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Reputational Risk Management

John R. Ballinger, III

John Ballinger is a co-founder of Ballinger and Associates, an enterprise risk management firm, and 10XB Captives, a captive management company. He has over 25 years of experience in the insurance industry, conducted over 1,000 risk assessments, and managed over 5,000 claims. He has started six captives across the logistics, DoD, and heavy-civil construction space.…

Mitchell Lee Lathrop

Mitchell L. Lathrop has been handling insurance and reinsurance cases for over 50 years. He is a former trial lawyer licensed in California, New York and the District of Columbia. After over 40 years in trial courts throughout the United States, he today restricts his practice to arbitration, mediation, and expert consulting and testimony in…

David Princeton

My passion for insurance has thrived for over 20 years. From humble beginnings as an auto-field adjuster to eventually serving as a Director of Corporate Risk for a private equity group. I’ve been involved in overseeing the challenges of insurance coverage across renewable energy, construction, aviation, information-technology, agriculture, beverage manufacturing, senior living, real estate, education,…

My recent article on the hard market in Agent for the Future

The insurance industry has always been cyclical, going through periods of “soft” and “hard” market conditions that can last several years. Today’s agents have been thrust into what the insurance industry has historically called a “hard market.” However, this market cycle seems a bit different than those in the past and perhaps may not soften as quickly as we’ve seen in some cycles.

Colby Allen

Introduction and Experience My name is Colby Allen and serve as VP of Consulting and Valuations with Agency Brokerage Consultants. To date I’m a published industry expert and thought leader on Insurance Agency Valuation and M&A Advisory. Since starting my career in the industry have collected 13 years of experience in finance, operations, analytics, and project…

James F. Hughes III

I am an unique risk management and insurance professional, having worked in all three main sectors of the industry, insurer, broker, and risk management. More particularly, I have been a risk manager for a Fortune 50 company, an insurance broker, twice albeit in different roles in addition to being a wholesale insurance broker, and a…

Thomas Quaka

Scott S. Margraves

EXPERT WITNESS | COVERAGE ANALYSIS Scott 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 retained as an expert witness in 26 cases for both state and federal courts. He works with plaintiffs and defendants on cases…

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