Insurance Expert Witnesses in West Virginia

This security management expert has been in the field for more than 30 years. A Certified Protection Professional, he is extensively published and holds membership in both the American Society for Industrial Security and the International Association of Professional Security Consultants. He has lectured on security and criminology at the university level for multiple schools, including the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School and John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and he has served as corporate Security Director, Senior Security Director, and Chief Security Officer for three multi-national organizations. Currently, this expert is the Principal of his own consulting firm, specializing in identifying, avoiding, and mitigating and managing security related risk.

This well seasoned professor of higher education has over 30 years of experience in physical education and recreational sports. Throughout his career he has been a member of several professional societies including the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA), the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association (PIAA), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and the International Association of Approved Basketball Officials (IAABO). He served as Director of NIRSA in two different states (New York and Pennsylvania). He is a certified recreational sports specialist and graduated from the NIRSA School of Recreational Sport Management. He has been invited to give professional presentations throughout the country on various topics such as, “Ethics in campus recreation programs,” and “Status of campus recreation programs in North America." He has published extensively in professional publications including Recreational Sports Journal, the Journal of International Council for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, Sport, and Dance and Risk Management for Campus Recreation. Most notably, he published articles on Selected risk management policies for intramural activities and club sport legal liability practices. He received the NIRSA Horace Moody Award which recognizes professional members who have made contributions to student development by their encouragement, support, and performance. He is currently an instructor in the department of human movement, sport, and leisure studies of an Ohio based university.

This expert has over 10 years of professional experience in OSHA & MSHA advisory services, specifically as it relates to hazardous materials management, oil & gas rig safety, environmental engineering, and fire safety. He earned a Master of Occupational Safety & Health/Environmental Management from Columbia Southern University and a PhD in Safety Sciences from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. He is a Certified Safety Professional through Board of Certified Safety Professionals and teaches field safety protocols for the NCCER Core curriculum. This expert is currently a professor of safety management & environmental/fire protection engineering at a Texas based university and a principal consultant providing OSHA & MSHA advisory services.

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 his own good/bad faith consulting firm.

This human factors and ergonomics expert has 20+ years of experience analyzing human performance and behavior. He specializes in warnings and risk perception, product safety, vehicle collisions, pedestrian falls, and related areas. The expert earned his Master's and his Ph.D. in Psychology and Ergonomics from North Carolina State University. He is Board Certified in Professional Ergonomics and is a member of several industry associations, including the American Society of Safety Engineers, the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, and the Illuminating Engineering Society.

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, steadily moving up the ranks to Corporate Claim Manager and a member of the Core Management Team.

This insurance expert has run a private practice in public insurance adjustment for 40+ years. He is a member and Past President of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters and was recognized by the group as a Senior Professional Public Adjuster. He is a licensed Public Adjuster in many states and a frequent speaker at industry events. The expert specializes in complex losses involving property.

This expert has been practicing chiropractic for 33 years. He graduated from the Palmer College of Chiropractic and has been active in the Ohio State Chiropractic Association in a number of roles. He has performed malpractice reviews often as a consultant for a number of organizations and attorneys. He is an expert on chiropractic guidelines and teaches regularly on the issues related to guidelines, risk management, case management, and research. He is very involved with his local, state, and national associations and teaches for organizations all over the United States.

This expert has been practicing in the risk management and insurance industry for over 30 years. Ranked first in her graduating Risk Management class and chosen nationally as a Risk and Insurance Management Society scholar, she has defended both insurers and brokers in many cases involving coverage disputes, lack of coverage and property loss. She is currently the President of her own risk management consulting firm, she regularly manages large Property and Casualty insurance programs for her multinational clients and has received awards such as Outstanding Educator from the Insurance Society of Philadelphia and various national sales awards from her work as a Senior Account Representative with the Hobbs Group.

This expert in water quality has 15+ years of experience in Legionella Risk Management and 40+ years experience total in engineering related functions. He obtained his BS in Marine Engineering at the US Merchant Marine Academy. He is a member of APIC, ASPE, ASHRAE, ASHRM, AWT and AWWA. He has authored 2 books, coauthored 2 peer review papers with CDC, published numerous articles in many journals and magazines and is currently the President of a waterborne pathogen risk management company.

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 with Western Southern Life Insurance Company.

This highly-qualified expert has over 35 years of experience in the field of risk and insurance management. He earned his BS in industrial supervision from Western Michigan University and his MBA in management from Eastern Michigan University. He is also designated as a an associate in risk management by the Insurance Institute of America. This expert is active in his field as a member of the Risk & Insurance Management Society and as a member of the board of directors for Disaster Recovery Institute International. This expert has formerly served as a risk manager for the City of Dearborn and a risk management manager at ThyssenKrupp USA, Inc. He has also formerly served as an agent at Combined Insurance Company of America and as a director of risk management at the University of Kentucky. This expert is currently a resource manager for a national risk management and insurance association.