Claims Handling Expert Witnesses
Claims handling expert witnesses and consultants listed here may be able to form expert opinions, draft expert witness reports, provide expert witness testimony at deposition and/or trial as or serve as consulting (non-testifying) experts on claims handling. The claims handling expert witness listings on this page are typically from fields/areas of expertise such as: Insurance and Risk Management.
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Layne Kertamus, MA, CPCU, RIMS-CRMP
Insurance and Reinsurance Expert-Professor-Leader
Insurance Claim Consulting LLC
Brownsburg, Indiana
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Bad Faith, Property & Casualty, Claims Handling, Loss Recovery, Professional Liability, Workers Compensation, Run Off, Reinsurance Assumed & Ceded, Placement Issues, Insurer-MGA Disputes, Contract Analysis, Broker Error/Omission, Roof, Fronted Programs, Catastrophe, Insurer Defense
Thirty two (32) years of experience in insurance, reinsurance, alternative risk as industry expert and professor.
Located in Indiana and Utah. Consulting services available to defense and plaintiff counsel nationwide.
Technical and executive experience in claims, underwriting, marketing, compliance and carrier operations.
Claims Bad Faith| Broken Insurance Transactions | Insurer Defense | Broker Standards | Property Casualty Commercial Lines |Carrier – Managing General Agent Programs |Complex Accounts |Treaty Reinsurance
Utah State Court Rostered Mediator resolving attorney represented insurance disputes involving claims bad faith, and coverage-valuation. Reinsurance arbitration fact witness.
Former full time faculty member and Professional-in-Residence in Risk Management and Insurance teaching: Property Risk Management and Insurance, Liability Risk Management and Insurance, The Legal Environment of Insurance, and Enterprise Risk Management courses at Utah Valley U...
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Paul F Amoruso, CPCU
Mattapoisett, Massachusetts
Insurance
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Insurance Casualty, Insurance Operations, Bad Faith, Insurance Agencies, Claims Handling, Case Value, Insurance Personal, Pre and Post Litigation Management, Workers' Compensation, State Government Reviews of Insurance, Reserves, Insurance Ethics, Casualty Insurance
Mr. Amoruso has given expert witness testimony to identify issues related to bad and good faith claims procedures, providing guidance for pre and post litigation management. In addition, he offers client orientated assistance in relation to accepted claims practices, and provides insight on claim issues to law firms. He also offers evaluations related to workers compensation case management, insurance company procedures, guidance for proper claims handling practices, reviews for State government on insurance company conduct, and advice on issues concerning insurance companies and insurance
agents.
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Layne Kertamus, MA, CPCU, RIMS-CRMP
Insurance and Reinsurance Expert-Professor-Leader
Insurance Claim Consulting LLC
Utah
Insurance, Risk Management
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Insurance Bad Faith, Property & Casualty, Claims Handling, Loss Recovery, Professional Liability, Workers Compensation, Run Off, Reinsurance Assumed & Ceded, Placement Issues, Insurer-MGA Disputes, Contract Analysis, Broker Error/Omission, Roof, Fronted Programs, Catastrophe, Insurer Defense
Thirty two (32) years of experience in insurance, reinsurance, alternative risk as industry expert and professor.
Located in Indiana and Utah. Consulting services available to defense and plaintiff counsel nationwide.
Technical and executive experience in claims, underwriting, marketing, compliance and carrier operations.
Claims Bad Faith| Broken Insurance Transactions | Insurer Defense | Broker Standards | Property Casualty Commercial Lines |Carrier – Managing General Agent Programs |Complex Accounts |Treaty Reinsurance
Utah State Court Rostered Mediator resolving attorney represented insurance disputes involving claims bad faith, and coverage-valuation. Reinsurance arbitration fact witness.
Former full time faculty member and Professional-in-Residence in Risk Management and Insurance teaching: Property Risk Management and Insurance, Liability Risk Management and Insurance, The Legal Environment of Insurance, and Enterprise Risk Management courses at Utah Valley U...
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Collin J. Hite
Bad Faith Expert - Former Insurance Executive
Hite Insurance Consulting LLC
Glen Allen, Virginia
Insurance
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Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Claims Handling, Claims Standards, Policy Limit Settlement Demands, Good Faith, CGL, Cyber Insurance, Directors & Officers, Errors & Omissions, Auto, Homeowners, Commercial Insurance, Commercial Property, Brokers, Umbrella, Surplus and Excess, Crime & Fidelity, London Market, Policyholders
Expert in insurance bad faith, claim‑handling standards, policy limit settlement rejections, and insurer conduct. I am trusted by counsel, carriers and policyholders. I've tried 38 cases to verdict, so I understand that counsel need from an expert witness. Even while in-house, I played the role of policyholder counsel in my mock jury exercises against my outside coverage counsel. With my extensive bad faith litigation and teaching experience I am well positioned to assist as an expert in your insurance cases.
Most recently, I was an Associate General Counsel at USAA for bad faith litigation, a Fortune 100 P&C insurer with $27bn (2025) in gross written premium. Prior to that role I was Head of Insurance Litigation for Markel Insurance, a multi-national specialty insurer in the Fortune 200 with $15.5bn in gross written premium in 2025. As the Head of Insurance Litigation for Markel I owned responsibility for all bad faith and extra-contractual litigation across the country, as well a...