Insurance expert witnesses

Expert class library · 4 classes

The claims-handling, actuarial and loss-causation experts in coverage and bad-faith disputes.

Each class is defined by role and method, never by a person or a firm. Open one for what it is retained to answer, how its testimony is attacked under Rule 702, and the rulings, each read in the opinion.

Retained by either side

Insurance claims-handling expert

Claim file review · Industry claims practice comparison

Insurance actuary

Loss development triangles · Reserve adequacy analysis

Property loss causation engineer

Site inspection and damage mapping · Wind versus water analysis

Business interruption loss accountant

Projected versus actual income analysis · Period of restoration analysis

Recent rulings

The 12 rulings in this practice, newest first. Each links to the free opinion on CourtListener and to the class it belongs to.

OutcomeCaseCourtExpert class
ExcludedBliv, Inc. v. The Charter Oak Fire Insurance CompanyNo. 24-31238th Cir. 2025Property loss causation engineer
LimitedPhoenix Restoration Group, Inc. v. Liberty Mutual Group Inc.Civil Action No. 18-2121D.D.C. 2020Business interruption loss accountant
LimitedMcClure v. Country Life Ins. Co.326 F. Supp. 3d 934D. Ariz. 2018Insurance claims-handling expert
Excluded11333 Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's261 F. Supp. 3d 1003D. Ariz. 2017Insurance claims-handling expert
Admitted11333 Inc. v. Certain Underwriters at Lloyd's, London261 F. Supp. 3d 1003D. Ariz. 2017Business interruption loss accountant
LimitedO'Sullivan v. Geico Casualty Co.233 F. Supp. 3d 917D. Colo. 2017Insurance claims-handling expert
AdmittedSecurities & Exchange Commission v. Life Partners Holdings, Inc.854 F.3d 7655th Cir. 2017Insurance actuary
AdmittedState ex rel. Commissioner of Insurance v. North Carolina Rate Bureau791 S.E.2d 211N.C. Ct. App. 2016Insurance actuary
AdmittedCitadel Broadcasting Corp. v. AXIS U.S. Insurance Co.162 So. 3d 470La. Ct. App. 2015Business interruption loss accountant
LimitedU.S. Bank National Ass'n v. PHL Variable Life Insurance112 F. Supp. 3d 122S.D.N.Y. 2015Insurance actuary
AdmittedHoover v. United Services Automobile Ass'n125 So. 3d 636Miss. 2013Property loss causation engineer
LimitedClena Investments, Inc. v. XL Specialty Insurance280 F.R.D. 653S.D. Fla. 2012Property loss causation engineer

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The library summarises public decisions for orientation; it is not legal advice. Read the opinion before relying on any ruling. No individual expert is named.