Author Archives for Michelle Canniff

About Michelle Canniff

Michelle is head of Forensic Accounting at SMW, bringing more than 25 years of experience in the field of investigative and forensic accounting. Her expertise includes analyzing and measuring commercial insurance claims consisting of business interruption, extra expense, property damage, inventory, and fidelity losses from small to complex matters.

Extra Expense Coverage: Part II

March 20, 2023 1:04 pm Published by Leave your thoughts   In Part 1 of this blog, we told you about a private country club that had a building burn to the ground.  As a result, they had an uphill extra expense battle to fight with the insurer. As the public adjusters for the club, SMW regularly – on an almost weekly basis – submitted… View More

Extra Expense Coverage: Part I

March 10, 2023 1:44 pm Published by Leave your thoughts We recently handled a claim involving a private country club that had a maintenance building burn completely to the ground. This large structure housed all of the equipment the club’s maintenance team needed to take care of its upscale golf course: mowing machines, tractors, aerators, and various fertilizers and chemicals. This fire caused a total… View More

When Insurance Carriers Cut Corners, Policyholders Pay The Price

January 24, 2023 1:59 pm Published by Leave your thoughts In March of 2022, Michelle Canniff joined SMW as head of Forensic Accounting. In her role, she’s leading the SMW teams focusing on commercial losses, business interruption, extra expense and time element claims. This gives her a unique perspective on the insurance industry based on her past experience and her new perspective from the public adjuster’s… View More

A View From The Other Side Of The Table

November 15, 2022 2:06 pm Published by Leave your thoughts When Michelle Canniff joined SMW as head of Forensic Accounting, she immediately assumed leadership of the SMW teams focusing on commercial losses, business interruption, extra expense and time element claims. That was back in March of 2022. Since that time, she has had a chance to really get to know the insurance world from the… View More