Exec. Gen. Commercial Litigation Adjuster / Court Recognized Expert

BARTON BENNETT – CLCS, CGA, CFGA

***** ***** ******* **., ******, TX. 77382

Ph. 832-***-**** **************@*****.***

CLAIMS EXPERIENCE

Property (Flood – Wind – Mold – Water – Fire - Foundation) Large Commercial Property Loss

Commercial Residential / Condo Property Loss Business Interruption

Specialty Property Losses – Builder Risk

Golf Courses, Financial Institutions, Municipalities etc. Inland Marine

Boiler & Machinery Commercial Liability – All Types

Arbitrator / Mediator for Disputed Claims and contractual disputes Appraisal / Umpire

Litigation Claims Expert Assist Court Recognized Expert Witness

LICENSING AND CERTIFICATIONS

CLCS Professional Designation (Commercial Lines Coverage Specialist)

CGA Professional Designation (Certified General Adjuster)

CFGA Professional Designation (Certified Flood General Adjuster)

Currently working towards completion of designation as SCLA (Senior Claims Law Associate)

Texas All Lines Adjuster United Fire Group Certified Exec. General Adjuster

Also OK, FL, AL, LA, NM, NC, & MI Hanover Insurance Certified Commercial Gen. Adjuster

Certified NFIP Flood Adjuster Markel Insurance Certified Exec. General Adjuster

Heavy Commercial & Condo (RCBAP) Pharmacist Mutual Certified Exec. General Adjuster

NOTABLE LITIGATION ASSIST / EXPERT WITNESS FILES

Hurricane Katrina 2005 / United Fire Group – (2006-2008)

• City Of Gretna – 80+ Bldgs

• City of Kenner – 60+ Bldgs

Hurricane Katrina – 2005 / Hanover Insurance – (2006 – 2010)

• City of New Orleans – Library System / Approximately 12 location –

• St Bernard Parrish – Water and Sewer Facilities – Approximately 20+ location

• Numerous varied high rise office bldgs. in downtown New Orleans area

Hurricane Ike 2008 – Houston, TX (2009 – 2010)

• 50+ various individual commercial losses with various courts, carrier and law firms

State of Louisiana 2005 - Hurricane Katrina - 2009-2015

• State was self-Insured to $100 million) and approximately 16 reinsurance carriers on 4 levels All reinsurance levels affected. c/o Disaster Litigation Services

• 800+ affected bldgs of +1,800 total scheduled bldgs.

• Total settled loss $1,0 Billion of all locations

• Lead team of 9 assisting adjuster and a total of additional required support staff of approximately 14 additional persons

Hurricane Harvey 2017 - State of Texas Gulf Coast areas 2017-2019

• 50+ various individual commercial losses with various courts, carrier and law firms

Tornado – St. Louis MO – Cardinal Bldg Supply – 2021

• Settlement assist in approx. $2.5M difference dispute of damages owed

Hurricane Ida 2021 – New Orleans LA / Tree Tops Condo Assn. (2022-2023)

• Settlement assist in approx. $1.2M difference dispute of damages owed.

• Discovered that $1.1M was actually due to damages caused by the general contractor and was successful to remove this portion from the carrier liability and a successful claim made instead against the contractor liability coverage

GENERAL WORK HISTORY

July 2003 to Present BusiTech, LLC dba B Bennett Claims

Independent Claims Adjuster

• Claims handled range from simple commercial claims to complex multi-million dollar losses. Numerous of these include losses with 50-800 scheduled locations.

• Oct 2022 to Oct. 2023 – Temporary RCBAP & Commercial flood claim Examiner -Wright Flood Insurance. Hurricanes Ian & Idalia & other misc. flood events throughout this same time period

• Superstorm Sandy - Long Island NY, Fire Island NY & Jersey Shore barrier Islands. Heavy commercial and Condo (RCBAP) flood losses up to $3millon

• Jan 2011 to August 2013 – Appointed as sole re-inspector for Church Mutual Insurance

• Hurricanes Irene & Lee 2011– Commercial and Condo flood losses in New Jersey

• Post Hurricanes Katrina, Rita & Ike, 2009 to 2015 - on various litigation defense teams and court appointed designated expert witness for dozens of commercial losses, municipal and country losses and home owner losses. Also served as appraiser in disputed loss claims up to $18 million. Most notable was the claim for the State Of Louisiana w/ 800 damaged location in excess of $1 Billion total

• Hurricanes Ike & Gustav 2008 & Hurricanes Katrina & Rita 2005. Handled large commercial losses up to $10 million for United Fire Group, Hanover, Markel, Zurich & Pharmacist Mutual and Church Mutual Insurance. Post Hurricane Katrina, served until Jan 2010 on litigation defense team for United Fire Group and Hanover in defense of several municipality, county (parish) and large commercial losses up to $10 million.

• Served as commercial claims manager for Zurich NA for Hurricane Dennis 2005

• Served as large loss claims manager during 2004 Hurricane Season (Aug 2004 to May 2005) for Zurich

Insurance at Zurich North America home office in Schaumburg, IL.

• When not working catastrophe - handing of claims of multiple lines for varied carriers. Also work with a number of attorneys in the Houston areas, both plaintiff and defense, as claims investigator, mediator, arbitrator and expert witness in disputed and litigated claims.

FLOOD WORK HISTORY & EXPERIENCE

• 2001 - Tropical Storm Allison - Houston, TX

• 2002 - Hurricane Lili – Louisiana - 2002

• 2003 - Hurricane Isabel - Outer Banks NC - 2003

• 2005 - Hurricane Katrina - New Orleans, LA – Also acted as claims mentor to 2 inexperienced flood

adjusters

• 2008 - Hurricane Gustav - Southwest LA area - Also acted as claims mentor to 2 inexperienced flood

adjusters

• 2008 - Hurricane Ike - Galveston, TX - Also acted as claims mentor to 2 inexperienced flood adjusters

• 2011 - Hurricane Irene - New Jersey

• 2012 - Hurricane Isaac - Southeast LA area - Also acted as claims mentor to 4 inexperienced flood

• adjusters

• 2012 - Super Storm Sandy - Long Island area NY & barrier islands of NJ - Also acted as claims mentor to 1

other inexperienced flood adjuster

• 2014 – Austin TX area floods - Also acted as claims mentor to 1 other inexperienced flood adjuster

• 2015 - TX May 2015 Flood - Houston, TX

• 2016 - TX April Tax Day Flood – Houston, TX

• 2017 – Hurricane Harvey– Flood claims - Houston area and other areas along Texas Gulf Coast

Also acted as claims mentor to 1 other inexperienced flood adjuster

• 2019 – Northern California – Lloyd’s London private flood losses due to overflow of Russian River

• 2020 – Galveston and Houston, TX area floods

• 2020 – Hurricane Laura – Lloyd’s London losses - Commercial & Residential – Lake Charles, LA area

• 2021 – Texas Winter Freeze Storm “Uri” – Commercial & Residential losses – Houston, TX area

• 2022 – Hurricane Ian Flood – Florida - Field Adjuster for BAC Adjusting

• 2022 - Hurricanes Ian & Idalia & other 2022 & 2023 flood events – RCBAP & Commercial Flood Claim. Examiner for Wright Flood Insurance - Nov 2022 – to June 2023

March 2018 to May 2019 Provencher & Co dba Provencher Claims

Executive General Adjuster / Major Case Unit Team Lead

• Handling of daily claims nationwide. Claims range from $25K to multi-million dollar, multi-locations, complex coverage claims, inland marine losses, and litigation support. Required frequent travel.

• Dedicated account Adjuster for Hanover Insurance large commercial losses that may occur throughout the US.

• Handling of Cat losses $25K to $multi-millions, multi-locations, complex coverage claims, inland marine losses, and litigation support

• Dedicated account Adjuster for Hanover Insurance large commercial losses that may occur throughout the US.

• Advising other Major Case Unit adjusters as needed

Aug 2001 to July 2003 All American Adjusters

Vice-President / Claims Manager Houston, TX.

Personal handling of various types claims and management of staff adjusters.

June 2000 to Aug 2001 Pi Construction Corp - Austin, TX.

Dallas/Ft. Worth Project Manager/Operations Manager dba Meridian Contracting, Inc.

Dallas/ Ft. Worth Project & Operations Manager for a nationwide commercial builder. Specializing in

local, state and federal government building projects, JOC and Saber Contracts. Clients included Federal

Bureau of Engraving and Printing, GSA (Government Services Agency), U.S. Postal Service, University

of Texas at Dallas, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, and Cities of Ft. Worth,

Richardson and Saginaw.

July 1982 to June 2000 Riviera Claims- Corpus Christi, TX.

Owner/President & Riviera Construction – Corpus Christi, TX.

Riviera Claims – Independent Adjuster service for varied types claims (Daily & CAT) listed above.

Riviera Construction – Residential – Custom and Speculative Home Builder

• Remodeling and Insurance Restoration Authorized contractor for Sears Home Improvement, Builders Square and Home Depot

• Commercial–Lease space “build-out” for clients that included U.S. Navy recruiting offices, national retailers, such as Spencer Gifts, Aladdin’s Castle, Marianne’s, Mr. Gatti’s Pizza, Sabaro’s Pizza, and a variety other restaurants, retailers and professional offices.

Nov. 1990 to July 1993 County of Nueces, TX.

Deputy Corpus Christi, TX.

Held this position while also self employed. Performed typical duties of a licensed Peace Officer, to include

patrol, traffic investigation, criminal investigation, arrest, search and seizure, etc. Economic reason forced resignation to maintain and further develop business career.

July 1979 to July 1985 U.S. Army (1979 - 1982) & US Army Reserve (1982-1985)

UH-1 (Huey) and OH-58 (Kiowa) Helicopter Mechanic / Crew Chief

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Software - Property Claims – Xactimate / Simsol / Marshall Swift & Boeckh Cost Estimator / PowerClaim

Pulsar & RS Means (for commercial and governmental projects when required}

Proficient in varied CAD and sketch programs and all Microsoft Office and Corel applications

Numerous Carrier, Defense Attorney and Professional reference letters upon email request to

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