Adam J. Brand, founder and managing partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, has represented insurance clientele in all phases of first and third-party coverage and litigation for three decades.  Brand & Tapply, LLC specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance.  Mr. Brand has extensive trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters.  Mr. Brand is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts.  He has served as a panelist and lecturer at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.  Mr. Brand is a member of the Claims and Litigation Management Alliance (CLM), International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU), New England International Association of Special Investigation Units (NE-IASIU), New England Association of Insurance Fraud Investigators (NEAIFI), New York State Chapter of Special Investigation Units (NYSSIU), and National Truck & Heavy Equipment Claims Council (NTHECC).

Timothy W. Tapply, founder and partner of Brand & Tapply, LLC, specializes in combating suspect claims throughout the United States in virtually all lines of insurance.  Mr. Tapply has trial experience before state and federal courts in complex coverage litigation, automobile, commercial and homeowner fraud and arson cases, as well as medical provider, bad faith and extra-contractual liability matters.  Mr. Tapply is actively involved in the insurance industry’s education efforts.  He has served as a presenter at seminars and conferences sponsored by international, national and local insurance organizations.

Mr. Parenteau has an active insurance defense practice and has been responsible for a wide range of cases in all state trial courts, the United States District Court as well as an Appellate practice with several written decisions from the District Court Appellate Division, the Appeals Court, and the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.  Mr. Parenteau has been active in the personal injury protection (PIP), bodily injury, low impact, jump-in, staged collision, arson, burglary theft, bad faith, and auto related cases of all types.  He worked on some of the initial cases involving property and casualty insurers’ rights to audit medical charges for usual and customary costs, coining the term “fee review.”  Mr. Parenteau has developed strategy for handling medical fraud cases individually, and as large scale recovery actions in federal and state courts.  He has also handled workers’ compensation cases from conciliation, to hearings before Industrial Accident Board offices throughout Massachusetts.

Attorney O’Hara is a current Partner of Parenteau & O’Hara, P.C. Prior to forming Parenteau & O’Hara, P.C. Attorney O’Hara had an active insurance defense practice and was responsible for all Parr & Parenteau, P.C., subrogation matters.   She has handled a wide range of subrogation cases in all state trial courts, and the United States Bankruptcy Court.  She has negotiated settlement in all types of cases and she has tried cases involving, auto, products liability, property, contribution, as well as insured and uninsured matters.  Attorney O’Hara is a member of the National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP), and is the Co-Chair of the New England chapter of NASP.

Bruce Levine, PT, MS graduated from Springfield College in 1988 with his MS in physical therapy.  Mr. Levine has practiced physical therapy for 27 years with an emphasis in the areas of sport, orthopaedic, and occupational rehabilitation. In addition to his clinical practice, he consults within the insurance Industry, and with State and Federal Agencies in the areas of health care fraud, waste, and abuse, the utilization of supportive personnel in rehabilitation, licensure and regulation in physical and occupational therapy, peer review, and credentialing of internationally educated physical therapists. Mr. Levine has owned his own physical and occupational therapy practice, managed multiple site practices, and consulted with practice owners and administrators in the areas of marketing and compliance. Bruce is the former Chairman of the Board of Allied Health Professions, the licensing authority for physical therapists, occupational therapists, and athletic trainers for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

Peter Montalbano, President of Montalbano Adjustment Services, Inc is a Independent Insurance Adjuster specializing in Jewelers Block claims and security inspections. He has spent the last 35 years traveling extensively throughout the world investigating claims on behalf of Lloyd's of London and various other foreign and domestic insurers. Peter has served as an expert witness and given testimony in courts in New York and Israel. He has lectured on various Jewelers Block topics to trade associations, law enforcement and Insurers in The United States, Hong Kong, Israel and throughout Europe.

A partner at Dynamic Safety L.L.C. since 2003, Mr. DiTallo combines over 25 years of experience in collision reconstruction and investigation with a law enforcement background. He spent nearly 20 years in law enforcement in both Illinois and California, where he worked as a collision investigator, commercial vehicle inspector, motorcycle officer and reconstructionist. A leading educator in the field, he has been a faculty member at the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety (formerly the Northwestern University Traffic Institute) for twenty years developing and teaching courses. He also co-authored two chapters in the Northwestern University Center for Public Safety textbooks "Traffic Crash Reconstruction" and "Traffic Investigation." Mr. DiTallo has extensive hands on experience in heavy vehicle systems analysis and vehicle event data recorders.

Mr. Sosnowski joined the NICB in March 2010 as Senior Vice President and General Counsel. He has practiced law for over 25 years with an extensive background in criminal prosecution having served for over 15 years as a Chief Prosecutor in various counties in Illinois.  He is the former Deputy General Counsel for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and came to NICB from his own private practice where he represented various types of individuals including plaintiffs in personal injury litigation.  Mr. Sosnowski is an adjunct professor of law at Judson University and Elgin Community College.  He is a graduate of Loyola University (BA), University of Notre Dame (MSBA), and Drake University (JD).  He is also a member of the American and Illinois Bar Associations, and licensed to practice before the United State’s Supreme Court.

Jason began his career in the investigation industry when he started a regional investigation company in the Philadelphia area. Throughout his career, Jason has conducted and managed thousands of investigations and has extensive experience all aspects of SIU investigations. In 2011, Jason joined Ethos Risk Services which enabled him to expand his regional focus to a national and international level.  In Jason’s current role, he oversees the account management and business development departments at Ethos Risk Services.  He has helped implement nationwide compliance, quality control, and training to ensure that Ethos’ quality of investigative services has exceeded clients’ expectations.  Jason has provided SIU and fraud training to various insurance companies, third party administrators, and self-insured companies. During Jason’s career he has worked closely with different fraud agencies and has provided successful testimony in an effort to combat fraud.  Jason has been involved in various claims, investigations, and insurance organizations that include the Risk Management Society (RIMS), the International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU), the New Jersey Special Investigators Association (NJSIA), the Philadelphia Loss Conference (PLC), the South Jersey Claims Association (SJCA), the PA Association of Licensed Investigators (PALI), Insurance Fraud Management (IFM), the International Claim Association (ICA), and the PA Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA).  Jason is a recognized public speaker and has had speaking engagements with associations that include the Workers’ Compensation Institute, the Insurance Securities Association, the Association of Investigative Managers, the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association, the Executive Summit, the Western Energy Institute, and the National Health Care Anti-Fraud Association.  Jason resides in Bucks County, PA.

John M. Gasiorek became a Special Agent with National Insurance Crime Bureau in September 2005 and was promoted to Supervisory Special Agent in May of 2009. John supervises six additional Special Agents overseeing all NICB investigations in New England. John is also assigned investigative responsibilities in Connecticut, specializing in property and casualty insurance fraud with a specific emphasis on multi-carrier, ring activity perpetrated by unscrupulous medical providers, and attorneys. John organized and heads the Mini-Medical Fraud Task Force in CT where he assists in coordination criminal investigations with federal, state and local police agencies.  Prior to working with NICB, John worked for ten years in the Special Investigations Unit of a Massachusetts based insurance company where he was a field investigator responsible for investigating insurance fraud in the metropolitan Boston area. John was also a criminal investigator in the United States Air Force for eight years and a Sheriff’s Deputy assigned to the Patrol Division with the Aiken County Sheriff’s Office in South Carolina.  John possesses an associate’s degree in Criminal Justice and has earned the designation of Fraud Claim Law Associate through the American Educational Institute. 

Daniel K. Rutherford, is Director of Claims and Risk Management for Maritime Program Group, a national specialty maritime general agency.  He holds the designation of Certified Marine Investigator with the International Association of Marine Investigators, is a Licensed Private Investigator (NJ7521) and is a licensed P&C adjuster.  He has been investigating marine cases for over 30 years and has recovered over 30 million dollars in stolen vessel/equipment values for underwriters.  He was awarded Investigator of the Year in 1996 and 1999.  He has authored numerous articles and white papers on Marine Investigation, Marine Accident Investigation, COLREGS and has been admitted as an expert through the Federal District Court.

Joe Stephenson is the Director of SIU for Hagerty and specializes in auto theft, fire, and related claims involving classic and exotic vehicles. He is President of the New England Chapter of IASIU, a certified insurance fraud investigator, accident reconstructionist, and sits on the IT committees for IAATI & their Northeast Chapter.  Prior to joining the private sector Joe spent 17 years as a law enforcement officer in the State of Maine.   Joe lectures to various groups regarding the abundance of free information available online and the benefits of turning first to the Internet as a main source of research. If you would like to reach Joe, you are invited to connect with him via LinkedIn or Twitter (@cedarbyrne).