Insurance providers have been inundated with claims since the outbreak of COVID-19 and subsequent nationwide shutdown. In true pandemic-style, countless disputes have followed on all matters of insurance policies. Whether you’re preparing litigation related to property damage, business interruption, or workers’ compensation, an insurance expert witness will be an important resource to support any insurance bad faith case.
An insurance expert witness can discuss:
Policy coverage terms
Viral exclusion clauses
Civil authority clauses
State legislation mandating certain insurance payouts
Insurance benchmarks from previous pandemic coverage
An insurer’s duty of good faith
An insurer’s fiduciary duty
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This highly-qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in underwriting in the insurance industry. He earned his BS in business from the University of Pittsburgh. Formerly, he has held positions as a consulting underwriter and product line specialist for Liberty Mutual Insurance Corporation, and the assistant vice president of Legion Insurance Company and Ace Insurance Corporation. He then went on to become a consulting underwriter at Pennsylvania Lumbermen Mutual. ...
This qualified expert has significant experience in mental health insurance and health insurance claims handling. She began her career working as an administrative assistant at Harbor Health Services before working as an authorization manager of medicare at Community Medical Alliance. She went on to serve as a customer service representative in the mental health department for ten years before working as in claims system analysis for eight years, both at Blue Cross Blue ...
This expert earned her BA from Morris Brown College. She holds various certificates including the LOMA 302, LOMA 291 and the ACS 101. She has previously served as an underwriting assistant at West Coast Life Insurance and as the new business specialist at the Pacific Life Insurance Company. In these roles, she worked on offer negotiations with the underwriters and producers at the company and analyzed the requirements surrounding each case policy. She has also served as ...
This expert in marketing theory and strategy earned a BA in mass communication form Southeast Missouri State University and her MBA from the University of Tampa, before completing a PhD in marketing at Saint Louis University. She was a postdoctoral research fellow for the University of Washington's Center for Sales and Marketing Strategy, and now serves as the Director of Partnerships and Membership Programs for the center. She is active in her field as a member of ...
This expert has over 25 years of experience as an underwriter, manager, and health insurance salesman in the healthcare industry. He earned his BBA in finance and marketing from the University of South Carolina, Columbia. He formerly served as an insurance underwriter for Aetna before becoming the senior group underwriter for Colonial Life Insurance Company. He was also the senior underwriter for Delta Dental Insurance Company and the Divisional Financial Underwriter for ...
This highly-qualified expert has decades of experience in life insurance and estate planning. He earned his BA in political science from Millsaps College followed by his JD from the University of Mississippi Law School. This expert is a chartered life underwriter, accredited estate planner, certified life annuity professional, and a licensed life insurance agent. He is active in his field as a member of the National Association of Estate Planners and Councils and the ...
This highly qualified expert has over 30 years of experience in captive insurance and consulting. After earning his BA in business from Gustavus Adolphus College, he went on to begin his career as a senior marketing representative at Federated Insurance. He then moved to risk management and insurance as the vice president of alternative risk at RJF Agencies, Inc. This expert currently serves as the executive director of captive programs for a top university in ...
This qualified healthcare actuary has over 20 years of experience in his field. He earned his BS in mathematics and statistics as well as his MS in applied statistics at the University of California, Riverside. He is a member of the Society of Actuaries and the American Academy of Actuaries. Formerly, he served as an actuarial assistant at TPF&C, as an actuarial analyst at AMEX Life Assurance Co., and as a senior consultant at Coopers & Lybrand. He then moved on to ...
This expert has over 35 years of experience in the field of insurance, specializing in claims management, captives, captive management, attorney fees, and municipality management. He is a certified legal principle claim specialist and a member of several professional associations, such as the Council on Litigation Management and the American Institute of Insurance Studies. Throughout his career, he has held various leadership roles, such as the litigation manager at ...
This expert has over 35 years of experience working in insurance and claims. Before beginning his career in this field, he obtained his BS in business administration from the University of Memphis. Today, he is also a designated chartered property and casualty underwriter, an associate in claims, a senior claim law associate, an associate in reinsurance, and an associate in risk management. This expert is also an active member of several professional organizations, ...
This qualified actuary has over 20 years of experience in her field. She earned her BA in mathematics at California State University, Dominguez Hills and is a member of the Associate of Society of Actuaries, the International Actuarial Association, and the Harvard Business Review Advisory Council. Formerly, she served as an associate actuary at Foundation Health Systems, as a manager of actuarial & insurance consulting at Deloitte Consulting, and as a general manager of ...
A Missouri college is in the process of suing an insurance company for its failure to provide coverage related to COVID-19 economic losses. The Lindenwood Female College of Saint Charles is suing Zurich American Insurance Company in a class action…
Geico Corp., a unit of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc., is facing a class action lawsuit. Its Illinois customer base alleges that the company engaged in deceptive marketing practices and charged excessive premiums. Although the U.S. District Court granted Geico’s…
Lawyers for struggling restaurants trying to stay afloat during the COVID-19 restrictions will be happy to learn about two recent insurance claim cases. Before these rulings, judges have typically sided with the insurance carriers, denying business interruption coverage to claimants.…
The COVID-19 pandemic has damaged businesses around the globe, causing financial disaster and bankruptcy across many industries. As a company’s survival is now based on their ability to make a profit in the midst of COVID-19, disclosures to its shareholders…
In response to denied business interruption insurance claims, thousands of small business owners have turned to legal action against their insurers—with mixed results. But one case, filed by a Louisiana restaurant group, has recently survived a summary judgment motion filed…
Like it or not, Autonomous Vehicles are coming – and, they’ll be here before you know it. That is unless cautious legislation and special interests decide to slow their deployment. In fact, many vehicles already on the road incorporate key…
During 2012, a client engineering company engaged my services as an industrial safety engineer after an accident had occurred in their factory whereby one of the machine operators had lost one finger due to contact with a high speed revolving blade…
CMFG Life Insurance Co., et al. v. RBS Securities, Inc., No. 12-cv-037-wmc, U.S. District Court, Western District of Wisconsin; July 23, 2014 Background: Plaintiffs CMFG Life Insurance Company and its subsidiaries (CUNA Mutual) seek to rescind the purchase of fifteen…
Case: U.S. Fire Insurance Co. v. Kelman Bottles, No. 11cv0891, U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania; Aug. 8, 2014 Background: Kelman Bottles owns a glass manufacturing facility. On the date in question, only one furnace was operating.…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida, Miami Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Royale Green Condo Ass’n v. Aspen Specialty Ins. Co Citation: 2008 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 48334 The plaintiff complained about the expert’s inability to…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky, Louisville Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Momeni-Kuric v. Metro. Prop. & Cas. Ins. Co. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 125794 The plaintiff hired the dentistry expert witness to opine…
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fourth District, San Antonio Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: In re Ebin Citation: 2019 Tex. App. LEXIS 9856 The public adjuster hired by the realtors had a higher repair estimate than the insurance carrier. As…
Court: United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Blue Cross Blue Shield Ass’n v. GlaxoSmithKline LLC Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 168107 A group of health insurance firms alleges they purchased improperly manufactured…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Three Rivers Hydroponics, LLC v. Florists’ Mut. Ins. Co. Citation: 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12644 In this insurance dispute, the plaintiff’s insurance expert witness opines…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Washington Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Lister v. Hyatt Corp. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 211764 The plaintiff retains a hospitality expert after she sustains injuries in a slip and fall…
Court: United States District Court for the District of Kansas Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Barcus v. Phoenix Ins. Co. Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 12215 Here, the expert was retained to speak on the plaintiff’s cognitive condition as she observed…
Court: United States District Court for the Western District of Oklahoma Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Allianz Life Ins. Co. of N. Am. v. Muse Citation: 2019 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 217447 The plaintiff claims the insurance expert’s testimony is not valuable…
Court: United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas, Mcallen Division Jurisdiction: Federal Case Name: Flores v. Allstate Tex. Lloyd’s Co. Citation: 229 F. Supp. 2d 697 The expert, however, fails to support his conclusions with testing or…