Insurance Expert Witnesses in Virginia

Insurance, Legal - Property & Casualty Claims, Casualty Insurance, P&C Claims, Insurance Claims, Insurance Bad Faith, First, Third, Industry Standards, Common Practices, Insurance Coverage, Investigation, Insurer Defense, Personal Injury, commercial, personal, auto, homeowner, bodily injury, property damage, uninsured

Independent professional providing consulting services to law firms representing plaintiffs and insurer defendants involved in disputes or litigation related to property and casualty insurance claims. Over thirty (30) years of experience as a property and casualty insurance claim professional. Experience as Claim Representative, Litigation Examiner, Supervisor, Trainer, Manager, and Consultant. Expertise include coverage analysis, investigation, liability determination, damage evaluation, negotiation, and settlement of personal and commercial lines claims. Experienced in claims involving bodily injuries, property damages, and related damages under personal and commercial auto policies, homeowner/condominium/rental policies, commercial property damage policies, commercial general liability policies, and businessowner policies. Claim types include auto accident, premises liability, auto damage, personal & commercial property damage, bodily injury, personal injury, property da...

Insurance, Risk Management - Insurance Broker Standard of Care, Insurance Federal Cases, Rule 26, Insurance Pollution, Umbrella Insurance, Excess Insurance, Insurer Bad Faith, Insurance Coverage, Construction Defect Insurance, Insurance Manuscript Policies, Insurance Custom and Practice, Property Casualty Insurance

Trusted by 32 of the Top 100 Insurance Law Firms Bob began his career as a casualty underwriter for Pacific Indemnity Company (Chubb) and later for Industrial Indemnity Company. Bob also served as president, chief executive officer, and chairman of the board of well-known Anderson & Anderson Insurance Brokers. Over nearly 30 years, he built Anderson & Anderson from a four-person company to the fifth-largest brokerage firm in California until the time of its sale to AON Corporation. At Aon, Bob was the president of the Aon Advantage Group which advised 20 industry practice leaders such as the Hospitality Group which insured Hotels, Resorts, and Casinos. Bob attended the Harvard Business School’s OPM program which is similar to its MBA program. He earned his CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter) designation in 1970 from the American Institute for Property and Liability Underwriters, Inc. Areas of expertise include, but are not limited to; • ADR (Arbitration/Mediation) Cove...

Insurance, Risk Management - bad faith, claims, claim handling, reserves, bad-faith, unfair claims settlement practices, third party administrator, reinsurance, notice, asbestos, extra contractual, receivership, claims management, liquidation, environmental, property and casualty, reserve adequacy, market conduct examination

Throughout his career, Mr. Bingham served as a senior claims manager for 3 major property casualty carriers: CNA, the Hartford, and USF&G. As a seasoned senior level Insurance, Reinsurance, Regulatory and Run-Off Practitioner with 4 decades of industry, consulting, and receivership experience, Mr. Bingham possesses a demonstrated ability to analyze complex insurance-related matters in fast paced and evolving environments. Mr. Bingham’s credentials as subject matter expert have been accepted in both state and federal courts across the country. Mr. Bingham has demonstrated an understanding and command of claims handling practices, reinsurance policies, and regulatory and run-off issues of the highest complexity. His wealth of experience in the handling of claims, claims management, regulatory compliance, drafting expert reports, and testifying in complex litigation have made him an asset to businesses and attorneys throughout the United States. As a past recipient of the Cert...

Virginia

Construction, Premises Liability - Defects, personal injury, insurance, codes, commercial, residential, accidents, falls, asbestos, ADA, sewer, water, liability, damages, general contractor, fire, flood, contracts, subcontractors, engineer

Highly experienced construction and premises expert. Specializes in large commercial and multi-residential construction disputes and serious bodily injury claims. Has served on over 300 cases as an expert witness and dozens of cases as an arbitrator. 30+ years’ experience as a general contractor and owner/developer focusing on condominiums, roads, sewers, subdivisions, offices and other major construction. Summa Cum Laude/Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina. Consultant (2008-Present): Georgia, North Carolina, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Tennessee. Cases include commercial defects and delays, serious personal injuries, multifamily, sewers, roads and drainage, retail, insurance, professional liability, and construction business practices. Approximately equal representation of plaintiffs and defendants. General Contractor - President of Buckhead Classic (2006 – presen): Projects include defective construction repair, new construction, fire and flood...

Middleburg, Virginia

Construction Defects, Construction - Forensic investigation, building pathology, failure analysis, technical reporting, construction claims, litigation support, insurance, building code, EIFs, stucco, building envelope, facades, rainscreen, infrared, moisture, structural capability, energy conservation, contract analysis, code compliance

Mr. Matthew Furlong specializes in construction defect and failure analysis, forensic engineering, scientific investigations, technical report writing and expert witness testimony for construction claims and litigation matters. Mr. Furlong has 25 years of experience with construction, project coordination and design, remodeling, and field inspections of building systems for residential, and commercial low and high-rise properties. He has successfully completed more than 600 unique and custom projects while as a general contractor. His builder background experience ranges from high-end new custom home construction, interior renovations and additions, to green building and energy efficient homes, historical renovations, timber-framing, and creating elaborate custom interiors in prestigious estate-sized homes. This experience gives Mr. Furlong the unique qualifications to testify as an expert in construction matters. As a professional consultant, Mr. Furlong provides services in the ...

Glen Allen, Virginia

Insurance - 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...