Property & Casualty Expert Witnesses

Brownsburg, Indiana

Insurance, Risk Management - 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...

Allenhurst, New Jersey

Insurance, Risk Management - Agent/Broker Duties & Responsibilities, Insurance Errors & Omissions, E&O, Standards of Care, Insurance, Personal Lines, Commercial Lines, Property & Casualty, Property/Liability, Insurance Coverage Disputes

40 years’ experience as an insurance & risk management professional with a diverse background in both agency and company operations. In 1995, I began my own training and consulting firm specializing in training for property & casualty professionals. Practice includes continuing education training, specialized training programs, E&O loss control audits, E&O loss control training, Performance Coaching, and Expert witness & litigation support services. Speaker and presenter for various professional and private organizations on property and casualty insurance, errors & omissions, national certification programs, Accredited Customer Service Representative (ACSR), Construction Risk Specialist (CRIS), Management Liability Insurance Specialist (MLIS), Accredited Advisor of Insurance (AAI), including Big I NJ, and IIABA, as an approved instructor to facilitate E&O Risk Management Programs.

Houston, Texas

Insurance, Real Estate - Auto Insurance, Bad Faith, Standard of Care, COI, Hurricane Insurance, Homeowners Association Insurance, nonsubscriber Insurance, Marine Insurance, Control of Well Insurance, O&G, Oil & Gas Insurance, Directors & Officers Insurance, Hotels, Pollution, E&O, Errors & Omissions, Surety, Property & Casualty, Environmental, Umbrella

Mr. Margraves started his second career as a full-time expert witness in 2020, backed with over thirty-three years commercial property & casualty insurance experience. Mr. Margraves has been designated as an expert witness in 22 case assignments: 19 State cases and 3 Federal cases. Case assignments are divided between 12 for Defense and 10 for Plaintiff, including Arkansas, Colorado, Illinois, Louisiana, New Mexico and Texas. He is an insurance industry expert that brings extensive experience in all aspects of property & casualty insurance interpretation, policy forms, applications, claims, safety programs, and contract integration. Expertise includes Bad Faith, Agency E&O, Standard of Care, Marine, Environmental, Surety & Bonds, CYBER, and Certificates of Insurance. He is the Principal Consultant and Founder of Gulf Coast Risk Management, LLC (GCRM). GCRM provides consulting services to attorneys, property owners, asset managers, and general contractors regarding insurance placemen...

Utah

Insurance, Risk Management - 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...