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.

Gregory G. Wimmer is a veteran of the Life, Health and Annuity Business. Mr. Wimmer has been retained in both federal and state courts in 26 states. He has the requisite background to render opinions in:

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.

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

Joseph Petitta, President of JP/Inscon Group, Inc., has 35 years experience in the Insurance Claims Industry in the areas of technical claim handling, management and consulting/expert witness services. Consulting and expert witness services are provided for insurance related litigation either from the plaintiff or the defense perspective in the following areas:

Jim Toole is an actuary with over 20 years of experience in the Insurance Industry. He has worked in various lines of business including Life (Individual, Group and Credit), Health, and P&C from the product development, financial reporting, and regulatory perspectives.

Richard Mintzer Associates, LLC serves as both Insurance Industry Expert Witnesses and Consultants. They offer their services nationally. Based on their experience, they place special emphasis on agency / company disputes, professional responsibility issues, insurance practice and standards, building product failure, (construction defects, and environmental coverage's.defense only.)

Richard Mintzer has thirty years experience as a General Agent for several of the leading Property and Casualty Insurers in the U.S as well as overseas, which qualifies him as an expert on most insurance issues. He was the Director of Insurance Education for ten years at the Community College of Aurora until he resigned in September 2002.

Areas of Expertise:

Richard Pfluger has 30 years of experience in the Commercial and Personal Insurance Industry which includes Management, Marketing, Underwriting, Reinsurance and Consulting.

Mr. Pfluger's experience includes property, casualty, life and health insurance industry as a fire protection engineer, broker, agent, underwriter and consultant. As an expert witness, Mr. Pfluger's experience includes personal and commercial insurance, surplus lines, life and health insurance and reinsurance.

Services and Expertise Include:

• Early Case Review
• Evaluation of Insurance Agent's and Broker's Errors and Omissions
• Coverage Disputes
• Agent / Broker Responsibility and Agent / Company Relations
• Insurance Practices and Standards

Robert Hughes Associates, Inc., was founded in 1979 with the goal of providing insureds and self-insureds with an organization that was able to give responsive, innovative and objective counsel regarding their insurance and risk-based needs.

RHA, Inc., is built upon a foundation of trust, reliability, independence, diversity and objectivity. In simple terms, we work with you in a hands-on manner to bring about the very best solutions to all of your unique and complex insurance and risk-related problems.

Whether your consulting needs require Insurance, Risk Management or Actuarial Services, we can provide you with the very best solutions from the very best people in the insurance industry. If you are looking for assistance in the areas of insurance company management, specialized insurance programs or insurance-based litigation support services, we have the right people with the right experience for the job

SERVICES PROVIDED:

Litigation Support Services:

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.

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Vera F. Dolan is an Epidemiologist with over 25 years in the Life Insurance and related industries. Her areas of expertise include Life Expectancy Calculations, Life Underwriting Medical History Misrepresentation, Life Underwriting and Risk Assessment Issues, and Impaired Risk Underwriting Assumptions.

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William C. Cutlip has more than 40 years experience as an Actuary. Prior to consulting, he spent over 30 years in the insurance industry focusing on management and product development. Educated at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Oklahoma State University, William C. Cutlip specializes in risk evaluation and expert witness work for attorneys, product development for insurance companies, and business consulting.

Mr. Cutlip was an editor of and the major contributor to The Actuary’s Career Planner. He has served on a wide variety of professional committees for the past 30 years, including chairmanship of the SOA E&E Professional Development Task Force, former editor of The Actuary, and chair of the American Academy of Actuaries General Committee of the Actuarial Standards Board. He currently chairs the SOA Professional Development Committee and has been a frequent presenter at meetings and seminars.

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