This property and casualty insurance operations and independent valuation expert has more than 20 years of experience providing insurance operations assessment, independent valuation of incurred losses and stated liabilities, and business process engineering services for insurers, self-insured entities, captives, risk retention groups, and reinsurers. He is the Managing Principal and co-founder of an independent risk management advisory firm. He previously served as Managing Director of Claim Management Consulting Services at a global actuarial consulting firm and an international professional services firm, and held management positions with a multinational insurance brokerage, a national property and casualty insurer, and a large self-insured transportation organization.

He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree and pursued legal studies at an accredited law school. He has provided expert witness services, including consultation, deposition testimony, and trial testimony, in insurance litigation matters involving declaratory judgment actions, extra-contractual liability (“bad faith”) disputes, case reserve valuation, incurred loss analysis, reinsurance matters, and claim administration practices.

His work includes organization design and functional analysis of claim operations; independent valuation of carried case reserves and asbestos and environmental liabilities; cost management and settlement strategy, including mass tort matters; litigation management within claim departments; internal control assessment; fraud detection and interdiction practices; regulatory financial examination support; and merger and acquisition due diligence and post-acquisition integration of insurance operations. He has conducted more than 300 claim audits and operational assessments involving commercial general liability, property, auto liability, workers’ compensation, employers’ liability under federal statutes, and asbestos and environmental exposures.