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Danette Leonhardi

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…

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Neal Bordenave, JD, CPCU, RPLU, ARM, AIC

Highly experienced insurance industry litigation consultant and expert witness.  Broker/Agent Standard of Care, Claims Handling/Insurance Carrier Bad Faith, Insurance Industry Custom and Practice.  400+ retention’s, @100 testimony in Deposition, Trial and Arbitration.

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David Mandt

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…

Jennifer Walker

Jennifer Walker is the founding member of the Walker Law Firm, LLC. (Iowa), the Law Office of Jennifer Walker, LLC. (Georgia) and Walker Risk Consulting, LLC. (Iowa).  Jennifer was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 2014 after a 30 year career in the insurance industry.   She was admitted to the Iowa State Bar in…

Somebody Moved Your Cheese – Did You Notice?

As of April 2013 Attorneys, NOT INSURANCE AGENTS, will determine what protection their clients receive as an “Additional Insured”. In short, they will receive NO protection unless the contract or agreement containing the additional insured requirement qualifies and quantifies the request. This is a major change.

Michigan Bureau of Workers’ Disability Compensation – Worldwide Jurisdiction?

It appears that the recent change in The State of Michigan workers compensation act extends Michigan’s jurisdiction to all Michigan Residents no matter where in the US (or the World) the resident is hired, works or is injured.

Discovery of Reinsurance for Plaintiff’s Attorneys

For plaintiff lawyers, discovering what reinsurance has been purchased will not get you directly into the pocket of the reinsurer, but it will give you insights into what the insurance company was thinking as it handled your client’s claim.

Contingency Buy-Sell Agreements

What happens when an owner dies, or becomes totally and permanently disabled… and lives?? Do you have a contingency buy-sell agreement?

What Happens When A Producer Leaves An Agency And Takes Agency Business

I don’t care if your producer is your husband, wife or child (or someone as close). Every agent seems to get much smarter about what to do if a producer leaves the agency and takes business AFTER it has happened to them. Link here to learn from others instead of waiting for it to happen to you…

The Problem of Relationship Inertia with the Reinsurance Broker

For many small to mid-sized companies there is the overriding element of misplaced trust in the broker and a gross misunderstanding of their own duties.

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