Insurance industry expert witnesses may opine on insurance regulation, insurance claims, and insurance coverage. With so many acronyms in the insurance industry, the International Risk Management Institute, Inc., offers Risk and Insurance Acronyms on their website. www.irmi.com.
In After the Storm…(but before the cleanup starts) arborist expert witness Russell E. Carlson, RCA, BCMA, writes: Before you start up the chainsaw, before you make a single cut — make sure that any damage is documented. It only takes a few minutes to get what you need. Those minutes…
Logistics industry expert witnesses may write reports and testify on on issues including interstate motor carrier operations, truck fleets, and related topics. Just for fun, in her blog All That’s Trucking, Deborah Lockridge, writes: Five words or less On a LinkedIn transportation discussion group, there’s been a discussion thread where…
In Risk Management Consulting, risk management expert witness Alan F. Shirek, AFS Risk Consulting International, LLC, writes: Such tasks or projects may include developing ways to enhance the effectiveness of insurance brokers or agents, insurance carriers, third party claims administrators or other outside vendors. They may include developing communication tools…
Trucking industry expert witnesses may write reports and testify on on issues including federal motor carrier safety regulations, crashworthiness, truck maintenance, hours of service, and more. In The True Meaning of Sustainability, Deborah Lockridge, Editor in Chief All That’s Trucking blog writes: “If you’re looking for a buzzword in the…
In About Photography and the Law, entertainment and media expert witness Professor Jeff Sedlik writes: A photography expert can analyze a photograph using forensic methods to determine the circumstances under which the photograph was made, and to reveal details of the photograph not visible to the naked eye. A photography…
Arborist expert witnesses may write reports and opine on arboriculture, certified arborists, diagnosis and treatment of tree diseases, and more. Here, IML Wood Testing Systems describes Hazard Tree Evaluation: While experienced observation will continue to be important, combining Visual Tree Assessment (VTA) and IML instruments aids early detection of decay,…
Insurance agencies expert witness Alan F. Shirek, AFS Risk Consulting International, LLC, describes Insurance agents’ and brokers’ standard of care Generally speaking, the insurance agent or broker owes a high degree of care to its client. The extent of broker’s duty, in any specific case, is the result of the…
Carbon monoxide expert witness Russell Keeler, PE, writes: The push for greater and greater energy conservation has led to a variety of unintended consequences. One of these is that very high efficiency gas burning appliances such as furnaces and boilers can produce high, and perhaps toxic levels of carbon monoxide…
In The Paige Report: Does an insurance broker have a duty to give advice?, insurance practices expert witness Mr. David H. Paige, Esq. writes: Implications for Agent/Broker Liability: The continuing issue addressed in this decision is whether insurance brokers have an obligation to give advice, and not simply to purchase…