Here is an introduction to our Staff Personnel (by years of service)

David E. Young, CPPA, SPPA
Certified Professional Public Adjuster
Senior Professional Public Adjuster

Mr. Young is one of very few individuals throughout the world who has passed both the Certified Professional Public Adjuster (CPPA). Examination and the Senior Professional Public Adjuster Examination (SPPA). He has achieved the designations of both through the University of Iowa and the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA). He has actively served on NAPIA'S Ethics Committee. He was the founding President of the Arizona Association of Public Insurance Adjusters. Mr. Young is a graduate of Weber State University with a degree in Finance. He has post graduate training in Advanced Financial Analysis through Utah State University and Dun and Bradstreet courses. He is a nationally recognized expert in the appraisal of insurance claims, having been retained by a national publisher to author writings to train attorneys in this provision of insurance policies.

Rae Beth Young
Senior Public Adjuster

Mrs. Young Mrs. Young is a founding partner of Brown - O'Haver. She has experience adjusting the claims of Traveler's Insurance as well as those of State Farm Insurance and has served on the State Board that oversees the questions asked on the Arizona Insurance Adjuster examination. She was one of the original participants on this committee. Mrs. Young was elected by the small business community of her state to serve under Ronald Reagan at the White House Conference on Small Business. In this position she helped recommend and formulate governmental policies towards small business. Mrs. Young is a recognized expert in Homeowner and Additional Living Expense claims and is currently involved in the challenging role of preparing inventories in buildings tainted by mold, smoke, water and fire.

Daniel Mark Larsen, CPPA
Certified Professional Public Adjuster

Dan Larsen is a graduate of Clark College in Vancouver, Washington, and is a Certified Profession Public Adjuster (CPPA). He has served with Brown - O'Haver, since 1992, has experience with a defense law firm retained by America's largest insurers. He has lived in Mexico, is bilingual and speaks fluent Spanish. He has helped hundreds of Spanish speaking clients obtain the benefits their insurance policies promise. He is a member of the National Curriculum Committee of the Adjuster's Insurance School.

Lee Blumberg,
Professional Loss Consultant

Mr. Blumberg has been involved with the insurance adjusting industry for over fifteen years. He is licensed in the States of Arizona and New Mexico and has owned a firm specializing the restoration of fire damaged content items.

William G. Young,
Senior Public Adjuster

Bill Young earned a BS degree in management from San Diego State University where he has taught resource planning and was the Chairman of the Curriculum Advisory Committee at SDSU. He has been involved in insurance adjusting for over twenty years having been a contract manager and having prepared valuations and contractual estimates for three Fortune 500 companies. He was Manager of Contracts, (which included insurance) and managed the relocation of international manufacturing plants from Puerto Rico to Mexico. Bill gained distinction in the Insurance Adjusting Industry when, as part of the team that represented the Government of the Virgin Islands, he assisted in the adjustment of insurance claims for as much as $400 million. He has served as the Administrator of the Adjusters Insurance School. His work product in business interruption claims is among the best in North America.

Alice Young
Oklahoma City Office Manager

Alice Young is the Manager of Brown - O'Haver's Oklahoma City Office. She has worked in the public adjusting business since she was 16 years old participating in the preparation of inventories from burned out homes. Alice earned a B.S. in Communication from Southern Utah University and is working on a Masters degree in Communication at the University of Oklahoma. She is currently preparing to take the Certified Professional Public Adjuster (CPPA) examination.

Alice also has served in managerial positions of two of the largest retail chains in the world, lending expertise to her abilities in commercial claim property valuation.