Insurance claims expert witnesses may opine on insurance companies, bad faith, liability insurance, and related topics. In When Insurers Hide Behind their Experts in Texas, Sergio V. Leal, Esq. writes: One strategy insurance companies use to avoid bad faith liability is claiming that they reasonably relied on their experts’ reports…
Automotive braking expert witnesses may opine on brake failure, brake trouble, and related topics. In How well do you know your brakes? Peter D. duPre, iCARumba’s Content Editor, gives tips that will help you stop safely and alert you to possible brake problems: Pulsating pedal — If the pedal pulsates…
Collision analysis expert witnesses may opine on collision records, injury collisions, and related topics. On December 12, 2010, I-CAR, the Inter-Industry Conference on Auto Collision Repair, will present Steering And Suspension Damage Analysis. I-CAR is an international not-for-profit organization dedicated to training the collision inter-industry. Formed by the collision repair…
Business income claims expert witnesses may advise on issues involving loss of revenue, insurance fraud, and related issues. Here Bruce D. Smith, CPA and certified fraud examiner explains: What is a Forensic Accounting? The Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) explains that, “Forensic accounting is the use of professional accounting…
In How we created an almost paperless real estate expert office, real estate expert witness Merrie Turner Lightner writes on shared virtual work spaces: The skeleton of our virtual workspace is Central Desktop. Case documents are uploaded just once and reside in a secure virtual library, hugely reducing paper waste…
Medical insurance expert witnesses may provide testimony regarding managed care, HMOs, and related topics. Here, the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents reports: The U.S. Senate fell six votes short on November 29 in a bid to repeal a provision of the healthcare law requiring businesses of all sizes, as…
In Accident Reconstruction of Low Speed Impacts, accident reconstruction and automotive engineering expert witness writes: Low speed impacts represent substantial number of accident-related claims and deserve attention of experts in the accident reconstruction field. Low speed impacts often occur at the intersections when a moving car rear-ends a stationary vehicle…
Health insurance premiums next year are going up as much as 30 percent, even if the proposed federal pay freeze goes through. How do you pay for 2011 health costs on a 2010 salary? Health insurance expert Walton Francis says you can save $1,000 to $2,000 next year by picking…
Managed care expert witnesses may opine on liability insurance, HMOs, and related issues. The Physicians Insurers Association Research Department reviews data, issues, and policies concerning the medical professional liability insurance industry to produce helpful resources. Semi-annually, the PIAA analyzes data captured by the PIAA Data Sharing Project to develop a…
Insurance regulation expert witnesses may write reports and opine on insurance claims, insurance business customs and practices, and related topics. Here, the American Insurance Association defines SAP: Statutory Accounting Principle (SAP): Those principles required by state insurance laws followed by an insurance company when submitting its financial statements to the…