Insurance Bad Faith Expert Testimony
Serving both carriers and policyholders across Florida and nationwide.
With over 44 years of litigation experience and more than 100 trials, Douglas M. McIntosh provides authoritative, court-qualified expert testimony in insurance bad faith, coverage disputes, and professional liability matters.
Comprehensive Coverage for Both Sides of Bad Faith Litigation
Insurance Bad Faith Testimony
Court-qualified expert testimony on insurer bad faith claims in both first-party and third-party contexts. Doug has testified live in state and federal courts throughout Florida and beyond, providing opinions grounded in decades of hands-on litigation and claims handling industry practice.
Coverage Analysis
Expert analysis on insurance coverage disputes across all lines — auto, CGL, D&O, professional liability, excess, umbrella, and reinsurance.
Timed Demand Evaluations
Specialized expertise evaluating insurer obligations and response timelines under Florida and other state laws when faced with time-limit demands, policy limits demands, and other time-sensitive settlement opportunities.
Professional Liability Defense
Expert services in professional liability disputes, including analysis of claims practices, damages, and causation. Drawing on four decades representing insurers and insureds in high-stakes professional liability matters across Florida.
Attorney Fee Disputes
Qualified to render opinions in attorney fee disputes, including fee entitlement, reasonableness, and billing practices in state and federal courts throughout the United States.
Mediation, Arbitration
Having successfully mediated over 1,000 cases, Doug brings unmatched perspective to complex insurance disputes. He has extensive experience with prompt and meaningful case assessments, particularly in catastrophic loss scenarios with multi-layered coverage towers, multiple occurrence triggers, and allocation scenarios. He has been selected many times by both parties to mediate and arbitrate these unique disputes.
Retained by Both Sides
of Bad Faith Disputes
What sets Douglas McIntosh apart is his ability to provide credible, balanced analysis whether retained by the insurance carrier or the policyholder. In 2024 he founded Douglas M. McIntosh LLC specifically to focus exclusively on expert witness work — bringing the full weight of his trial career to bear for litigants on both sides.
He is an elected Fellow of the American College of Coverage Counsel and recipient of its prestigious Thomas Segalla Service Award. He has served as President of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association and as an elected National Director with DRI, the National Association of Lawyers Defending Business.
- First- and third-party bad faith claims under Florida law and other state frameworks
- Good faith claim handling obligations and industry custom and practice
- All lines of liability policies, including auto, homeowners, CGL, D&O, and professional liability
- Excess and umbrella coverage and tower-of-insurance analyses
- Reinsurance — facultative and treaty experience and handling
- Argued in multiple Florida District Courts of Appeal and the Florida Supreme Court
- Argued in the Fifth and Eleventh U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal
- 2024 NSU Alumni of the Year — Nova Southeastern University
- Adjunct Professor of Law, NSU Shepard Broad College of Law