Four decades of high-profile, multi-million-dollar property and time-element claims handled throughout the United States.
Notable Claims Handled
Reported values reflect the total loss handled on the assignment.
| Assignment | Exposure | Reported Value |
|---|---|---|
| School District Hurricane Loss | Catastrophe — multi-campus property and time element | $255,000,000 |
| Cold Storage Plant | Fire — total loss, 265,000 SF distribution facility | $210,000,000 |
| Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund | Business income, property damage & pollution | $100,000,000 |
| Furniture Factory | Fire — total loss, manufacturing facility | $78,000,000 |
| Manufacturing Facility | Property, business personal property & time element | $52,000,000 |
| Builders Risk Failure | Inland marine — course of construction | $38,000,000 |
| Plywood Press Plant | Industrial equipment & business interruption | $26,000,000 |
| Wine Contamination | Product contamination (several over $10,000,000) | $11,480,000 |
| Milk Contamination | Product contamination (several over $10,000,000) | $10,100,000 |
| Steel Drum Refurbishing Plant | Industrial property & equipment | $7,800,000 |
| Office & Manufacturing Facility | Property & business personal property | $6,300,000 |
| School Explosion & Collapse | Explosion, collapse & extra expense | $6,000,000 |
| Poultry Farm | Tornado — farm property & livestock operation | $3,400,000 |
| Poultry Facilities | Multiple assignments, farm property & equipment | $1,000,000–$4,800,000 |
Case Files
A roof-mounted photovoltaic panel fire spread through a 265,000 square foot cold storage and distribution center, resulting in a total loss of the structure, the refrigeration systems and the stored product. The assignment combined building and equipment valuation, perishable product loss, contingent exposure for the tenants served by the facility, and the origin-and-cause work that a rooftop solar installation invites.
Wind and water damage across an entire parish school district: roof systems, mechanical equipment, building envelopes, gymnasiums, auditoriums and contents, with the extra expense of keeping a district operating while its campuses were being rebuilt. A scoping standard consistent across dozens of buildings was the difference between a defensible number and a disputed one.
A total loss fire consumed a multi-building furniture manufacturing campus. The assignment covered the buildings, the production line and tooling, raw and finished goods inventory, and a business income measurement complicated by long equipment lead times and a period of restoration that ran well beyond the initial estimate.
Assigned exclusively as executive general adjuster in Anchorage for the Trans-Alaska Pipeline Liability Fund, adjusting property damage and environmental business interruption losses arising from the Exxon Valdez oil spill, under the direction of the U.S. Federal Court. Pipeline break assignments involving business income, property damage and pollution followed.
Catastrophe Record
Named storms, seismic events and outbreaks worked in the field or managed from the desk.
From the Field
A sample of assignments across property, agriculture, energy and specialty equipment.
Complex, large-exposure and disputed losses are the work this firm was built for.
