Are you a seasoned insurance professional considering expert witness work? This webinar reveals how you can leverage your specialized knowledge to support legal cases as a trusted expert.
Discover how litigating attorneys search for and retain professionals with deep expertise in underwriting, claim handling, and agent/broker duties. Learn what the role entails, from reviewing case documents and conducting research to authoring detailed reports that analyze facts and provide professional opinions. Explore the full scope of engagement, including rebutting opposing reports, participating in depositions, and delivering compelling courtroom testimony.
Whether you're exploring new career opportunities or looking to expand your professional impact, this session provides practical insights into the qualifications attorneys seek, the functions you would perform, and the compensation structure for these engagements.
Key Takeaways:
Akos Swierkiewicz, CPCU
Principal
IRCOS, LLC
Mr. Swierkiewicz has over 50 years of experience in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance underwriting, management, company startup, marketing, and product research and development. He is a former vice president of an insurer and chief underwriting officer of a reinsurer.
He founded Insurance & Reinsurance Consulting & Outsourcing Services (IRCOS, LLC) in 2000. His practice consists of property and casualty expert witness, consulting, and arbitration engagements.
He holds a BA in economics from Temple University. He is a CPCU, former member of the CPCU CLEW Interest Group (predecessor of the Legal & Regulatory Interest Group), and ARIAS US Certified Arbitrator and Qualified Mediator.
Presenters:
Douglas Emerick
Director
Insurance Expert Network
Douglas R. Emerick is an underwriting expert who has over 40 years of experience in various specialty lines of insurance, including surety, commercial fidelity, directors and officers liability, and specialty errors and omissions. Doug has experience with the preeminent building cost provider to the insurance industry.
Doug consults on matters of insurance and reinsurance arbitration, mediation, company startup and runoff, due diligence, feasibility studies, product research and development, policy review, and underwriting audit. With bonding impairment as a prime focus, he is responsible for making underwriting decisions about continuing, changing, and closing contract surety, fidelity, and financial institution accounts. Additionally, he has extensive experience in financial and background analysis, lines of credit, and bondability in construction surety. He has served as an expert witness in bonding impairment matters, including writing expert witness reports and testifying at hearings, depositions, and trials. Doug is also a trained and certified mediator.
He is presently the director of operations at Insurance Expert Network, the industry leader in referring insurance experts to litigating attorneys.