Commentator Profiles

The insurance, risk management, and legal professionals listed below write the expert commentary in IRMI.com. For biographical and contact information, simply click on the name of any expert.

Advisen Ltd. provides additions to the U.S. Insurance Market Update on IRMI.com.

Albert Risk Management Consultants contributes articles on claims management.

Steve Anderson of American Insurance Consultants contributed articles on agency technology.

William Austin of Austin & Stanovich Risk Managers, writes on commercial property insurance issues.

Jeff Balcombe of The BVA Group LLC (BVA) writes on valuation of insurance organizations.

Gary Bausom of Bausom & Associates, Inc., contributes articles about risk management for financial managers.

Jill Berkeley of Howrey LLP provided articles about insurance law as it applies to liability insurance.

Andrew Berry of Newport Risk Services contributes articles on agency technology.

Doug Berry of Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP provided a legal perspective on property insurance coverage.

John E. Black Jr. of Boundas, Skarzynski, Walsh & Black, LLC contributes articles on directors and officers (D&O) liability insurance legal trends.

Gary Blake of The Communication Workshop wrote writing tips for insurance professionals.

John A. Bogardus Jr. of PMR Communications Group writes on risk and insurance history.

Bonnie Boone of Alliant Insurance Services authored articles on health care professional liability insurance.

Michael R. Boutot, president of the Council on Litigation Management, contributes articles on litigation management to IRMI.com.

Alan Bressler of Marsh Environmental Practice wrote on environmental insurance.

Brent Clark of Strategic Risk Solutions contributed articles on risk finance.

Gary E. Clayton of the Privacy Compliance Group, Inc. writes articles on privacy issues.

David Collings of Ames & Gough, contributes articles on architects, engineers, and design-build professional liability insurance.

R. Brent Cooper of Cooper & Scully, P.C. writes about personal lines courts and coverage for IRMI.com.

The Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers provides the U.S. Insurance Market Update.

Corbette Doyle contributes articles on leadership for IRMI.com.

Chris Duncan of The McCart Group contributes articles on enterprise risk management.

George Epps of Epps and Associates, Inc., authored articles on personal lines claims.

Elise Farnham of Illumine Consulting writes the personal lines claims column for IRMI.com.

Jeanne Finegan of The Garden City Group, Inc. wrote the risk management brand equity and product recall column.

Peter G. Furst of Liberty Mutual Group contributes articles on construction safety for IRMI.com

Nathan C. Gould, of ABS Consulting, contributes to the catastrophe risk management column for IRMI.com.

John Hannah of Marsh contributed articles on environmental insurance.

Paul Haynes of SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC writes articles on business interruption.

George L. Head, retired, wrote on risk management ethics for IRMI.com.

Michael O. Hill, Esq., partner of Hill & Kehne, LLC contributes articles on environmental insurance.

Kent Holland of ConstructionRisk.com, LLC, wrote on design build liability legal trends and now writes on environmental insurance law.

Jack Hungelmann of Corporate 4 Insurance Agency, Inc., provided articles on personal risk management.

Jeff Kichaven of Professional Mediation & Arbitration, writes about mediation.

G. Barry Klein of Ultimate Insurance Links wrote about risk and insurance history.

Marilyn Klinger of Sedgwick, Detert, Moran & Arnold LLP writes about surety law and claims.

Felix Kloman, editor of Risk Management Reports, wrote an article on risk and insurance history.

Charles Kolodkin of The Cleveland Clinic was author of the healthcare professional liability insurance column.

Scott Langlinais writes on corporate fraud prevention for IRMI.com

Mark Larsen contributed articles on directors and officers liability and insurance.

Mark Layton of Deloitte & Touche LLP writes for the enterprise risk management column in IRMI.com.

Frank Lee of Sales Academy, Inc., contributed articles on sales call reluctance.

Matthew Leitch writes on risk management and internal control for IRMI.com.

Jay Levin of Reed Smith LLP writes on property coverage law for IRMI.com

Michael Loulakis, founder of Capital Project Strategies, LLC contributes articles on design build liability legal trends.

TJ Lyons writes the construction case studies column of IRMI.com.

James Macdonald writes articles on TRIA and Terrorism Trends & Developments for IRMI.com.

James N. Madero, Ph.D. of Violence Prevention International writes on workplace violence prevention.

Carla Marino-Schwarz of Marsh Environmental Practice provided articles on environmental insurance.

Mike McCracken, an independent consultant, writes on personal risk management and insurance for IRMI.com.

Martin F. McGavin wrote risk management articles on workers compensation cost containment.

Michael R. Mead of M.R. Mead & Company LLC, provides articles about captives.

Jerry Miccolis of Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc. contributed articles on enterprise risk management.

Sheila Mulrennan of the Insurance Archaeology Group wrote articles on insurance archaeology.

Fred Muse of Marsh, Inc. contributed an article on architects, engineers, and design-build professional liability insurance.

Rolf A. Neuschaefer of the Robert E. Harris Insurance Agency, Inc., was author of the surety bonding tips and tactics column.

David W. Nicastro of GlobalOptions Group, Inc., is the author on risk management security column.

Michael A. Orlando of Meyer Orlando, LLC, writes on maritime law issues.

Jim Pocius of Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin contributed articles on workers compensation.

Peter Polstein contributes articles on insurance industry market practices.

Joseph Postel of Lindsay & Rappaport LLC provides a legal perspective on additional insured issues.

Ron Prichard, president of Arcanum Professional Services, writes articles on construction safety and construction quality.

John Pryor of John Pryor Insurance Consulting, Inc. writes articles on continuous performance improvement.

R. Steven Rawls of Butler Pappas Weihmuller Katz Craig LLP provides articles about insurance law as it applies to liability insurance.

Richard Resnick of Aon Risk Services Northeast Inc. has contributed articles on wrap-ups, or controlled insurance programs (CIPs).

Donald J. Riggin of Spring Consulting Group, LLC, writes articles on risk finance.

Jim Robertson of Interisk Limited wrote two articles on risk and insurance history.

Michael Rossi of Insurance Law Group, Inc., writes the Cyber Insurance column and contributes articles on risks inherent in businesses' increasing reliance on technology.

Richard Rudolph of Seaver Rudolph and Associates contributed articles on commercial general liability (CGL) insurance.

Tim Ryles of Tim Ryles Consulting contributes articles on personal lines current trends and issues.

Larry Schiffer of Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, provides articles on reinsurance issues.

Anita Schoenfeld of Tillinghast-Towers Perrin writes articles on the use of risk management technology.

Samir Shah of Tillinghast-Towers Perrin contributed articles on quantitative methods.

David J. Shillingford of National Equipment Register, Inc., contributes articles on equipment theft prevention.

Paul Siegel of Jackson Lewis LLP writes articles on employment law.

Kenneth A. Slavens of Blackwell Sanders LLP, contributes articles on design professional liability.

Jeff Slivka of New Day Underwriting Managers provides articles on design liability and environmental risk management.

Michael Speer of SMART Business Advisory and Consulting, LLC writes articles on business interruption.

Craig F. Stanovich of Austin & Stanovich Risk Managers, LLC, writes on commercial general liability (CGL) insurance.

Robert L. Suomala of Peterson & Ross contributed one article on directors and officers liability insurance law.

Jeffrey M. Thompson of Meagher & Geer contributes articles on intellectual property law.

Daniel Torpey was an Expert Commentator for the IRMI.com business interruption series and also provided articles on brand equity and product recall.

Richard T. Valentino of O'Hagan, Smith & Amundsen writes on the topic of personal lines courts and coverage.

Daniel Wagner is Managing Director of Country Risk Solutions and writes articles on political risk.

Sanford E. Warren Jr. of Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP, contributes articles on intellectual property law.

Adam Webster of Marcil Technology Group, Inc. wrote articles on corporate aviation.

Dr. Brenda Wells writes on risk management and insurance higher education.

Patrick Wielinski of Cokinos, Bosien & Young, provides articles on insurance coverage for defective construction.

Kenneth Wollner, deceased, formerly of Casualty Risk Consultants, LLC, wrote on drafting and interpreting insurance policies.

Barry Zalma of Barry Zalma, Inc. writes on insurance industry claims practices.