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
Business Valuation Advisors 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.
Wendy Capland of
Vision Quest Consulting contributed articles on
leadership issues.
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.
Chris Cowger of Total
Risk Management wrote articles on
Internet crime and security
issues.
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
Baron Garcia of Oklahoma
General Agency contributed to the
wholesale distribution issues
column.
Robert S. Giles of
American Association of Managing General Agents added to the
wholesale distribution issues
column.
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.
George L. Head, retired,
wrote on risk management ethics
for IRMI.com.
Michael O. Hill, Esq.,
founder and principal 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.
Joseph P. Hutelmyer,
president of Seaboard Underwriters, Inc., added to the
wholesale distribution issues
column.
George Keller, deceased,
formerly of Winterthur International America Insurance Company, contributed
articles on the global insurance
market.
Jeff Kichaven of
JAMS, 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.
Jorn F. Kristensen
of XL Winterthur International Co. Ltd. contributed articles on the
global insurance market.
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.
Laura Markos, an
independent consultant, wrote articles on
change management.
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.
Kevin T. Merriman,
counsel with Ward Norris Heller & Reidy LLP in Rochester, New York, writes the
Case of the Month column.
Jerry Miccolis
of Brinton Eaton Associates, Inc. contributed articles on
enterprise risk management.
Ronnie Moore of Arlington/Roe
& Co., Inc. added to the wholesale
distribution issues column for IRMI.com.
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.
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 Albert Risk Management Consultants, Inc., 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.
Lynn M. Schubert
of The Surety Association of America (SAA) provides analysis and commentary
on the surety industry.
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.
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 of
GE Energy Financial Services 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.
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.