINRA registration examinations for Series 6, 63, 65, 7, 26, and 24, as well as state licensing examinations for Life Insurance & Annuities, Disability Insurance, Long Term Care Insurance, Variable Life Insurance and Variable Annuities. Professional designations...

Craig R. Brown

Merrimack, New Hampshire
Insurance, Environmental - Bad Faith, Liability Insurance, Reinsurance, D&O, Claims Made and Occurrence Policies, Runoff, Insurance Fraud, Workers Compensation, Risk Management, Claims Adjusting, Opioids, Construction Defect, Asbestos, Talc, Glyphosate, Sports Injury, Sexual Abuse, Lead Paint, Mold, MTBE, Implants, Silica.
As in-house counsel at a third-party administrator testified numerous times as a fact witness and designated PMK regarding insurance and reinsurance issues. In 2021, testified as expert in successful multi-million dollar D&O arbitration and worked as independent consultant to runoff investors. Formerly Vice President of seven insurance companies. Over the past 36 years, litigated or arbitrated insurance, reinsurance and/or bad faith in over 30 states and four countries. Partner in two prominent national law firms representing various insurers and reinsurers as national counsel. Presented at numerous seminars in US and UK put on by DRI, Perrin, PLRB/LIRB. AIRROC, American Conference Institute, International Association of Defense Counsel, Practicing Law Institute, Mealey's, CPCU Society, and home builders' associations regarding insurance, reinsurance, torts and related issues.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

New Jersey
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Charles W. Bowden, CLU, ChFC FSP

Smithville, New Jersey
Insurance, Financial - Life Insurance, Health Insurance, Disability Insurance, Financial Planning, Life Insurance Funding, Policy Valuation
Following graduation from Lehigh University, Charlie entered the insurance industry as an Employee Benefit Specialist. In addition to his thirty plus years of experience, he has achieved both industry recognized designations of Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU) and Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC). As a Qualified Continuing Education Instructor, he teaches other licensed insurance professionals about the changing structure of the income and estate tax code, and planning strategies. Additionally, Charlie uses his experience to provide expert testimony in State and Federal Court. Charlie is a member of the Society for Financial Service Professionals, as well as a past member of their Board Authority of Directors. He maintains registration with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA). He is an investment Advisor Representative (IAR). As of August 2022 Retired as a Register Representative but am maintaining all insurance licensing. Securities Offered Through TFS Secur...

Kym Martell, CRM, CIC, AAI, CRIS, MLIS KM Associates

Allenhurst, New Jersey
Insurance, Risk Management - Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Insurance Errors & Omissions, E&O, Standards of Care, Insurance, Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Property & Casualty, Property/Liability, Insurance Coverage Disputes
38 years’ experience as an insurance & risk management professional with a diverse background in both agency and company operations. In 1995, I began my own training and consulting firm specializing in training for property & casualty professionals. Practice includes continuing education training, specialized training programs, E&O loss control audits, E&O loss control training, Performance Coaching, and Expert witness & litigation support services. Speaker and presenter for various professional and private organizations on property and casualty insurance, errors & omissions, national certification programs, Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR), Construction Risk Specialist (CRIS), Accredited Advisor of Insurance (AAI), including Big I NJ, and IIABA, as an approved instructor to facilitate E&O Risk Management Program.

Marianne Santarelli Marianne Santarelli, Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Services LLC

Basking Ridge, New Jersey
Safety, Industrial Hygiene - Construction, Research and Development, Environmental, Occupational Health, Noise, Accident Investigations, Risk Management, Fatality Investigations, ISO Management Systems, Insurance, Emergency Management, Drug/Alcohol Use Management, Behavioral Management, Training, Contractor Safety, Owners Rep.
A highly experienced, Environmental, Health and Safety professional, Certified Industrial Hygienist and Certified Safety Professional, with applied comprehensive skills, a strong commitment to excellence and progressive functional managerial experience with a specialization in the arena of Global EH&S Management Systems. Technical proficiencies in industrial hygiene, safety and environmental disciplines, regulatory compliance analyses, product EH&S program development, permitting, training, ergonomics, EH&S audit and gap analysis, corrective action development, risk management analysis, workers compensation claims management and wellness programs and construction EH&S within a multitude of manufacturing, construction, research and development, governmental and administrative environments. Owner/President – 2021-present- Marianne Santarelli Safety, Industrial Hygiene and Environmental Consulting Services, LLC • A full-service Safety, Occupational Health and Environmental Consultin...

Frank Seigel, CPCU Ringwood Consulting Group, Inc.

Allamuchy, New Jersey
Insurance, Financial - Agent/Broker, Broker Duties, Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Agent/Company Relations, Bad Faith, Errors & Omissions, E&O, Coverage Disputes, Excess/surplus, Surplus Lines, Casualty, Property, Life, Health, Disability, Coverage, Contractual Disputes, Arbitration, Mediation, Standards of Care
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Past President, New Jersey Chapter Society of CPCU • Current and Past President, Independent Insurance Agents of Essex County, Inc. • Past President, Surplus Lines Association of New Jersey, Inc. (NJSLA) • Former Member, New Jersey Department of Insurance Committee Education • Former Member, Grading Panel for the Insurance Institute of America • Former Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. • Panelist, ABA Conference on Banking and Insurance • Attendee, New Jersey Conference on ECRA • Guest Speaker and Presenter for various professional, academic, and civic groups including New Jersey Chapter CPCU, Independent Insurance Agents, Seton Hall University Continuing Education Department, National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW), Local Rotaries, and Insurance Service Office (ISO) • NJ State Approved Volunteer Mediator for Municipal Court Matters • Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) • Member, National Association of Prof...

Paul J. Angelides, PE Paul J. Angelides, P.E., P.C.

Melville, New York
Engineering, Forensic Science - Forensic Engineering, Building Structures and Systems, Structural Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Foundations, HVAC, Plumbing, Electrical, Construction, Construction Defects, Investigations, Fires, Floods, Insurance, Property Casualty, Disaster Recovery, Premises Liability.
Expert Engineering Staff with Interdisciplinary Experience Client base consists of Insurance Professionals, Building Owners, and Attorneys representing Plaintiff's and Defendants. Retained as Experts in Over 10,000 cases. National Academy of Forensic Engineers Certified Safety Professional Certified Fire and Explosion Investigator National Society of Professional Engineers American Society of Civil Engineers American Society of Mechanical Engineers OSHA and Suspended Scaffold Certifications New York City Special Inspection Agency Licensed in New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Florida, US Virgin Islands Qualified as Experts in State Supreme and Federal Courts FAA Certified Drone Pilot

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

New York
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Frederick J Fisher, J.D., CCP Fisher Consulting Group, Inc.

New York
Insurance, Business Operations - Professional Liability, Standard of Care, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Brokers, Real Estate Brokers, Escrow Procedures, Mortgage Brokers, Claims Procedures, Claims Made Insurance,
Frederick J. Fisher, J.D. is the President of Fisher Consulting Group, Inc., and was the Founder of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, a Wholesale & MGA facility specializing in Professional Liability and Specialty Line risks. He is a Member of the Editorial Board for Agents of America; a Faculty Member of the Claims College, and Member of the Executive Council, School of Professional Lines as sponsored by the Claims & Litigation Management Alliance. He is a course designer and webinar Instructor for the Academy of Insurance (sponsored by the Insurance Journal). Since his career began, Mr. Fisher focused on one vision: providing financial security to the client. The result was a successful 41 year career in Specialty Lines Insurance. In 1975, Mr. Fisher began his career on the service side, as an Independent E&O claims adjuster. In 1982, he bought the Company, continued with claims, while expanding the firm’s services to include qualitative claim auditing, risk management & loss contro...

Gregory J. Hill Value Adjust LLC

Dix Hills, New York
Appraisal & Valuation, Insurance - Insurance, Auto Insurance, Auto Claims, Claims, Auto Claims Process, Estimating, Auto Estimating, Salvage, Auto Damage Adjuster, Physical Damage Appraiser, Auto Appraisal, Total Loss Appraiser, Independent Adjusting, Total Loss Dispute Resolution, Independent Appraisal, Damage Analysis
With over 16 years of professional experience in the automotive and insurance industries, my expertise lies in auto damage claims management, procedure, estimation, appraisal, and auto body repair. Throughout my career, I have held various roles including Internal Auto Damage Manager, Auto Damage Field Supervisor, Senior Auto Damage Adjuster, Collision Repair Estimator/Production Manager, Independent Adjusting Firm Owner/Manager, Independent Appraiser, and Independent Valuation Expert. I have managed and trained adjusters, supervisors, vendors, repair technicians, and providers at individual and divisional levels. I hold a B.A. in Business Management and am a certified adjuster/appraiser through IAAA, I-Car, ASE, and New York State. Additionally, I hold an inactive NYS property and casualty agent's license. Areas of expertise include: • Auto damage adjuster training, oversight, management • Insurance claims process and management • Independent adjusting • Vehicle valuation • Tot...

Ty R Sagalow, JD, LLM Innovation Insurance Group, LLC

Syosset, New York
Insurance - 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 June 2023, he has been retained over 125 times (across over 50 different firms) , testified over 50 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 A...

Jeremy Starr, FSA. MAAA Jeremy Starr Consulting LLC

New York, New York
Actuarial, Insurance - life reinsurance, Yearly Renewable Term rate increases, Recapture disputes, life reinsurance coverage issues, reinsurance manager underwriting authority disputes, life reinsurance regulatory issues, life insurance securitization, financial reinsurance, surplus relief, administrative reinsurance
Over 45 years of experience in life (re)insurance practice. Created and ran a reinsurance acquisition division for Fortune 250 company. Managing Director working on life insurance securitizations for a major investment bank. Company roles have included senior officer in charge of reinsurance pricing and/or valuation. Actively lobbied insurance regulators on life reinsurance issues and was chief life reinsurance industry company lobbyist when chair of the American Council of Life Insurers’ Reinsurance Committee from 1999-2000. Chair of the Reinsurance Section of the Society of Actuaries and Chair of a reinsurance committee at the Academy of Actuaries. Chair of task forces that wrote an actuarial standard on life, annuity, and health reinsurance financial reporting and a second that wrote a practice note on credit for reinsurance. Author of the reinsurance chapter in the Society of Actuaries textbook “International Financial Reporting for Insurers.” Experience includes over a dozen ca...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

New York
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Thomas Collier, Jr Collier Consultants

North Carolina
Construction, Premises Liability - Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer
Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina. Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants. General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...

Gary R. Garcia

Charlotte, North Carolina
Insurance, Risk Management - Property & Casualty Insurance, Business Insurance, Underwriting, Insurance Coverage, Alternative Risk, Loss Sensitive Rating Programs, Self-Insurance, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Reinsurance, Managing General Agents
Gary spent his entire career with insurance carriers, and all job roles included underwriting as part or total responsibility. He served in various Home Office and Field management roles of increasing responsibility, including Regional Underwriting Manager, Regional Executive, Home Office Casualty Executive, Executive Vice President and President/COO. He led the establishment and served as the Executive of a highly successful Property/Casualty Risk Management Division, responsible for large regional and national domestic U.S. and multinational clients. His broad range of expertise was gained through continuous involvement over the course of his career in increasingly complex coverage and program designs for domestic and multinational business. Development and effective management of these business segments required effective multifunctional teamwork including underwriting, actuarial, financial, legal, reinsurance, claims management, risk engineering, and client services. Gary'...

Stephen P. Harmon

Sanford , North Carolina
Construction, Insurance - Xactimate software, Xactimate Certified , Building Consultant , Property Insurance Damage Report Review

Daryll W. Martin, JD, MBA Percipient Resources, Inc.

Pittsboro, North Carolina
Insurance - Life & Health Insurance, Property Insurance, Directors & Officers, Insurance, Insurance Agent/Broker Liability, Insurance Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Insurance Wholesale Broker/MGA Liability, Insurance Claim Disputes, Insurance Coverage Disputes, Insurance Agent/Broker Duties
Unique Professional Experience as Lawyer, and as an Insurance Broker and Insurance Brokerage Executive: * Over 30 years of combined insurance brokerage executive and senior corporate counsel experience; * Over 20 years of executive management experience with international, large regional, and financial institution owned insurance brokerages; and, * 11 years of senior in-house litigation case management experience handling multiple billions of dollars in case exposures in nearly every state and throughout the world, for two of the largest international insurance brokers, in addition to handling regulatory compliance, contract negotiations, and employment matters Broad Coverage Experience: Property & Casualty; Employee Benefits/Life & Health (qualified and non-qualified); D&O/Employment Practices Liability/Fiduciary; Property/Business Interruption/Boiler & Machinery/Inland & Ocean Marine; and, Casualty: General Liability/Professional Liability/Workers Compensation/Umbrella/Excess. B...

David Bano Enterprise Associates LLC

Ohio
Insurance, Legal - Customs/Standards/Practices. Claims/Sales/Underwriting/Agency. P/C operations. 48-states. Bad faith, coverage, exclusions, denials, extracontractual, automotive, E & O, denials, UI & UIM, class actions, homeowner, commercial, catastrophe, excess surplus, fraud, SIU, investigation, flood, disaster.
Chief Claims Officer - Nationwide Insurance [2007-2019]. Vice President- Home Office Claims [2004-2007]. Vice President -Field Claims Operations [2000-2004]. State Officer / Regional Vice President - Michigan [1998-2000]. General Manager - Philadelphia Operations [1997-1998]. State Claims Manager - Pennsylvania [1995-1998]. International Chief Claims Officer Roundtable [2007-2019]. National Insurance Crime Bureau - Board of Governors. Chairman & Founding Director - Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Authority. Automotive hobbyist and collector. Insurance industry advisor/technical consultant for Scale AI, a San Francisco technology firm. I began my insurance career as an adjuster trainee and worked through every operating level within Claims to eventually become Nationwide's first Chief Claims Officer. As a hands-on leader with strong experience in both P/C general management [i.e., sales, agency operations, underwriting] as well as claims, I offer expertise across the entire Pro...

Britta M Moss, CPCU, SCLA, AIC-M Britta M. Moss

Delaware, Ohio
Insurance, Legal - Property & Casualty, Claims, Bad Faith, Industry Standards, Claim Handling, Coverage, BI, PD, MP, PIP, UM/UIM, CGL, Liability, Unfair Claims Settlement Practices, Extra-contractual, Claim Investigation
Property & Casualty Insurance Industry claim consultant with over 25 years’ experience. Consultation in industry standards, practices and norms for personal and commercial claim handling procedure, supervision, and management. Experienced expert witness for both insurer defense and plaintiff cases involving allegations of bad faith.

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Oregon
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc.

Bend, Oregon
Insurance, Insurance - Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Customs and Practices, Property & Casualty, Life, Annuities, Excess & Surplus, Managing General Agent, Health, Surety, Professional Liability, Underwriting, Claims Practices,
More than 35 years experience in the insurance industry. President/CEO of RiskPro Insurance Services, Inc., Professor of Risk Management and Insurance at California State University Chico (Retired 2022) Established Expert Witness Practice in 2009. As of January 2023, more than 400 retentions and testifying in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration more than 100 times. Education includes Juris Doctor (JD), BS Business Administration/Finance. Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU) Associate in Risk Management (ARM) Associate in Claims (ARM) Primary States for expert work include, California, Arizona, Nevada, Oregon, Washington, Utah, Colorado and Texas

David Bano Enterprise Associates LLC

Pennsylvania
Insurance, Legal - Customs/Standards/Practices. Claims/Sales/Underwriting/Agency. P/C operations. 48-states. Bad faith, coverage, exclusions, denials, extracontractual, automotive, E & O, denials, UI & UIM, class actions, homeowner, commercial, catastrophe, excess surplus, fraud, SIU, investigation, flood, disaster.
Chief Claims Officer - Nationwide Insurance [2007-2019]. Vice President- Home Office Claims [2004-2007]. Vice President -Field Claims Operations [2000-2004]. State Officer / Regional Vice President - Michigan [1998-2000]. General Manager - Philadelphia Operations [1997-1998]. State Claims Manager - Pennsylvania [1995-1998]. International Chief Claims Officer Roundtable [2007-2019]. National Insurance Crime Bureau - Board of Governors. Chairman & Founding Director - Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Authority. Automotive hobbyist and collector. Insurance industry advisor/technical consultant for Scale AI, a San Francisco technology firm. I began my insurance career as an adjuster trainee and worked through every operating level within Claims to eventually become Nationwide's first Chief Claims Officer. As a hands-on leader with strong experience in both P/C general management [i.e., sales, agency operations, underwriting] as well as claims, I offer expertise across the entire Pro...

Kelly K Campbell, RN BSN CP CCM CNLCP CLCP CARDINAL LIFECARE CONSULTING

Gibsonia, Pennsylvania
Life Care Planning, Legal Nurse Consulting - Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance, Medical Bill Review, Medical Cost Projections, Medical Case Consultation, Case Management, Pittsburgh based with NATIONWIDE experience and service.
Kelly K Campbell is a licensed Registered Nurse certified in Life Care Planning. She has 25 plus years experience with serious and catastrophic illness and injury. Her repeat client list includes: Plaintiff, Defense, Insurance and Workmen Comp Firms. Kelly has successfully prepared Life Care Plans - Mini/Preliminary Life Care Plans - Life Care Plan Rebuttals - Medical Bill Reviews. She has provided Expert Testimony and IME reports. Kelly's experience includes: Amputation, Birth Injuries, Burn, Cerebral Palsy, Chronic Pain, CRPS, Electrocution, Orthopedic Injuries- Poly Trauma, Spinal Cord Injury, Transplant, and Traumatic Brain Injury (mild and severe). Case Management service is also provided by CARDINAL LIFECARE CONSULTING.

Key Coleman, CPA, CFA, CPCU Litigation Economic & Forensic Consulting Group LLC

Greater Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Insurance, Business Damages - Economic Damages Expert Witness, General Business Damages, Accounting, Agent/Broker, Employment, Insurance Damages Expert Witness, Lost Profits, Reinsurance Damages, Underwriting, Claims, Force Placed, Managing General Agency MGA/TPA Exams, PEOs, Agent Errors & Omissions E&O, Commercial Disputes
Key Coleman is a damages expert, who works in a variety of industries. For more than 24 years, Key has focused his efforts on forensics, disputes, damages and expert testimony. Key's background is unusual in that he has a deep understanding of many of the functional areas that lead to disputes, including: sales, operations, accounting and finance. One of Key's specialties is the analysis of damages in insurance or reinsurance disputes. He is one of the few experts nationwide who hold both the CPA and the CPCU designations. Key serves clients nationwide from Greater Philadelphia, but spent the bulk of his career in Chicago where he held high level positions at Grant Thornton LLP and LECG/Smart in their disputes practice. Prior to that, he was a Partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, where for more than 11 years he performed forensic dispute analysis, damages analysis and investigative work. Prior to his consulting career, Key worked more than eight years for an insurance carr...

Frank Seigel, CPCU Ringwood Consulting Group, Inc.

Pennsylvania
Insurance, Financial - Agent/Broker, Broker Duties, Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Agent/Company Relations, Bad Faith, Errors & Omissions, E&O, Coverage Disputes, Excess/surplus, Surplus Lines, Casualty, Property, Life, Health, Disability, Coverage, Contractual Disputes, Arbitration, Mediation, Standards of Care
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES • Past President, New Jersey Chapter Society of CPCU • Current and Past President, Independent Insurance Agents of Essex County, Inc. • Past President, Surplus Lines Association of New Jersey, Inc. (NJSLA) • Former Member, New Jersey Department of Insurance Committee Education • Former Member, Grading Panel for the Insurance Institute of America • Former Arbitrator for the American Arbitration Association. • Panelist, ABA Conference on Banking and Insurance • Attendee, New Jersey Conference on ECRA • Guest Speaker and Presenter for various professional, academic, and civic groups including New Jersey Chapter CPCU, Independent Insurance Agents, Seton Hall University Continuing Education Department, National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW), Local Rotaries, and Insurance Service Office (ISO) • NJ State Approved Volunteer Mediator for Municipal Court Matters • Member, Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) • Member, National Association of Prof...

Richard A Shema, CCM WeatherGuy.com, LLP

Lakeville, Pennsylvania
Meteorology, Maritime - Weather reconstruction, forensic meteorology, weather, marine meteorology, maritime, admirality law, weather routing, ship accidents, boating accidents, consulting meteorologists, tropical cyclones, hurricanes, tropical meteorology, extreme waves, oceanography, waves, marine insurance, insurance.
• Certified Consulting Meteorologist (CCM) by the American Meteorological Society • Over 30 years experience in meteorology and physical oceanography • I am a U.S. Navy veteran with sea duty and therefore have firsthand experience in the effects of weather on operations • Past AMS board member that certifies CCM’s for technical knowledge, communication skills, and ethics • I provide quality testimony using the scientific method • My testimony is clear, concise, and technically complicated subjects are plainly described • Sound communication skills describing complex atmospheric processes are put into easily understandable words and presentations • My written testimony is quality controlled and peer reviewed to produce an error free report that stands up to scrutiny of cross examination • I keep abreast of the latest scientific developments in meteorology and physical oceanography by attending conferences, re...

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Pennsylvania
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Brad A LaPorte High Tide Advisors

Rhode Island
Cybersecurity, Information Technology - Gartner, Defamation, Analyst, Ransomware, Endpoint, network, cyber, insurance, hygiene, penetration, testing, malware, computer, breach, managed, risk, vulnerability, crime, threat, attack, hack, forensic, digital, incident response, compliance, audit, identity, cloud, software, patent, trade secret
Brad A. LaPorte is a cybersecurity and IT consultant and currently serving as a founder of High Tide Advisors. He has over 18+ years of experience as a consultant in the cybersecurity industry spanning various industry segments. Prior to joining High Tide Advisors, he served as a top Gartner Research Analyst, including but not limited to the following specialties: security information and event management (“SIEM”), security orchestration, automation, and response (“SOAR”), Threat and Exposure Management, Vulnerability Management, Pen Testing, Cloud Security, managed security service provider (“MSSP”), managed detection and response (“MDR”), endpoint protection platforms/endpoint detection and response (“EPP/EDR”), Extended Detection & Response (“XDR”), Threat Intelligence, Digital Risk Protection, Social Media Protection, and Attack Surface Management. Mr. LaPorte was the lead author of the Gartner Market Guide for Threat Intelligence, Market Guide for Endpoint Detection and Respon...

Mark A Anderson, SCLA, AIC, AIM, AIS, CCI Anderson Claim Consulting, LLC

Ninety Six, South Carolina
Insurance - 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...

Michael D. Massey, DC

Athens, Tennessee
Chiropractic, Medical Coding - Insurance, Fraud, Billing, Documentation, Malpractice
Diplomate of the American Board of Quality Assurance and Utilization Review Physicians, Certified Healthcare Quality Manager, Certified Professional Coder, Former in-house claims and policy consultant for a nationwide health insurance payer, Current subject matter expert for two managed care entities, Extensive experience in review of personal injury, workers compensation, and maplractice cases, Experienced expert witness for malpractice, insurance and fraud cases

Robert Hughes Associates, Inc.

Richardson, Texas
Insurance, Actuarial - P&C, L&H, reinsurance, insurance agency standards, insurance underwriting, insurance archaeology, bad faith, actuarial, property & casualty insurance, life & health insurance, risk management, insurance broker standards
Robert Hughes Associates, established 1979, is a group of insurance experts with a wide range of experience and backgrounds -- former insurance company executives, agents, brokers, underwriters, Workers Compensation specialists, D&O and E&O expertise, risk managers, claims managers, adjusters, actuaries and captive management specialists. Degrees include Masters and PhDs. Certifications include CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACE, ACAS, MAAA, CLU, CEBS, FCAS, SCLA, ChFC, RHU, LLIF, CRPS, FLMI, and CSSC. Robert Hughes Associates is an internationally recognized insurance, risk management and actuarial consulting company, with membership in the Academy of Experts (London), Fellow of the Institute of Directors (London), and Tribunalized at Lloyd’s of London.

Gregory S. Arnold, JD, LL.M (Insurance Law) Surety Lexpert Witness Services

Cedar Park, Texas
Insurance - Surety, Claims, Fidelity, Bad Faith Claims, Standard of Care in the Insurance and Surety Industries, Extra-Contractual Damages; Punitive Damages
Licensed Property & Casualty Adjuster, Texas Never had testimony or expert reports stricken. Retained as a bad faith claims expert by attorneys for insurance companies, surety companies, owners or general contractors (obligees), contractors or subcontractors (principals); and indemnitors (those who guarantee the reimbursement of losses, costs, and expenses of surety companies, or to hold the surety harmless).

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Texas
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Allen W Griffin, GMB, CGR, CAPS, CGP Construction Claims Experts

Houston, Texas
Construction, Construction Defects - Real-world Hands-on Construction Experience, Building inspections, Construction, Construction Defects, Construction engineering, Construction accidents, Demolition, Disaster Recovery, Dispute Resolution, Construction document examination, Indoor air quality, Insurance, Construction investigations
Allen is a trusted resource for your, Insurance Claims - Construction Defects - Construction Contracts and Project claims. A Construction Expert Witness with Real-world Hands-on construction experience and 30 years of Construction Business Operations. Allen's business operations include: Gryphon Builders is a twenty-year-old company servicing the custom home building and high-end remodeling market in affluent areas of Houston. Gryphon Property Services was formed to facilitate the immediate upkeep, as well as anticipate and execute the long-term planning of maintenance needs of large townhome communities and apartment complexes. Viewpoint Designs is the internal company that services the Design/Build segment of Gryphon Builders. In 2016 we started servicing builders and remodelers in and around the Houston market. Areas of specialty knowledge; Home Building, Home Remodeling, Design/Build, Multi-family Buildings & Architectural Design services. Allen is easily understandable, yet hi...

Michael J Ogden, CGC, HCI All Disaster Claims, Inc

San Antlnio, Texas
Construction, Insurance - Appraisal, Appraiser, Umpire, Property Loss Cost, Property Loss Causation, Estimator, Fire, Mitigation, Windstorm, Residential, Hail, Commercial, Tornado, Multifamily, Roofing, IICRC, Restoration, Mold, Remediation, General Contractor
An OSHA and Haag Certified, State of Texas and Florida Licensed Public Adjuster and State of Florida Certified General Contractor with more than 22 years of experience directly related to the renovation and consulting of losses from disaster afflicted homes and businesses. Haag Certified Roof Inspector, IICRC and BESI Certified General Contractor, Appraiser, Umpire, Estimator, Renovator, Remediator and Expert Witness / Consultant. State of Florida Certified (Licensed) General Contractor CGC1509420 BESI Certified Defective Drywall Remediator (CDDR) BESI Certified Defective Drywall Consultant (CDDC) NuAire Windows and Doors Certified Installer Dryvit E.I.F.S. Certified Installer IICRC Certified Water Restoration Technician (WRT) IICRC Certified Advanced Structural Drying (ASD) State of Texas Licensed Public Adjuster TDI#1840149 State of Florida Licensed Public Adjuster Haag Certified Roof Inspector OSHA 10 Certified

David L. Stegall, CPCU, ARM, ARe, RPA Risk Consulting & Expert Services

Texas
Insurance, Risk Management - Bad Faith, Usual & Customary Practices, Standard of Care, Fair Claim Practices, Alternative Risk, Self-Insurance, Reinsurance, Bonds, Property & Casualty Insurance, Errors & Omissions, Professional Liability for Agents, Brokers, Underwriters, Managing General Agents & Underwriting, Hurricane & Flood
David Stegall has over 43 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self- insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator. He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants in 2017 and continues to serve on the Board of Directors. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US, Defense Research Institute, and an Associate M...

Matthew Furlong, CBC, RBC Först Consulting Group

Middleburg, Virginia
Construction Defects, Construction - Forensic investigation, building pathology, failure analysis, technical reporting, construction claims, litigation support, insurance, building code, EIFs, stucco, building envelope, facades, rainscreen, infrared, moisture, structural capability, energy conservation, contract analysis.
Mr. Matthew Furlong specializes in construction defect and failure analysis, forensic engineering, scientific investigations, technical report writing and expert witness testimony for construction claims and litigation matters. Mr. Furlong has 21 years of experience with construction, project coordination and design, remodeling, and field inspections of building systems for residential, and commercial low and high-rise properties. He has successfully completed more than 600 unique and custom projects while as a general contractor. His builder background experience ranges from high-end new custom home construction, interior renovations and additions, to green building and energy efficient homes, historical renovations, timber-framing, and creating elaborate custom interiors in prestigious estate-sized homes. This experience gives Mr. Furlong the unique qualifications to testify as an expert in construction matters. As a professional consultant, Mr. Furlong provides services in the ...

Marc A LeBeau, PhD, F-ABFT LeBeau Forensic Toxicology Consulting

Fairfax, Virginia
Toxicology, Forensic Science - alcohol, drugs, rape, driver, injury, insurance, fbi, standards, osac, speaker, poison, testing, drug-facilitated, assault
Marc A. LeBeau, PhD, has worked as a Forensic Chemist and Toxicologist for 35 years and has testified in federal, state, and county courts throughout the United States. As a Fellow of the American Board of Forensic Toxicology, Dr. LeBeau has been an active leader in numerous scientific organizations. He serves as the immediate Past-President of The International Association of Forensic Toxicologists (TIAFT) and is a Fellow of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences (AAFS). Additionally, Dr. LeBeau is a member and Past-President of the Society of Forensic Toxicologists (SOFT). Dr. LeBeau has spent much of his career helping to advance the forensic sciences. He has served as a Commissioner on the National Commission on Forensic Science, the chairman of the Scientific Working Group on the Forensic Analysis of Chemical Terrorism (SWGFACT), and co-chair to the Scientific Working Group on the Forensic Analysis on Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear Terrorism (SWGCBRN). He w...

Damian J. Arguello Crest Insurance Law & Consulting, LLC

Newcastle, Washington
Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance claim handling, insurance standards, bad faith, Insurance agent/broker professional negligence, errors & omissions insurance, Contractual risk transfer
I’m Damian J. Arguello, an experienced former adjuster, claim manager, and insurance agency errors & omissions risk manager. I provide consulting and testifying expert services on cases nationwide. I have testified over 30 times, including jury trials and arbitration proceedings, as well as depositions. I have three decades of unique insurance industry experience, having worked in and around the insurance industry since 1986: A former multi-line claims adjuster A claims manager at a top-20 insurance brokerage An insurance brokerage's errors & omissions risk manager An Adjunct Professor of Insurance Law A former faculty member for the National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research I was one of the leaders of a claims reengineering project for a major insurance company, working with the prestigious consulting firm McKinsey & Company. I have provided consulting and testifying expert witness services in a diverse range of cases: Construction Defect Claims Builders Risk Cla...

Michael F Arrigo No World Borders

Washington
HIPAA, Medical Billing - Medical billing, Patents trade secrets, electronic medical records, Medicare fraud, medical billing fraud, qui tam false claims act fraud Usual Customary Reasonable (UCR), Meaningful Use Electronic Health Records, HITECH Act, Affordable Care Act, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid,insurance, CRPS, EMTALA
Writer, speaker, published peer-reviewed works as an expert in the field recent Federal court rulings as a qualified expert published in Westlaw • US COURT OF APPEALS considered expert opinions, VACATED AND REMANDED • Two DOJ retentions, $155 million settlement • Healthcare IT patents intellectual property Technical Expert, Medicare Damages Expert • Medical coding medical billing, claims, usual customary and reasonable charges in personal injury and medical malpractice cases, Lifecare plan rebuttal under ACA on the future cost of care, trauma • Electronic medical record forensics / electronic health record forensics, E.H.R, practice management IT, medical, prescription charges, workman's compensation, insurance fraud • genetic testing, novel genetic sequencing, esoteric testing, laboratory testing • HIPAA Privacy, Security, Blockchain special studies MIT • Affordable Care Act, HITECH Act, electronic medical records, meaningful use, patents, and intellectual property in heal Healt...

Daniel R Robles, PE, MBA Community Engineering Services, PLLC

EDMONDS, Washington
Mechanical Engineering, Real Estate - plumbing, pipe, re-pipe, leaks, failures, Inspection, construction, water damage, feasibility, epoxy liner, CPVC, Aquatherm, PEX, Galvanized, copper, risk assessment, machinery, insurance, defect, standard of care, Blockchain, smart contract adjudication.
Thirty-five years of practical engineering experience across the aerospace, building construction, and technology industries. Bachelors of Science in Mechanical Engineering and Masters degree in International Business Administration. Expert Witness at the intersection of mechanical engineering, business practices, and standard of care.  Technical specialties include plumbing systems (failures, leaks, defects and corrosion), building envelope failures resulting in mold or water damage, Real Estate transactions, mechanical failures due to improper maintenance or operation, Investigation, testing, and report writing. Excellent public speaking skills with the ability to explain complex matters in simple and accessible terms. Knowledgable in recent technologies such as blockchain, digital twin, and digital twin applications for the engineering professions. Experienced in cross border and international engineering practices. Registered professional engineer in California and Washingt...
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