During these difficult times, many businesses are finding their insurance carriers won’t cover claims resulting from COVID-19. As a result, many businesses are launching lawsuits against their insurers alleging bad faith. Because the coronavirus is setting new precedents for insurance coverage and fiduciary duty, proving claims of bad faith under COVID-19 will almost certainly require the support of a highly-qualified insurance bad faith expert witness.Â
An expert in bad faith claims can discuss:
Policy coverage and exclusions
An insurer’s duty of good faith
An insurer’s fiduciary duty
Civil authority coverage
Virus exclusions
If you’re preparing to litigate a case against an insurance bad faith claim related to COVID-19 management and would like to speak with an expert in bad faith claims, our team can custom-recruit the professional you need to secure justice for your clients.Â
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This highly qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience in the legal sector. He received his AB in economics from UC Berkeley before earning his JD from Loyola Marymount University. This expert is also an accredited investment fiduciary. He specializes in insurance recovery and bad faith litigation, as well as ethics and compliance in the financial services profession. He is active in his field, having authored numerous periodicals and spoken at several ...
This expert has a thirty year association in the Life and Disability Income Insurance Industry. For twenty-eight years he was associated with The Union Central Life Insurance Company. During that time he was involved in numerous claim/policy service matters and supervised claim litigation. He also conducted California Fraud Training for over twenty years with claim examiners with a concentration in the Bad Faith area. In addition, was a former Life Insurance Sales Agent ...
This insurance industry veteran has 30+ years of experience in the field. He is currently active as the Owner of an insurance claims consulting business that provides P&C claim audits, studies of industry best practices, and expert witness testimony. Previously, the expert served as a Partner at Ernst & Young, where he was the National Practice Leader for the Property & Casualty claims consulting practice. The expert earned his B.S. in Mathematics from Elmhurst College ...
This insurance expert works as an independent claims consultant and expert witness, primarily in the areas of bad faith claims litigation for both plaintiffs and insurance defense. She has over 20 years of experience in the property & casualty industry, handling all levels of claims, including large loss and complex claims, as well as bad faith litigation. The expert holds the CPCU, AIC-M, and SCLA designations and spent much of her career with State Auto Insurance, ...
This insurance expert has been working in the industry since 1974. He earned his BS from California State University, Fresno and is a licensed chartered property casualty underwriter and a casualty claim law associate. He previously held positions at Devonshire Group, West Coast Casualty Service, American States Insurance Company, and AIM Insurance Company, among others. He has served as an independent consultant and adjuster for the last 13 years....
This highly-qualified expert in bankruptcy law has over 15 years of experience in his field, with extensive experience in myriad commercial law matters, including bankruptcy, contract disputes, commercial loans, financial restructuring, fiduciary duties, fraudulent transfer law, corporate responsibility, leveraged buyouts, and securities. He earned his BA in business administration from the University of Miami and his JD from the University of Michigan Law School. He is ...
This expert has over 40 years of claims experience, both as an adjuster and then as an in-house attorney advising adjusters on the proper standard of care in claims handling. He has represented numerous bad faith plaintiffs, and he also established the errors & omissions adjusting practices and auditing procedures for a major insurance company. The expert spent over 6 years as AIG's Western Zone Claims Council and 14 years as Executive Managing Attorney for USAA. He is ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in insurance claims and risk management. He earned his B.A. from Wake Forest University and his M.A. from the College of William & Mary. The expert holds the Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter designation, as well as specialty designations from the American Insurance Institute in Risk Management. He was most recently the Vice President of Risk Management Resources for Berkley Life Sciences and now runs ...
This case involves a maritime insurance bad faith claim. An insured marina sued their insurer for damages allegedly caused by the mismanagement of their claim. The insurance company denied coverage for a claim regarding internal damages to one of the marina’s…
This case involves an insurance bad faith claim levied against a medical insurance provider. The plaintiff, a middle-aged woman who hadn’t received medical coverage in many years, applied online for a policy to be effective the next day. The day…
An forensic accounting expert witness advises on a case involving a hurricane that devastated a university hospital, despite the best efforts of FEMA to protect and mitigate damage to the building. It had multi-peril insurance coverage, for which it paid…
This case involves a fire that resulted in severe damage to the plaintiff’s office in Kentucky. The office was insured by a policy provided by the defendants, which included fire coverage. After the fire and damage that resulted, the office…
CASE: Gallatin Fuels, Inc. v. Westchester Fire Ins. Co., 410 F. Supp. 2d 417 (W.D. Pa. 2006) BACKGROUND: Plaintiff, Gallatin Fuels, Inc. sought payment under an insurance policy issued by Defendant Westchester Fire Insurance Company (“Defendant” or “Westchester”) to Mon…
Case: Lopez v. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 144823 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 26, 2015) Background:Â The plaintiffs brought this third-party auto insurance bad faith action against Defendant Allstate Fire and Casualty Insurance Company (“Allstate”) for…
A real estate expert advises on a case happened in South Dakota involving fire victims who claim their insurer short-changed their property claim. The plaintiffs’ home was damaged by wildfires and wildfire smoke. They assert that the wildfire smoke contained soot,…
A neurology expert advises on a case involving a patient who is seeking disability benefits for a nerve injury. Plaintiff is a surgeon who sustained a herniated disc at the C6-7 level, which was confirmed by a MRI. Four years…