Clark Schweers

Clark Schweers leads the firm’s Forensics practice, a multi-disciplinary team helping mitigate risk, resolving disputes, and providing insight and forensic accounting resources for high-stakes matters. Clark has more than 20 years of experience advising clients on complex property and business interruption claims for insured businesses. He has assisted Fortune 1000 and middle market companies in preparing and analyzing complex insurance claims relating to losses from catastrophic events. Having worked closely with senior corporate executives to devise strategies for timely and successful claims resolution, he has conducted extensive work on international losses, leading engagements encompassing more than $1 billion in recoveries.

Clark is an accomplished practitioner in the assessment of incurred property damage losses and conditional risks associated with business interruption, and he has significant experience in the consumer products and retail, chemical, pharmaceutical, hospitality, manufacturing, real estate, financial services, automotive, and technology industries. In addition, he has assisted clients on cyber security and network interruption claims, and product recall matters.

Clark has been quoted and published on insurance claims and business interruption topics in several national and industry publications, including CNBC, the Journal of Accountancy, Business Insurance, Corporate Counsel, Treasury & Risk and Property Casualty 360. Prior to joining BDO, he was a Senior Manager at Ernst & Young, where he advised clients on complex business interruption and property damage claims, construction damage and fraud investigation matters.