Insurance Claims: A Comprehensive Guide

Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE

Insurance Claims: A Comprehensive Guide covers property insurance claims, third-party liability claims, casualty claims, and fraud. It is the most thorough, up-to-date insurance claims guide available. The dos-and-don’ts checklists, sample procedures, sample insurance policy forms, form letters, and tables provide a unique approach.

It is ideal as a practical guide for attorneys (both prosecuting and defense) and business owners who frequently interact with the insurance industry, and as a detailed resource for insurance professionals, educators, and students.

Benefits

• Authored by an insurance claims and coverage expert witness
• Explains exactly what an insurance claims professional does, offering detailed directions on how to handle claims
• Provides the information necessary to protect the rights of the insured and to obtain the most indemnity to which the insured is entitled
• Discusses the finer points of insurance policies, including different kinds of insurance clauses, conditions, warranties, and exclusions, as well as how and why a policy is declared void, how to process and investigate a claim, how to respond to insurance fraud, and the trial process
• Assists attorneys suing insurers as a result of improper claims handling by showing the weaknesses or inadequacies of the claims handling
• Explores the difficult issues surrounding bad faith and discusses the proofs, disputes, liabilities, and negotiations involved in the evaluation and settlement of a claim
• Incorporates information on model statutes, state statutes, administrative regulations, and requirements of insurance departments nationwide
• Includes useful, time-saving supplementary materials (see Features section below)

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