Expert Witness Blog

Some of Australia’s biggest insurance companies may lose business due to homeowner’s frustration after the earthquakes in Canterbury. Finance expert Dr. Michael Naylor is a Senior Lecturer in Finance at Massey University and says some insurance companies are getting negative publicity regarding how they have handled insurance claims.

The State of South Dakota will hire a fire expert witness and a finance expert witness in the arson case against Charles Johnson and Kimberly Johnson. The Johnsons are charged with starting a fire that consumed two Springfield businesses including their own.

In Prepaid debit cards carry fistful of fees, finance experts at Bankrate.com describe the fees associated with prepaid debit cards and what to look out for. In addition to service and activation fees, some companies also charge inactivity fees and customer service fees.

Campaign finance expert Stephen Weissman commented this week on charges against John Edwards. Edwards is going to court over allegedly spending nearly $1M in campaign contributions on his mistress and their child.

Justine Davies is a financial planner, journalist, author and blogger who loves to educate people about money. The finance expert, author of Money for Nothing, shares her suggestions for financial resolutions for 2012 on her website MoneyStuff.

Finance expert Dave Ramsey designed curriculum for the “Foundations of Personal Finance” course which teaches youth about money management. The Richmond, KY, Teen Center will offer the finance expert’s program of investment strategy.

FINRA has sanctioned eight firms for selling fraudulent private placements. Forensic accounting expert Gordon Yale is quoted in Investment News regarding the firm’s “sloppy” due diligence. The financial expert is the principal of Yale & Company, a Denver-based forensic accounting and financial consulting firm specializing in securities fraud and professional negligence matters.

Professional training organization National Association of Certified Valuation Analysts has partnered with the American Institute for Expert Witness Education to offer AIEWE courses through its training affiliate, the Consultants’ Training Institute.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) will hold a workshop on expert witness skills on April 28-30, 2011 in Georgetown University Hotel and Conference Center, Washington DC.

An expert witness in a joint hearing of House Ways and Means subcommittees concerning AARP is sticking with his recommendation that the popular social welfare organization be investigated.