BTI Appraisal is a broad-based appraisal company which provides a consistently high level of Real Estate Appraisals, Business Valuations, and Machinery and Equipment Appraisals for Business, Professional, Public and Private Sectors.

When you choose BTI Appraisal, you benefit from a strong tradition of experience and accuracy. A corporate philosophy stressing efficiency and attentive service has made us a leader among independent appraisers. We are proud of our reputation for stability, responsiveness, and accomplishment in and out of the courtroom.

At BTI, our seasoned staff of success oriented professionals treats each assignment with precise attention to detail, providing needed research and responsive service on a wide range of appraisal needs.

Expert Profile: BTI’s Founder and Chairman, Ben F. Tunnell III, has headed the firm since 1974. Previously, he spent eight years with First Interstate Bank of California as vice president at their corporate headquarters in Los Angeles. He served on the board of arbitrators for both the American Arbitration Association and the Better Business Bureau. He has also been a Registered Investment Advisor and Broker/Dealer with the Securities and Exchange Commission and a licensed, California Real Estate Broker.

Mr. Tunnell is an ASA, the senior designation of the American Society of Appraisers, and a California Certified General Real Estate Appraiser #AG-6964. He has qualified and testified in Federal and Superior Courts, as well as in arbitration proceedings as an expert witness in business valuations, real estate, and machinery and equipment appraisals.

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

Investigation

Search for coverage

Evaluation

Communication with policyholders

Communication with reinsurers

Settlement

Auditing

Mr. Evans has over 45 YEARS EXPERIENCE as a claims adjuster, licensed in three states and qualified in state and federal courts. Expert in good faith/bad faith, standards and practices and standard in the industry. Specialities and services include:

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500 North Market Place Dr., Suite 200
Centerville, Utah 84014
United States
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INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY VALUATION

Hampton IP & Economic Consultants, an investigative accounting firm, is a leader in the field of economic valuation, financial impact analyses and litigation services. Our professionals are highly experienced in all phases of economic valuation and commercial litigation.

Forensic & Investigative Services

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:

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:

Dr. Carol A. B. Jordan is an Insurance and Risk Management Consultant and Testifying Expert. She has been the sole proprietor of Jordan Consulting since 1988 and through her consulting firm works as a testifying expert in the areas of Life Insurance, Disability Income, Personal Lines, Insurance Industry Practice and Bad Faith. Dr. Jordan serves as the Eminent Scholar of Risk Management & Insurance at Troy University.

Qualifications:

• Doctor of Philosophy in Business Administration, emphasis in Risk Management and Insurance
• Eminent Scholar of Risk Management and Insurance
• State Farm Endowed Professor of Insurance
• Insurance and Risk Management Consultant, and Testifying Expert
• Insurance Agent
• Commercial Insurance Underwriter
• Insurance Manager
• Claims Examiner

Brian E. Gagan has over 45 years of experience in Insurance Underwriting, Marketing, Brokerage and Consulting for corporations and government.

His Consultation and Expert Witness Services are in the area of Insurance Litigation, including broker/agent standard of care, coverage interpretation (property and casualty coverages), construction defect, disputed premiums (dividends and retrospective rating adjustments), duty to defend, lost policies, and rescission due to misrepresentation.

Mr. Gagan has served as an Expert Witness in over 50 cases on property and casualty insurance matters, with deposition and trial experience for plaintiff and defense.

Expertise:

W. Tom Thweatt is a Principal with Long International and has over 35 years of engineering, construction, and management consulting experience. He has extensive experience in major U.S. and international refining, chemical, petrochemical, pipeline, infrastructure and thermal / hydroelectric power generation projects ranging from $40 million to $1.8 billion. He has worked extensively in projects that were executed by multi-national joint ventures on both the owner’s and the contractor’s sides. Mr. Thweatt has served on Joint Venture and Consortium Executive Committees and has participated directly in claims negotiations and settlement agreements in excess of $100 million.

All aspects of Property & Casualty Insurance. Standard of care of insurance agents, brokers, surplus lines brokers, underwriters, claims adjusters, insurance companies, risk managers, consultants, independent and public adjusters. Interpretation of coverage terms, standard forms and their uses. Creation of manuscript forms. Unfair Claims Practices Act. Potential bad-faith issues.

Have received following insurance designations: CPCU, CIC, ARM, AAI. Hold several agent and broker licenses. Have testified in over two hundred cases in State and Federal courts. 40 years of experience in the industry. 30 years of teaching in the industry. Certified by Department of Insurance to provide many continuing education courses.

Steve Adkins, CPCU, ARM, AIM has over 42 yrs experience in property & casualty insurance: underwriting management, retail agent & broker, risk management, consultant & expert witness.

Specialties: Property \ casualty coverage analysis, industry stdrds, coverage disputes, bad faith, insurable interest, UM/UIM.

Credentials:

• American Institute - Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter (1978)
• American Institute - Associate in Management (1992)
• American Institute - Associate in Risk Management (1995)
• Ohio Department of Insurance - Resident Agent Property & Casualty (1992)

Thomas H. Veitch, J.D., CLU, CPCU, CIC, has been engaged in the practice of law since 1973. His total experience in the Insurance Business exceeds 40 years and encompasses experience in Claims Adjusting, Underwriting, Sales and Field Management Positions, Insurance Defense Work, Agency Consultation in Mergers / Acquisitions and Valuations, Mediation, Expert Witness / Consulting, and similar Insurance Law matters.

Areas of Focus: