David Stegall is the Principal Consultant and Founder of Risk Consulting & Expert Services (RCES) since January 1, 2007, with over 45 years of insurance, reinsurance, bond and risk management industry experience. He is a Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriter, an Associate in Risk Management, an Associate in Reinsurance and a Registered Professional Adjuster. He has experience as an underwriter, an agent, a broker, a surety bond producer, a reinsurer, a managing general agent, a third-party administrator, a captive manager, a self-insured fund executive, a risk management consultant, an expert witness and has been retained as an arbitrator in three Arbitrations.
He was President of the Society of Risk Management Consultants from 2016 to 2017 and is now a Life-Time Member of the association. Mr. Stegall is also a member of the Board of Directors of the Alabama Captive Insurance Association, a member of the Society of Chartered Property & Casualty Underwriters, the American Association of Insurance Management Consultants, the Society of Registered Professional Adjusters, ARIAS-US (an insurance & reinsurance arbitrators association), the Defense Research Institute, and an Associate Member of the American Bar Association – Tort, Trial and Insurance Section.
RCES provides research, analysis and advice to commerce, industry, government and individuals. The forensic expert witness consulting practice includes being designated as an expert witness in over200  case assignments, 106 State cases, 95 Federal cases, and five arbitrations. These include cases in Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Nevada, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin and the Canadian Province of British Columbia. Mr. Stegall has provided 175 expert opinions, been deposed 87 times, testified in six trials and four arbitration hearings. His case assignments are divided between 117 for the Defense and 90 for the Plaintiffs.