Texas Umpire List

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Public Adjuster, General Contractor /Roofing Contractor

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
As a General Contractor and Roofing Contractor since 1972 I am well versed in the construction of buildings and houses. I am therefore able to prepare all the necessary estimates and document all damages to real property. I have held General Contractor and Roofing licenses in six states and am still the qualifier for those licenses. I currently hold Certified General Contractor and Certified Roofer licenses in Florida.

Educational degrees / certifications:
Certified General Contractor
Certified Roofing Contractor

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Insurance Adjuster - Appraiser - Umpire

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Joe Brennan is President and owner/operator of Insurance Claims Group, Inc., a national independent adjusting, appraisal, and umpiring firm. Joe has been in the property loss business for more than 24-years. His loss experience began as a contractor / builder, which included water and fire damage restoration repair services. After 20-years of insurance restoration estimating and repair experience, Mr. Brennan became a licensed independent insurance claims adjuster. Joe has maintained his IICRC Certification in both Fire and Water Restoration and also maintains active adjuster licenses in 10-states. Throughout his career, he has handled many multi-million dollar losses, both commercial and residential. The amount of combined experience and knowledge of new construction, damage repairs, and insurance claims handling has advanced his ability to act as a Dispute Appraiser and Appraisal Umpire. Mr. Brennan is highly educated with the appraisal process and has acted as an appraiser and umpire on dozens of claims.

Educational degrees / certifications:
Licensed General Contractor for 10-years.
IICRC Certified in Fire & Water Restoration.
NFIP Certified
Certifications from USAA, Nationwide, & Homewise

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Floodplain and Insurance Consultant

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Educational degrees / certifications:
I am a nationally Certified Floodplain Manager (CFM) and in Texas my number is 003. I teach Floodplain Management for our Texas State Floodplain Management Association (TFMA) and have been for 10 years. I was an Insurance Adjuster for 12 years and grew up in the construction business. I was the Building Official and Floodplain Manager for the Village of Tiki Island Texas and was appointed as a Windstorm Inspector in Texas.

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
General Contractor/Insurance Restoration

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Florida Licensed Insurance Adjuster for 30 years
Property General Adjuster
Certified Building Contractor
Certified ASCR Mold Remediator

Educational degrees / certifications:
AAS Degree, NYCCC
Licensed Building Contractor
Certified Mold Remediator

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Public Adjuster

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Past President of NAPIA
June 2008-June 2009 NAPIA Man of the Year
I understand building, contents, business interruption, extra expense and
ALE losses.
I have been in several appraisals over seven-eight figures.

Educational degrees / certifications:
B.S. in Finance, 1971
NAPIA - 1977 to Present
NC Association of Public Insurance Adjusters, founder, 1995 to Present

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Public Insurance Adjuster

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
65+ Seminars, Workshops and Schools,Winstorm Conferences, NFIP Certified,
Sinkhole Certified, Termite Certified, PLRB Conferences, Business Interruption
Certified, Certified Arbitrator and Mediator, Court Appointed Umpire, Court
Approved Expert Witness

Educational degrees / certifications:
B.S., University of South Florida

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Attorney/Cerrtified Circuit County and Family Mediator/Federal Mediator/ Qualified Arbitrator &

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Member of The Florida Bar since 1982. I have been a Supreme Court of
Florida Certified Circuit Civil and County Mediator since 1989 and a Certified
Family Mediator since 1990. I have mediated more than 2,500 cases and
served as an advocate representing members of labor unions in more than 50
grievance arbitration hearings. I have also served as an arbitrator in hearings
conducted by American Arbitration Association, NASD and NYSE. I have been
a qualified arbitrator for State of Florida since 1989. I served as a Mediator in
the Department of Financial Services ‘2004 and 2005’ Hurricane Mediation
Program and have mediated hundreds of hurricane related insurance claims.

Educational degrees / certifications:
B.A. Degree, 1978, University of Florida
J.D. Degree, 1981, University of Miami School of Law
Member, The Florida Bar, 1982 to present
Certified County and Circuit Court Mediator, 1989
Certified Family Mediator, 1990
Diplomate Member, Florida Academy of Professional Mediation, Inc.,
(since the designation was established - to present)
Umpire Training Program for Collins Center Appraisal Services, 2008

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Consultant/CEO

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Over 40 years experience in the emergency services, construction and consulting
services fields. This experience includes, but is not limited to emergency services,
estimating, construction management, reconstruction, consulting, and
mechanical/electrical and roof evaluations for insurance companies and private
industry. Served as an Appraiser on hundreds of cases, as well as serving as
an Umpire. Participated in conference workshops concerning the appraisal process
and its final resolution. Has also prepared and taught workshops on roofing
evaluations, mold remediation, and construction defects.

Educational degrees / certifications:
Florida General Contractor’s License # CGC1513529
Florida Roofing Contractor’s License # CCC1328103
Alabama General Contractor’s License # 25849,
Asbestos Contractor’s License # 015906
Ahera Asbestos Supervisor # 94JAC40A52981
Hazardous Waste Operations and Emergency Response # 94JAC851C3034
Supervisor/Incident Command # 94JAC40HW3338
Florida Insurance Adjusters License # A025762
EIFS Third Party Inspector and Moisture Analysis Certification # F120
Certified Construction Project Manager, Certification # 55231
Certified Construction Inspector, Certification # 55231
Certified Construction Consultant, Certification # 55231
Member, Roofing Committee on Weather Issues, Inc.
Professional Member, Roofing Consultants Institute,
Member, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, 1999
Faculty, Windstorm Insurance Conference, 2001 & 2002
Member, Prestressed Concrete Institute
Member, National Roofing Contractors Association # 25221

Profession:
Windstorm Insurance Network Certified Umpire/Florida Supreme Court Qualified Panel Arbitrator/Fl

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Saul Cimbler heads up floridawindstormumpire.com, and windstormumpire.com,
d/b/a’s of Florida Mediation & Arbitration, LLC, a statewide, full service
Alternative Dispute Resolution Company, which recently expanded its windstorm
presence in Texas. He is certified by the Wind Insurance Network under their
certification criteria (2007) and completed the Advanced Certification (2008). He was
the 2008 Chair of WIND’s Legislative Committee.
He is involved in both residential & commercial umpire claims. A Cuban
American, he is fluent in written & spoken spanish. He is considered highly efficient,
creative in the process, able to negotiate complex legal claims and above
all, fair, professional and consistent. He is involved in ongoing advanced training,
involving hurricane, insurance claim and flood matters, including mold, and
accepts assignments on a statewide basis.As a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator, he has honed the
art of conseneus building and applies the same when possible to the umpire
process.

Educational degrees / certifications:
B.A. University of Florida, Economics, 1982
J.D. University of Miami, 1985
Licensed Real Estate Associate, 2001
Licensed Mortgage Broker, 1999

Years experience in insurance industry:

Profession:
Expert Witness/Umpire

Experience in insurance appraisals:

Resume Highlights:
Umpire and court qualified Expert Witness in over 250 Federal and state
disputed claims in Florida, Louisiana and Texas. Property and liability adjuster
with commercial, residential, and condominium claims experience, including
but not limited to high-rise office buildings, condominium buildings, medical
facilities, supermarkets, strip malls, gas stations, restaurants, billboards and
dwellings; the largest being a $21 million commercial package policy flood
and wind claim.
Losses adjusted include daily and catastrophe claims (Flood, Wind, Fire,
Business Interruption and Liability claims) in Florida, Loisiana, Texas & North
Carolina. Storms include Tropical Storm Allison-Houston, Tx (2001), Tropical
Storm Gabrielle-Bradenton, FL (2001), No-Named Storm-Houston, Tx (2002),
Hurricane Isabel-North Carolina (2003), Hurricane Charley, Frances, Ivan &
Jeanne-Florida (2004), Hurricane Katrina & Rita-Lousiana (2005), Hurricane
Gustav-Louisiana (2008) and Hurricane Ike-Louisiana & Texas (2008).
Mediator and Appraiser of unsettled hurricane claims in Florida, Louisiana
and Texas.
Expert in Flood v. Wind determinations.
Estimator for general contractors and construction companies.

Educational degrees / certifications:
B.S., Business Administration, University of South Florida (1988),
Florida Certified Investigator (1992)
Florida Independent Adjuster (1998)
NFIP Certified Flood Adjuster, Large Commercial, Condos, Residential (2002)
Lousisana Comprehensive Adjuster (2007)
Florida Supreme Court Certified County Court Mediator (2008)
Louisiana Private Investigator (2008)

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