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Kristen Drake

Kristen Drake is President of PolicyFind and a nationally recognized Insurance Archaeology professional with more than 25 years of professional experience, including over a decade in historical insurance research, business strategy, and operational leadership. She advises policyholders, attorneys, insurers, municipalities, educational and religious institutions, manufacturers, and developers on locating and reconstructing lost or incomplete liability insurance…

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…

The Rural Health Care Impacts on Workers’ Compensation Losses

In the past two decades, nearly 200 rural hospitals across the United States shuttered their doors, leaving millions of residents without local access to essential healthcare services. Hospital closures not only impact injured workers, but they also place additional pressure on rural industries. Farms, ranches, factories and energy producers rely on a healthy and stable workforce to attract talent and maintain productivity.

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…

Michelle Villarreal

Michelle Villarreal began her claims career over 30 years ago, with Cigna Companies while attending St. Mary’s University in San Antonio. She is the President and CEO of Occupational Accident Risk, Inc, a Third Party Administrator specializing in Texas work injury programs. They have been in the Third Party Administration industry since 2006, offering services…

Dr. Brenda Powell Wells

Brenda Powell Wells holds both a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Ph.D. in Risk Management and Insurance from the University of Georgia.  She holds the Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Accredited Advisor of Insurance (AAI) and Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) designations.  She also holds a graduate certificate in Business Analytics from East…

Scott E. Bushnell

Mr. Bushnell is a Certified Public Accountant with over 20 years of experience providing Forensic Accounting services through national and global professional services firms. Know as the “numbers guy” his professional expertise covers Business Interruption Claims, Economic Damage Analysis, and Fraud Investigations. Mr. Bushnell has advised clients in mediation, arbitration and appraisal as a third…

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