Property & Casualty Insurance Litigation Expert Witness

John T. Bogart - Insurance Consulting Services

John T. Bogart - Insurance Consulting Services998 E. Marion Way
Palm Springs, California 92264-9260
USA

Contact: Mr. John T. Bogart
Tel: (760) 416-0871, Fax: (760) 416-0922

 Website: www.webspawner.com/users/insuranceexpert
 Email: Send an email

Expert Witness - Litigation Support


John T. Bogart has extensive expertise in the fields of major accounts and custom designed coverage in both underwriting and brokerage throughout his career. This has necessitated extensive knowledge of coverage, wordings and intents of insurance contracts as well as the standards of underwriters and brokers. He has an understanding of and a profound respect for the norms, practices and ethics of the insurance industry.

Services

John T. Bogart provides expert witness services in:

Insurance
Reinsurance
Excess & surplus lines
General liability
Primary and excess including umbrella


Litigation Support Services

John T. Bogart now acts as a consultant and expert witness on insurance matters. Mr. Bogart continues to testify on a wide array of insurance topics for both plaintiffs and defendants in jurisdictions across the United States. He has testified at numerous depositions and trials. Additional areas of expertise include casualty insurance underwriting, duties of agents and brokers, insurance bad faith, insurance coverage, policy coverage, policy interpretation, property and casualty, customs & practices, standards of care.


Areas of Expertise:


Profile

Academic insurance training in 1962 began a long career providing solid, professional experience in large risk underwriting, reinsurance and brokerage augmented by senior management positions. Mr. Bogart has been an underwriting officer for three insurers and has headed up three Surplus Lines brokerage offices.

Major accounts and custom designed coverage have been his field of expertise in both underwriting and brokerage throughout his career. This has necessitated extensive knowledge of coverages, wordings and intents of insurance contracts as well as the standards of underwriters and brokers.

He has an understanding of and a profound respect for the norms, practices and ethics of the insurance industry. Now acting as a consultant and expert witness on insurance matters, Mr. Bogart continues to testify on a wide array of insurance topics for both plaintiffs and defendants in jurisdictions across the United States.


Licenses

Formerly licensed insurance broker
Former member of Board of Directors of Illinois Surplus Lines Association


Professional Experience

Mr. Bogart has forty years of casualty insurance experience in high hazard liability exposures including primary liability and excess & surplus lines. He is also an experienced underwriting officer for three insurance companies as well as a managing general agent, underwriting officer, reinsurer and broker. He has travelled nationwide and provided prior testimony. A detailed CV is available upon request. Prior deposition and trial testimony list available upon request.

* Underwriting officer for three insurance carriers
* Excess & surplus lines underwriter and broker
* Managing general agent and underwriter
* Reinsurance ceded and assumed
* Former CEO of multi-state surplus lines brokerage firm
* Nearly four decades of commercial and professional liability experience
* Nationwide travel
* Research and reports provided on many insurance topics
* Testimony given at numerous depositions and trials


Legal Experience & Services

John T. Bogart has been retained as and expert witness for the following:

Duties of broker
Excess & surplus lines matters
Bad faith
Underwriting
Policy interpretation
Environmental coverage in CGL and umbrella
Evolution of policy forms & coverages
Professional liability and E & O


Publications

Reinsurance: The Invisible Insurers
Excess and Surplus Lines: The Exciting Insurance Market


Education

La Salle University - Philadelphia 1956-1960.


Consulting Practice:

All States


More Information:

About John T. Bogart Insurance Expert Witness