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“To the uninformed, “a claim is a claim is a claim.” To some extent this is true. Any type of liability claim requires proof that the insured owed a duty to another person or entity, that the insured breached this duty, and that the breach was the proximate cause of quantitatively measurable damages suffered by the person or entity to whom the duty was owed. Thereafter, it becomes a matter of determining whether or not there are any defenses such as comparative or contributory negligence on the part of the claimant. Finally, there is the question of coverage—the issue of whether or not the policy will respond to the claim. ….
There are significant differences between managing professional liability claims, compared to those arising out of more standardized coverages. …”
Frederick J. Fisher, J.D., CCP, is the President of Fisher Consulting Group, Inc., and was the Founder of E.L.M. Insurance Brokers, a Wholesale & MGA facility specializing in Professional Liability and Specialty Line risks. He is a Member of the Editorial Board for Agents of America; a Faculty Member of the Claims College, and Member…
Olie Jolstad is an insurance expert with over 40 years of professional insurance experience in commercial and personal lines insurance claims handling, coverage analysis, managing general agent, and agent/broker procurement of insurance. Mr. Jolstad holds the Senior Claims Law Associate (SCLA) designation, as well as being a Fellow in the American College of Forensic Examiners…
Craig Andrews is a Senior Consultant with Malecki Deimling Nielander & Associates, LLC. Craig entered the property-casualty industry as a producer in an independent insurance agency in Defiance, Ohio in 1977. A few months later, he established his own independent agency “from scratch”. He operated the agency successfully until selling it in 1996 to join…
EXPERIENCE Agent / Broker / Producer Standard of care, underwriting, insurance policy coverage interpretation, claims, good faith, bad faith Property, liability, WC, inland & wet marine, commercial & personal lines, self-insurance, risk management Interpretation of clauses in lease agreements, construction, PEO & other contracts, additional insureds, certificates Help professionals & laypersons understand insurance & risk…
Mr. Coombs joined Risk Resources as president in 1992. Risk Resources is a risk management and commercial insurance consulting firm based in LaGrange Park, Illinois. Risk Resources does not sell insurance and provides consulting services on a fee-for-service basis. Common projects include risk management and insurance audits, insurance RFPs/proposal management, agent/broker RFQs, RFPs and selection,…
Ms. Leonhardi is a highly accomplished claim professional with proven success in both insurance and reinsurance claim management. Presently, she owns and operates two claim management services: Puget Sound Claim Consulting (PSCC) and Puget Sound Risk & Insurance Consulting (PSRIC), both based in Seattle, Washington. Ms. Leonhardi provides expert witness testimony on claim handling industry…
Dave has been retained in over 150 cases as a consulting or testifying expert on insurance claim handling standards and practices in both state and federal courts in a variety of jurisdictions, both at deposition and trial. He has been qualified to testify in Washington and Oregon state courts and the United States District Courts…
