MCS Associates is a nationally recognized consulting group that has provided financial, operations and regulatory/compliance consulting services nationwide to financial institutions, insurance companies and regulatory agencies as well as real estate and financial services organizations for over 30 years.

Expert Witness and Litigation Consulting are a primary focus of our services. We undertake expert witness assignments throughout the United States and our clients include several hundred leading law firms around the country, working on behalf of both plaintiff and defendant financial institutions, borrowers, depositors, investors, developers, insurance companies and their insured, securities/insurance/real estate brokers/agents, regulators and government agencies, and individuals.

Together with MCS Associates’ specialized resources in banking, financial services and real estate, we also draw on key strategic alliances in insurance, economics, academia and the securities industry to meet a wide range of expert witness needs. Our litigation experts include experienced bankers, lenders, consultants, regulators, managers, brokers & agents in insurance, real estate, and securities; insurance claims and underwriting managers; economists, accountants, appraisers, real estate analysts, and academics.

Areas of Expertise Include:

Banking Operations/Administration

Check Fraud

Lending Policies, Custom and Practice

Loan Underwriting & Credit Administration

Sub Prime Loan Originations, Underwriting, Securitizations & Servicing

Bankruptcy, Foreclosures and Workouts

Trust & Fiduciary Issues / Operations

Securities Brokerage & Investments

Valuations & Damages Analysis

Forensic Accounting

Employment / Compensation

Real Estate Brokerage & Management

Title Insurance & Escrow

Real Estate Appraisal & Transactions

Insurance Industry Custom & Practice

Insurance Coverages / Claims Handling

Insurance Bad Faith

With 33 years of experience working for several major insurance carriers, Paul F. Amoruso is uniquely qualified to assist you on insurance related matters on local or national issues. If you are an insurance company, insured, or law firm and need an independent review of an insurance issue regarding litigation, operations, practices or procedures, he is available to assist.

Mr. Amoruso has served as an Expert Witness in both State and Federal court. Having worked in all operation areas of the insurance industry he is able to testify to the generally observed and accepted industry practices.

Areas of Expertise:

Insurance Customs and Practices

Company Policies

Management Involvement

Proper Staffing

Coverage Denial

Agency and Insurance Company Relationships

Case Evaluation

Reserve Policies

Workers Compensation

Liability Personal or Commercial

Commercial and Personal Property Losses

Authority Level

Industry Ethics and Norms

Bad Faith

Claims Handling Practices

Insurance Company Operations

Analytic Focus specializes in Financial, Economic, Demographic, and Statistical Research. We're Ph.D.s with decades of experience working in academia, industry, and Federal agencies. We provide exceptional value in interpretation of data, insight regarding business problems, and scholarship on best practices.

We estimate numbers needed for the best representation of your client. We evaluate flaws in analyses underpinning your arguments or your opponents. We've testified in Federal & State courts.

Complex Litigation
Antitrust, Deceptive Sales Practices, Securities & Lost Sales

Banking & Finance
Misrepresentation & Fraud, Securitizations, Regulation

Insurance & Reinsurance
Breach of Contract, Risk & Pricing Issues

Environmental/Mass Tort
Validity of Claims, Damages & Volume of Claims Forecasting

Class Actions and Class Certification
Commonality, Predominance, Mass Valuation

Fair Housing, Fair Lending, Labor & Employment
Discrimination & Disparate Impact

Intellectual Property
Trade Mark, Trade Dress, Patent Infringement
Confusion, Dilution, Lost Profits, Diverted Sales

Arthur J. Levine, Ph.D., J.D., CPCU, ARM has over 35 years of of combined experience as a Business Insurance Underwriter, Risk Management Consultant, Attorney, Litigation Consultant and Expert Witness. His areas of expertise include Workers Compensation Insurance Premium, Rates, Classifications, Experience Modifications, Audits and related matters. He has a Ph.D., J.D., (practicing attorney), is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter and an Associate in Risk Management.

Dr. Levine is currently Independent Counsel to the four Public Members of the Governing Committee of the WCIRB and has been since 2003. As an experienced Testifying Witness and Consultant, he has handled hundreds of Workers Compensation Insurance Premium Cases handled as an attorney, consultant, or expert witness, including many administrative appeals and litigated cases. Dr. Levine is a noted author in the field of Insurance.

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Burl Daniel, CPCU, CIC, CRM entered the Insurance Industry in 1973 and was an Insurance Agency Principal for twenty three years. He is retained as a Property and Casualty Insurance Expert Witness by defense and plaintiff counsel. His career includes broad expertise across all lines of Property and Casualty insurance. Burl Daniel Associates is well-known in the legal community for responsiveness to attorney inquiries, depth of insurance knowledge and attention to detail. Their methodical case analysis, independent research and concise presentation of opinions results in credibility with juries and the courts. Representative industries include clients in Construction, Energy, Transportation, Manufacturing, Technology, Financial Institutions, Non-Profits, and Import/Export.

Mr. Daniel has the requisite knowledge to render opinions in the following areas of expertise:

Insurance Coverage Expert Insurance Agent (Broker) Error & Omission Insurance Bad Faith Commercial Auto Insurance Workers Compensation Commercial General Liability Insurance Product Liability Insurance Commercial Umbrella Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Personal Auto and Umbrella Professional Liability (Errors & Omissions)

Claims Made Insurance Directors & Officers Liability Insurance Employment Practices Liability Property Insurance Expert Boiler & Machinery / Equipment Breakdown Business Interruption / Business Income Flood Insurance Inland & Ocean Marine Insurance Crime Insurance / Fidelity Bonds Reinsurance Claims Handling Custom & Practice

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Gerry Katz is an Expert Witness and Disability Insurance Claim Consultant with more than 40 years experience in the disability insurance arena. He helped a major insurance carrier design their entire portfolio of disability insurance products. Mr. Katz is the 1997 recipient of the Harold R. Gordon Memorial Award for the "Health Insurance Industry Person of the Year," granted by the National Association of Health Underwriters.

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Donald J. Brayer is a Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), a Registered Professional Liability Underwriter (RPLU), an Associate in Claims, an Associate in Reinsurance (ARe), a Construction Risk Insurance Specialist (CRIS) and a Management Liability Insurance Specialist (MLIS). He also has an MBA in management and finance. Mr. Brayer has served as a litigation consultant, expert witness and arbitrator. He has served both plaintiffs and defendants addressing the activities of insurers and agent/brokers.

Areas of Expertise:

Underwriting

Risk evaluation

Agents & Brokers Duties

Managing General Agents

Policy design and interpretation

Application design

Custom and Practice

Pricing

Program underwriting

Reinsurance

Portfolio transfers

Claims

Investigation

Search for coverage

Evaluation

Communication with policyholders

Communication with reinsurers

Settlement

Auditing

Gregory G. Wimmer is a veteran of the Life, Health and Annuity Business. Mr. Wimmer has been retained over 100 times in both federal and state courts in 33 states. He has the requisite background to render opinions in:

Life Insurance Underwriting

Agent and Broker Standard of Care

Life Insurance

Health Insurance

Annuities, Disability Income and related areas.

Other areas of expertise include:

Health insurance

Equity Indexed Annuities

Variable Annuities

Disability Income Insurance

Long Term Care Insurance

Life Insurance Claims

Health Insurance Claims

Health Insurance Underwriting

Structured Settlements

Agents Duties and Standards of Care

Company Practices and Training

Agent and Agency Practices

ERISA plans

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Insurance Expert Network, LLC (IEN) is a network which includes over 200 highly qualified, reliable Insurance Experts with Litigation Management, Insurance Industry, and Expert Witness experience. Staffed by Insurance Industry Professionals, they easily discern requisite skills necessary to properly and fully support the Client. IEN is the only referral service providing insurance experts exclusively.

IEN provides experts for both plaintiffs and defendants

The experts in IEN are dedicated to their critical role in litigation, whether it be educating counsel on nuances of insurance, assisting attorneys in determining the merit of a case, testing potential evidence or testifying in a deposition or trial.

IEN provides in-depth knowledge of the Insurance Industry and maintains a listing of over 120 Specialized Insurance Areas. The following is a sample of these areas:

Actuary Automobile Insurance Bad Faith Binders Business Interruption Captives Construction Defects Credit Insurance Directors & Officers Excess & Surplus Lines Fidelity Fraud General Liability

Insurance Accounting Insurance Business Processes Life & Health Insurance Marine Insurance Misrepresentation Producer Errors & Omissions Producer Standards & Practices Production Development Professional Liability Property Insurance Regulatory Compliance Reinsurance Surety Workers Compensation

View the Complete List of Specialized Insurance Areas

The IEN Advantage:

1. There is no charge for referrals.
2. Generally, a nationwide search and subsequent referral can be completed within 48 hours.
3. To assist the attorney with the selection process, IEN provides a case-specific statement of qualification from each potential expert.
4. IEN personnel are highly experienced and knowledgeable about insurance.

Expertise And Services:

Casualty, Property and Professional Liability Specialist.

Underwriting Officer for three insurers - Primary & Umbrella.

CEO of Excess & Surplus Lines Insurance Brokerage firm.

Major Account high-hazard and Specialty risk experience throughout career.

Managing General Underwriter and Agent experience.

Reinsurance Ceded & Assumed.

Active in insurance for forty years.

Full CV, list of prior testimony and references available.

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