OUR MANAGEMENT
David Lewin, AIC, graduated from California State University, Sacramento with a Bachelor of Arts degree in CRIMINAL JUSTICE in 1978. He has been in the insurance claims industry since 1978, and has held the positions of Claims Adjuster, Claims Supervisor, Casualty Specialist, Branch Claims Manager, Regional Claims Manager and Vice President.
Mr. Lewin has extensive knowledge and experience in multi-line property and casualty adjusting and litigation claims handling, for both personal and commercial lines. Mr. Lewin also managed several CAT teams of up to 50 CAT adjusters, and has extensive international claims experience having handled claims in other countries worldwide.
Mr. Lewin's experience includes serving as an auxiliary police officer, a Special Arbitrator for Arbitration Forums, Inc and an auditor for AIPSO, a federal regulatory agency.
Russell D. Haig, CCLA, holds Bachelor of Arts degree in FINE ARTS from the State University of New York. He has been in the insurance claims industry since 1967 after receiving initial training as a Special Agent for the US Army Intelligence Command. Mr. Haig has held the positions of Claims Adjuster, Casualty Unit Manager, Assistant Claims Manager, Vice President, Controller and Chief Financial Officer.
Mr. Haig has extensive knowledge and experience in multi-line property and casualty claims handling in both personal and commercial lines. He is well versed in the field of background investigations and surveillance. Mr. Haig has handled claims, investigations and CAT supervision in over 40 states and many regions of the Far Pacific.
Bill Hertoghe is a law enforcement professional with over 30 years of investigative experience; he recently retired as a former deputy director with the California Lottery where he was chief of investigation for the Security/Law Enforcement Division. While at the Lottery he developed the first undercover program for lotteries in North America that focused on retailer fraud. The program was featured on Dateline - NBC in 2009.
Mr. Hertoghe also served with the Sacramento Police Department (Officer), the Placer County Sheriff's Department (Deputy/Coroner), the State of California Office of the Inspector General (Deputy Inspector General In-Charge), the Board of Parole Hearings (Senior Investigator) and the Rocklin Police Department (Captain).
After earning a B.A. in Criminal Justice, a M.A. in Education and a M.S. in Business he went on to graduate from the prestigious POST Command College (Class 14). Mr. Hertoghe is a licensed private investigator, an adjunct professor in the community college system and courtroom expert on police procedures and use of force.
Bill Hertoghe is Vice President of the Haig & Lewin Special Investigation Unit, focusing on fraud detection and investigation.