Insurance Metrics Corporation provides expert witness reports and expert testimony for insurance-based litigation. Our clients include law firms representing plaintiffs, defendants and liquidators. Former Insurance Commissioner and NCCI CEO.
Areas of expertise include:
-Bad Faith
-Coverage and Application Issues
-Damages, Ordinary and Punitives
-Standards of Care; Custom and Practice
-Malpractice (Agents and Actuaries); Valuations
-Liability, CGL, WC, Auto, HO, Disability
-Health, Life, Annuities
-Regulation, Reinsurance, Surplus Lines, Workers Comp
Full details and bio at http://www.expertinsurancewitness.com
Background
Q: Please list your professional accreditations, degrees, licenses, and certificates granted:A: EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa
Bachelor of Arts degree, Secondary Mathematics Education, 1969
University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii
Master of Education Degree, Psychological Counseling, 1972
University of Illinois, Champaign, Illinois
Juris Doctor,1974
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Florida, by exam, 2004
- Illinois, by exam, 1975 (inactive)
- Iowa, by exam, 1975
- United States Supreme Court, 1978
Q: Please list any teaching or speaking experience you have had, including subject matter:
A: MATHEMATICS TEACHER, KALAKAUA INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL, KALIHI DISTRICT, HONOLULU HAWAII, 1970 to 1972
Taught junior high mathematics and Hawaiian history in a school with a significant population of Hawaiian students during academic years 1970-71 and 1971-72.
AUTHOR
Numerous Iowa Attorney General Opinions (1975-76)
Antitrust Guide, American Academy of Actuaries (1982)
Numerous other articles in various publications while General Counsel and Director of Government Relations to the American Academy of Actuaries (1980-1983)
Numerous articles in various publications while Iowa Commissioner of Insurance (1986-1990)
Author (and lecturer) of the Insurance Course of the Iowa Bar Review (1985 - 1991)
Numerous Hearing Officer Decisions under the Iowa Administrative Procedures Act (1978-1980; 1986-1990)
Numerous articles about the US Workers Compensation System while President and CEO of NCCI (1990-1997)
Law Review Article: William D. Hager, "The Authority of the States over Debtor Coercion by the Federal Savings and Loan Associations, "27 Drake Law Review 651 (1977)
Law Review Article: William D. Hager and Paul Noel-Chretien, "The Emerging Law of Actuarial Malpractice," 31 Drake L.Rev. 831 (1982)
Law Review Article: William D. Hager & Larry Zimpleman, "The Norris Decision, Its Implications and Applications," 32 Drake L. Rev. 913 (1983)
Numerous other articles
PRESENTATIONS
Numerous presentations to various groups while Iowa Assistant Attorney General
Numerous presentations to various groups while Iowa First Deputy Insurance Commissioner
Numerous presentations to various actuarial organizations/programs while General Counsel and Director of Government Relations of the American Academy of Actuaries
Numerous presentations to various groups/organizations while a practicing attorney in Des Moines
Numerous presentations to various groups while Commissioner of Insurance
Numerous presentations to various groups while President and CEO of NCCI
Numerous presentations to the high technology community in recent positions
Q: On how many occasions have you been retained as an expert?
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
Q: For what area(s) of expertise have you been retained as an expert?
A: Actuarial malpractice
Agent Liability
Application Issues
Bad faith
Custom and Practice
Coverage and Claims Issues
Duty of Care
Damages
Insurance Agency Valuations
Liability, CGL, WC, Auto, HO, Disability, Health, Life, Annuities
Liquidations
Mold
Regulation
Reinsurance
Surplus Lines
Vanishing Premium
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the plaintiff?
A: Approximately 50%
Q: In what percentage of your cases were you retained by the defendant?
A: Approximately 50%
Q: When was the last time you had your deposition taken?
A: 2006
Q: What is your hourly rate to consult with an attorney?
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
Q: What is your hourly rate to review documents?
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide deposition testimony?
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
Q: What is your hourly rate to provide testimony at trial?
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
Q: Please list any fees other than those stated above (E.g.: travel expenses, copy fees, etc.)
A: Contact Bill Hager at 561-995-7429 or
bhager@expertinsurancewitness.com for details
