Insurance Broker Expert Witnesses in Florida

This highly qualified risk management and insurance expert earned her BA in Insurance at Howard University and PhD in Risk Management and Insurance at the University of Georgia. She is a member of several professional organizations including the American Risk and Insurance Association, Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Southern Risk and Insurance Association, Western Risk and Insurance Association, and Windstorm Insurance Network. She has received the RMIR Best Perspectives Article Award from the prestigious American Risk and Insurance Association. This expert sits of the editorial board for several peer reviewed journals and is the co-editor of the Journal of Insurance Regulation. She has published 30+ articles on the insurance industry and risk management and is a frequently invited guest speaker at major conferences. Formerly she was a senior claims representative at State Farm Insurance Company. Currently she is a professor in the department of risk management and insurance at a major university.

This expert is currently the lead Actuarial Consultant for a major actuarial firm. He has 38 years of experience in the insurance industry. He has worked extensively in most areas of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance, mergers and acquisitions, self-insurance and captive insurance companies. He has advised extensively with many of the major insurance and reinsurance companies as well as large self-insured entities throughout North America in the areas of loss reserving, pricing and risk management. He had been a partner running actuarial practices at both Ernst & Young, where he ran the national P&C actuarial group and Coopers & Lybrand, where he ran the Northeast P&C Actuarial practice and the National Risk Management practice. He also has varied experience in actuarial functions at two major property & casualty insurance companies, running both personal lines (auto and homeowners) and commercial lines ratemaking and reserving units. He has published papers on mergers & acquisitions, product, pollution, asbestos, data mining, workers comp premium auditing, and and disaster recovery. He has also been a frequent speaker at actuarial conventions and programs. He worked on a variety of warranty actuary projects for large insurers and non-insurance companies with self insurance and risk management issues.

President and CEO of company which specializes in identifying areas prone to slip and fall accidents. He entered the field of slip and fall accident prevention as a participant in the development of a chemical compound. This chemical compound known as Anti Slip Solution would prevent slip & fall accidents when applied to the surface. He currently consults with clients nationwide regarding slip and fall prevention, slip and fall safety programs and maintenance protocol. He also conducts surface testing in slip and fall litigation to determine if the surface in question is suitable for the demands of the environment and the activities conducted. All surface testing is conducted using a BOT-3000E (Binary Output Tribometer) in accordance with the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) and the National Floor Safety Institute (NFSI). The BOT-3000E is a robotic type of tribometer that represents the leading edge of technology in the field of slip resistance. This machine is designed to test both Static Coefficient of Friction (SCOF) as well as Dynamic Coefficient of Friction (DCOF). The test method is referred to as touch down friction� which simulates how a person's foot would contact the floor during normal ambulation. The BOT-3000E is an electromechanical device whose operation and output cannot be effected by the operator, thus making it the first user-independent tribometer. The BOT 3000E also has a data port allowing the operator to download results in PDF format. Surface testing using the BOT 3000E will assist in determining if the surface in question is suitable for the demands of the environment and the activities that are conducted.

This highly qualified expert has extensive experience with Medicare Set Asides (MSA), Complex Medical Cost Projections and Life Care Plans. She is dual-certified as a Life Care Planner and Medicare Set Aside Consultant among many more with 30+ years working alongside insurance companies. She has past legal experience, court testimony regarding Medicare Set Asides and Medical Cost Projections. This expert is the Vice President and business owner of a medical consulting firm for 17 years. The focus of her company is to ensure each and every client is given the necessary actions to plan for future medical costs. Although her office is based out of Virginia, she caters to a large group of clientele nationwide.

This highly qualified expert is currently an Assistant Professor of Legal Studies in Business at a major FL university, where he has served on the faculty since 2011. He has taught the Legal and Ethical Environment of Business, Law for Accountancy,Uniform Commercial Code Business Law Problems, and Legal and Political Aspects of Insurance courses. Prior to service on the faculty , this expert practiced law in the states of Iowa and Nebraska in an insurance defense law firm in Omaha, Nebraska for approximately 2 1/2 years. He is the author or co-author of approximately 30 forthcoming or published academic publications. His law review articles in the insurance law area have been published in journals such as the Virginia Law and Business Review, Virginia Environmental Law Journal, Baylor Law Review, William and Mary Environmental Law and Policy Review, Boston College Environmental Affairs Law Review, Saint Louis University Law Journal, University of Louisville Law Review, University of Baltimore Law Review, Creighton Law Review, Drake Law Review, North Dakota Law Review, University of Miami Business Law Review, and a co-authored article in the Journal of Insurance Regulation, which is a journal sponsored by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC). This expert is currently a member of the state bars of Iowa and Nebraska. He received the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2013 from the Seabee Memorial Scholarship Association.

This expert has 21 years experience as Broker Consultant in Insurance & Reinsurance with special expertise in ERISA, and all types of medical stop loss and reinsurance (i.e. Provider Excess Loss and HMO reinsurance, etc.). Active Broker Consultant. Experienced speaker and persuasive writer. Retained for Expert Witness Opinion 37 times. Never been challenged. Helped settle 33 of 34 completed cases without trial. He brings a deep understanding of the managed care field, and ability to explain complex litigation in terms lay people can understand. He received his MBA-HA from University of Miami, holds Adjunct Professor status at a major southeastern university and has taught several seminars on Health Administration in Certificate Programs in Health Administration. He is certified for CME teaching by AMA.

This experienced consumer advocate is currently an actuarial consultant, who for the past two years has been engaged as a plaintiff's expert witness in two title insurance cases in federal court involving fee shifting of closing costs on VA guaranteed loans into title insurance premiums, search and examination fees by two of the largest mortgage originators in the United States. He is also currently engaged in two cases representing consumers alleging failure to pay full replacement costs by two of the largest homeowners insurers in the United States. He has also testified as an actuarial expert witness against a recent NCCI proposed 19.6% workers compensation insurance rate increase in the state of Florida. This expert has a long history of testifying on behalf of consumers in insurance rate cases in New Jersey, Georgia, California, Texas and Florida. A fellow of both the Casualty Actuarial Society and Society of Actuaries and also a member of the American Academy of Actuaries, he previously served in a managerial position at Ernst & Young. For roughly ten years, he served as an actuary with the Florida Office of Insurance Consumer Advocate. He earned his BS in Mathematics from the University of Michigan and his MBA from the University of Utah.

This expert is highly experienced in property and broker errors and omissions as well as aviation issues. He attained his Chartered Property Casualty designation and the Accredited Advisor in Insurance designation from the Insurance Institute of America. He graduated from Wellcraft High-Performance Boat Driving School. He is the former VP of the American Motorcycle Association. He has testified in FL, the southern United States, and the Virgin Islands. He does not perform medical malpractice, workers compensation, or personal injury expert witness work.

This highly-qualified expert in arbitration and mediation has over 25 years of experience. She earned her BA in philosophy at College of William and Mary and her JD at the University of Richmond. She is a certified mediator with the Florida Supreme Court and a certified arbitrator with AIDA Reinsurance & Arbitration Society. She is active in her field as a member of the Association of South Florida Mediators and the Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter Society. She has formerly served as the chair of the tort and insurance practice section for the American Bar Association and as an attorney in the insurance transactional and regulatory practice at Adorno & Zeder, P.A. In addition, she spent nearly 20 years working for the National Council on Compensation Insurance, where she served in several legal business positions. She currently serves as the owner of her own firm that provides arbitration, mediation and consulting in Florida.

This highly-qualified expert has nearly 30 years of experience with real estate, insurance, sales and litigation consulting. She earned her BA in economics at the University of Illinois at Champaign and both her MBA and PhD in business and marketing at Florida Atlantic University. She is a certified building contractor and a licensed public adjuster and private investigator. She spent 12 years working as a senior vice president of sales and marketing at Summit Hotel Management Company. She has also formerly served as an assistant professor of business at Florida Atlantic University and Lynn University. This expert currently serves as a real estate developer and contractor and a major real estate and construction company and as a public insurance adjuster at a public adjuster company. In addition, she oversees her own litigation consulting company in Florida, where she provides expertise in insurance, real estate and construction for legal disputes.