Moat Associates

SOX: Creating the Public Accounting Oversight Board & Increased Corporate Responsibility

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act , also known as Sarbox or SOX, was passed in July 2002 in response to the rash of real and perceived failures in corporate governance and financial disclosure. Its primary emphases were to enhance the quality and transparency of corporate disclosure and force changes in the auditing of publicly traded companies. These objectives were achieved in a number of ways by the passing of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. (more…)

DOUGLAS C. MOAT

B.A., J.D., C.L.U., F.L.M.I.

Dcmoat@msn.com

47 Guski Road                                                               9 Huquein Court

Red Hook, NY 12571                                                    Bluffton, SC  29909

914.466.3711                                                                 843.705.2851

Douglas Moat has over forty-five years experience in insurance and financial services sales and management including twenty years as a private consultant. Formerly, Executive Vice President, The Home Group; Director – Financial Services Corporate Staff, ITT Corp.; Vice President, USLIFE Corp. and President of USLIFE’s mutual fund subsidiary; Vice President, The Glens Falls Group and the National Life Assurance Company of Canada. Mr. Moat is a member of the New York Bar.

He is an extensive writer, speaker, and expert witness on insurance topics. Mr. Moat served on the Board of Directors of the Frontier Insurance Group, Inc., and until 2001 the Insurance Federation of New York. (more…)

DOUGLAS C. MOAT

The following is a representative list of cases and assignments in which Mr. Moat has participated as an expert witness, arbitrator or mediator.  The list excludes instances where he was retained but the case was resolved by settlement or judicial order prior to a formal report being issued.  No formal inventory having been maintained the list is intended to be representative of the situations for which Mr. Moat has been engaged and the diversity of jurisdictions in which he has worked but must not be considered complete.

• Expert Witness – McGehee and Nobles v. Catalanotto and State Farm Insurance Companies, 2010   Retained by Plaintiffs to establish the relationship between State Farm and one of its independent contractor agents.  LOUISIANA
• Mediator & Expert – Dewitt Stern Gutman Imperatore, Inc.  2009  Retained by parties to recommend settlement of an outstanding obligation arising from the acquisition of a foreign specialty insurance agency.  NEW JERSEY & NORWAY (more…)