T. R. Michaels Claim Consulting, LLC

Tommy Michaels of T. R. Michaels Claim Consulting, LLC has over 40 years in property and casualty insurance claims handling and claims administration, with over 30 depositions given in Federal and State court and testimony at trial, insurance policy reconstruction of old policies going back to 1940's, complex claim analysis of environmental, asbestos and other long tail claims spanning numerous policy periods and various insurance carriers, insurance instructor of courses offered by American Institute of Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters, conduct claim audits and review reinsurance claims.

Services

T. R. Michaels Claim Consulting, LLC provides the following services:

• Expert testimony regarding:
• Bad Faith / Good Faith
• Claim handling and investigation
• Claim process and management
• Claim negotiation and settlements

• Complex claims analysis, negotiation and mediation for:
• Law Firms that have asbestos, environmental, toxic tort or other long tail claims
• Insured to determine the potential insurance coverage for claims against them
• Insurance companies or insured to attend mediation
• Mediation of claims between insurance companies or insurance companies and policyholders

• Insurance policy interpretation and retrieval:
• Review of Insurance policies to determine coverage available
• Search for and Assemble documents that provide evidence of insurance coverage

• Claim file audits for:
• Reinsurance companies for pre-quote and at-risk claim audits
• Corporations of third party administrators or insurance companies
• Insurance companies of managing general agents or underlying carriers

Litigation Support Services

T. R. Michaels Claim Consulting, LLC is available as an Insurance Litigation Witness. Tommy Michaels has testified as an expert witness in Class Action litigation, Bad Faith in general liability and claims handling in homeowners claims including trial testimony.

Tommy Michaels' experience in Property and Casualty Claims includes direct handling of claims, supervising claim handlers, managing claim offices, developing systems for a paperless claim office. Tommy Michaels has extensive experience in Insurance Litigation including deposition and trial testimony.

Areas of Expertise

• Arbitration
• Asbestos
• Business
• Car Accident
• Claims
• Commercial and Contract
• Compensation Disputes
• Damages
• Insurance
• Insurance Bad Faith

• Insurance Claim Handling
• Insurance Interpretation
• Insurance Policy
• Insurance, Bad Faith
• Insurance, Property Casualty
• Investigation
• Litigation
• Malpractice
• Mediation
• Personal Injury

• Policy Reconstruction
• Premises Liability
• Premises Security
• Products Liability
• Professional Responsibility
• Reinsurance
• Research
• Workers Compensation

Profile

Tommy Michaels is an insurance professional with over 40 years of experience including litigation management, litigation witness, complex claim analysis and negotiation, instructor in insurance, claim handling and claim management. Tommy worked for a major insurance company, as an Adjuster, Supervisor, Claim Manager and Home Office Claim Director and Complex and Large Loss Claims person.

Tommy Michaels' experience includes Auto, Homeowner, General Liability, Worker's Compensation, Products Liability, Medical Malpractice, Surety and Fidelity claims. Tommy Michaels has handled claims in several states including Arkansas, Connecticut, Mississippi, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas, West Virginia. He also directly handled all Fidelity and Surety claims in the State of Oklahoma.

His experience in claims includes direct handling, supervision of adjusters and other supervisors, claim office administration and development of a system that integrated various technologies to eliminate paper within the claim office. Tommy Michaels has over 25 years experience in claim training and taught CPCU and AIC courses both in house and as a college instructor. Tommy Michaels is able to help others understand insurance and how it works.

Consulting Practice

All States

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Professional Experience

Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), 1976 This designation is industry wide and considered the most prestigious within the insurance industry. The designation is attained through a five year program of study of all areas and types of property and casualty insurance including economics, accounting, and law. The American Institute for Property and Casualty Underwriters administers the studies and awarding of designations which are earned upon successful completion of national comprehensive written examinations at the end of each of ten sections.

Associate in Claims Designation (AIC), 1983 A designation awarded based on a two year study program specifically for property and casualty insurance claims.

Associate in Reinsurance Designation (ARe), 2007 A designation awarded based on a two year study program specifically for Reinsurance underwriting and claims covering various types of Facultative and Treaty

Associate in Risk Management Designation (ARM), 2009 A designation awarded based on a two year study covering all aspects of Risk Management, including identifying and analyzing risks of a corporation, avoid reduce or manage those risks through risk financing or alternative methods.

Licenses

Connecticut - Adjuster All Lines

Legal Experience & Services

Tommy Michaels has been a testifying expert in Class action litigation involving Uninsured Motorist; a testifying expert in litigation involving primary and excess carriers; a Consulting expert in Asbestos Bankruptcy action

Tommy Michaels has 15 years experience in the Home Office of a major insurance company handling and supervising Environmental, Asbestos, and Toxic Tort claims under Primary, Umbrella and Excess coverage and involving multiple carriers. This provided an opportunity to do complex claim analysis and negotiate large settlements totaling more than $250,000,000.

Expert witness Tommy Michaels also had responsibility for resolving coverage issues, reconstructing decades old policies and involved in coverage litigation throughout the United States. Tommy Michaels has more than 25 years experience teaching insurance courses. These courses include various parts of CPCU and AIC. Tommy Michaels has given testimony in over 30 depositions in State and Federal Court cases as well as testimony given at trial.

Affiliations

• Memphis Chapter of Society of CPCU President 1981-82
• Memphis Chapter Inter-Company Arbitration Panel of Arbitration Forums Inc., Chairman
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Claim Managers Association
• Insurance Adjuster Oklahoma
• Chairman of Inter-Company Arbitration Panel
• Connecticut Chapter of Society of CPCU Board of Directors 2000-02
• Member - National Panel of Consumers Arbitrators

Qualifications

Tommy Michaels has served in various capacities in local CPCU chapters including as President of the Memphis Chapter and three years on the Board of Directors of the Connecticut Chapter. He has also been active at First Church of Christ in Simsbury serving at various times as Chair of the Board of Christian Education, Board of Elders, Personnel Committee and also served on the Nominating Committee and continues as an Usher.

Seminars & Training

Litigation Risk Analysis - Hartford, Connecticut, 1992 Insurance Environmental Litigation Association (IELA) Seminar - Hartford, Connecticut, 1993 ADR for the Defense - Chicago, Illinois, 1994 Annual Midyear Meeting of Environmental Litigation Section of American Bar Association - Steamboat Springs, Colorado, 1995 Insurance Symposium - Illinois Association of Defense Trial Counsel - Chicago, Illinois, 1997 Asbestos Bankruptcy Litigation Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, January 2002 CPCU Seminar Directors & Officers Coverage, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 2007 CPCU Seminar CGL 2007 Changes, Worcester, Massachusetts, December 2007

Publications

"The General Aggregate Limit and Long Tail Claims - A Historical Perspective on Claims for Increased Limits" CPCU Claim Interest Group newsletter, Vol. 27, Number 1, April 2009 "Searching For Dollars in Old Policies" CPCU Risk Management Interest Group newsletter, Vol. 27, Number 2, April 2010 "The Dark Side - An Ethical Dilemma" CPCU Consulting, Litigation & Expert Witness Interest Group newsletter, Vol. 17, Number 2, May 2010 The Expert Witness as a Deponent, October 2013 Quarterly newsletter of Coverage, Litigators Educators & Witness Interest Group of CPCU An Interview with an Insurance Archaeologist, October 2013 Quarterly newsletter of Coverage, Litigators Educators & Witness Interest Group of CPCU Do You Need an Expert? The Selection and Care of Experts in Claim Handling, Insights, A Professional Journal by The Institutes CPCU Society, Fall 2016

Professional References

• Carl Forsberg, Esq., Forsberg & Umlauf
• Seattle, Washington

• Robert Soderstrom, Esq., Tressler Soderstrom Maloney & Preiss
• Chicago, Illinois

• J. W. Montgomery, Esq., Jones Day
• Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Phillip Smith, Esq., Smith Ellison
• Irvine, California

George W. Mayo, Esq., Hogan & Hartson Washington, D. C.

• Don Holladay, Esq., Holladay Chilton & Degiusti
• Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

• James W. Moody, Esq., Quilling, Selander, Cummiskey & Lownds
• Dallas, Texas

• Oleh Ilnyckyj, Esq., Miller Thomson
• Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

• Michael Miguel, Esq., Morgan Lewis
• Los Angeles, California

• Michael W. Ellison, Esq., Smith Ellison
• Irvine, California

Education

• BBA - University of Memphis, 1967
• Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriter (CPCU) - 1976
• Senior Claim Law Associate (SCLA) - 1983
• Associate in Claims (AIC) 1986
• Associate in Reinsurance (ARe) - 2007
• . Associate in Risk Management (ARM) - 2009

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