Larry Henderson

FSRT, MBA, WRT

Partner

Biography

A Project Consultant with over 20 years of experience in providing technical expertise in insurance claim and legal professionals following incidents involving high-technology equipment and building remediation and mitigation. He has served as a consultant to nearly every major commercial property insurance carrier, through which he has been involved with countless claims concerning damage from fire, smoke, water, lightning and power surge. With over 15 years of experience in high level equipment loss evaluation, Mr. Henderson provides evaluation and repair / replacement cost assessments following fire, flood, theft, vandalism and other types of damages. He has assessed losses concerning electronic/electrical equipment and building scopes throughout the country. Key strengths include the following:

Medical Equipment
Printing / Office Equipment
Computers / Hardware / Software
Manufacturing Equipment
Power Transmission / Distribution Radio / TV / Broadcast
HVAC / Building Automation / Controls
Test & Laboratory
Lightning Verification and Investigation
Telephone / Telecommunications Equipment
Chillers
Water and Smoke damage to buildings

Larry has a vast amount of experience in the healthcare, manufacturing, lumber mills, office buildings and food production plant industries. He is a valued member of the equipment community and YA Group is proud to have him as part of our team.

Credentials

  • FSRT | IICRC - FSRT (Fire Smoke RT)
  • MBA | Masters in Business Administration
  • WRT | IICRC - WRT (Water Damage Restoration Tech)
  • OCT | IICRC - OCT (Odor Control Tech)

Representative Consulting Assignments

  • Chicken Processing Plant | Determine the source of the metal that entered into the wash bath of over $1M worth of chickens | $1M
  • Box Manufacturing Facility | Evaluate all the equipment in a facility that was over 200,000 sq ft. Determine the extend of damage and the most cost-effective way to return the equipment to a pre-loss condition through repair, restoration or replacement | $5M
  • Broadcasting Studio | Evaluate the production equipment for live and recorded news broadcast | $500K
  • University Research Lab | Inspect, evaluate and valuation of the equipment in the laboratory building. Worked with the professors concerning the equipment and the research projects. Assisted in evaluating the status of the experiments and what it would take to get them back to the spot they were right before the loss | $5M
  • Radiology Equipment | Evaluate and value various types of radiology equipment damaged by either fire and or water
  • Machine Shop Fire | Fire/Smoke | Evaluate all the equipment (CNC Equipment, Lathes, Milling, Presses, Punches, etc.) for direct and indirect damage from the fire, smoke and water
  • Hospital Grade Machine Shop | Fire/Smoke | Evaluate equipment after a fire. Due to the precision of the equipment all aspects of the affected equipment had to be inspected to ensure that all the contractual parameters concerning tolerances could be maintained after potential repairs or restoration | 300K
  • Hospital Equipment Damage | Hurricane | Locate, inspect and evaluate all medical equipment after a hurricane and subsequent flood. Equipment would include Radiology (MRI, Cat Scan, Fluoroscopy, Ultrasound, Nuclear Imagine, etc.) Respiratory, IT, Laboratory, bedside monitors, General medical equipment | $30M
  • MRI Direct water exposure | Enviro - Water/Flood | Evaluate the damage to both the magnet and the RF Room from direct water exposure | $3.4M
  • MRI Explosion | Evaluate the damage to the magnet and assist in determining the cause of the failure analysis

Professional Experience

  • 2023 - Current | Partner | YA Group
  • 2021 - 2023 | Senior Regional Consultant, Equipment Expert | YA Group
  • 2017 - 2021 | SR. Project Consultant | Loss Management Solutions
  • 1999 - 2017 | Project Consultant | Envista Forensics, formerly PTC
  • 1998 - 1999 | Southeast Regional Sales Executive | LWG
  • 1995 - 1998 | Operations Manager / Database Manager | ServiceMaster Management Services
  • 1990 - 1995 | Sales and Service Manager, X-Ray Department | ServiceMaster Management Services
  • 1977 - 1985 | Biomedical Equipment Repair Specialist / Nuclear Missile Crewman | J.H. Rich Company, Inc.
  • - | | U.S. Army and Army National Guard

Education

  • Oglethorpe University - Masters - Business Administration - Atlanta