Insurance Claims Law

Available now from Barry Zalma, ClaimSchool, and Amazon.com are books and materials essential to the claims professional. COIL provides regular commentary on insurance law to allow the claims professional to remain current on what the courts are doing with regard to insurance law. The ten volume “Zalma on Insurance Claims” provides the claims professional with everything needed to professionally investigate and adjust property and casualty claims.

COIL Commentary on Insurance Law

Volume 1, Number One

A Journal providing information about insurance, insurance claims handling and insurance law as it changes with new decisions.

A Journal providing information about insurance, insurance claims handling and insurance law as it changes with new decisions from the state and federal appellate courts.Future issues will be issued regularly providing information on new and interesting insurance appellate decisions.  Articles included:

• What is Insurance?
• Claims in a Catastrophe
• Misrepresentation or Concealment of a Material Fact
• Only in California “Once” is with “Such Frequency as to Indicate a General Business Practice”

Ten Volumes Comprising A Comprehensive Group of Materials on Property & Casualty Insurance Claims

Insurance claims professional and expert witness Kevin Quinley said about the following ten volumes: “Zalma’s series of books is a terrific blend of both the legal underpinnings and the practical implications for the claim practitioner.

Insurance Maven Bill Willson said: “Zalma On Insurance Claims” is a tour de force, an indispensable tool that should be a part of every claims training program in America and in the library of every claims professional for quick and frequent reference. This comprehensive guide belongs in the library of every insurance defense AND policyholder law firm. It should be a part of every claims training program of carriers, independent adjusting firms, and public adjusters. Many of these parts should be part of the training or reference programs for non-claims personnel, from agents to underwriters to risk managers.”

Zalma on Insurance Claims Volume 101

A Comprehensive Review of the law and Practicalities of Property, Casualty and Liability Insurance Claims

This series of ten books is the latest addition to Barry Zalma’s insurance claims series of books and articles that will form the most thorough, up-to-date, expert-authored insurance claims guide available today.

Written by nationally-renowned insurance coverage expert Barry Zalma, a semi-retired insurance coverage attorney, consultant, expert witness and blogger, Zalma on Insurance Claims provides in-depth explanations, analysis, examples, and detailed discussion of:

• Property insurance claims;
• Third-party liability claims;
• Casualty claims; and
• Insurance Fraud

Thorough, yet practical, this series of books form the ideal guide for any professional who works in or frequently interacts with the insurance industry. Claims professionals, risk managers, producers, underwriters, attorneys (both plaintiff and defense), and business owners will benefit greatly from the ten volume guide. It is also the perfect resource for insurance educators, trainers, and students whose role requires an understanding of insurance law. As you read through the various volumes of Zalma on Insurance Claims, you will find comprehensive—yet comprehensible—coverage of key topics, including:

• What is Insurance?
• The History of Insurance
• The covenant of good faith and fair dealing.
• The tort of Bad faith
• Conditions,
• Warranties,
• Exclusions
• Declaring a policy void
• Duties of insured and insurer
• Evaluation and settlement
• Identifying insurance fraud
• Investigation
• Kinds of insurance policies
• Other insurance clauses
• Preparing a case for trial
• Processing a claim
• Responses to fraud
• Subrogation and salvage
• Underwriting and
• Many more property and casualty insurance matters.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 102

This, the second part of Zalma on Insurance Claims and includes materials concerning:

• Other Insurance Clauses
• Underwriting
• Conditions, Warranties and Exclusions

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 103

This is part 103 of Zalma on Insurance Claims and will deal with:

1.Duties of the Insured and the Insurer
2.Declaring a Policy Void
3.Processing a Claim

When read with Part 101 and Part 102, this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 104

This, the fourth volume of Zalma on Insurance Claims and includes materials concerning:

1. Investigation of First Party Property Claims
2. Rescission
3. The Mortgage Clause
4. Fortuity & Other Issues
5. Determine the Amount of the Loss
6. The Claim File

When read with Part 101, Part 102, and Part 103, this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 105

This, the fifth volume of Zalma on Insurance Claims and includes materials concerning:

1. Investigation – Liability
2. Claims Made and Reported Policies
3. The Notice Prejudice Rule.
4. Types of Torts
5. The Liability Claims File
6. Discovery of the Insurance Claims File
7. Tests for Determining Duty to Defend
8. Appendices – forms for the claims person

When read with Insurance 101, Insurance 102, Insurance 103 and 104, this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 106

This is the sixth part of “Zalma on Insurance Claims” and will deal with:

Chapter 1 Property Insurance & the Tort of Bad Faith
Chapter 2 Grounds for Finding Bad Faith
Chapter 3 Avoiding Charges of Bad Faith
Chapter 4. Punitive Damages
Chapter 5.Bad Faith & Liability Insurance
Chapter 6.Defenses to the Tort of Bad Faith
Appendix 1 – California Civil Code Section 3294

When read with Part 101, Part 102, and Part 103, Part 104 and Part 105 this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 107:

This is the seventh part of “Zalma on Insurance Claims” and will deal with:

1.Evaluation and Settlement – Property
2.Evaluation and Settlement – Liability
3.Subrogation
4.Salvage

When read with Part 101, Part 102, Part 103, Part 104, Part 105 and Part 106 this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 108

This, the eighth part of Zalma on Insurance Claims, includes materials concerning:

1.Preparing a case for trial
2.Interviewing Techniques
3.The art of the Interview
4.Interview General Principles
5.The Interviewer
6.Preparing for the Interview
7.Beginning the Interview
8.Control Of The Interview
9.Dealing with Witness Types
10.Approaches the Work
11.Dealing with the Nervous Person
12.Bluffs
13.The Mutability Of Memory
14.The Examination Under Oath

When read with Part 101, Part 102, Part 103, Part 104, Part 105, Part 106 and Part 107 this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 109 

This, the ninth part of Zalma on Insurance Claims, includes materials concerning:

•Identifying Insurance Fraud
•Professional Conspiracies
•Multiple Types of Insurance Fraud
•How to Join the Fraud Fight
•Case Studies of Successful Fraud Investigations
•Checklist 1 – Types of Insurance Fraud
•Checklist 2 – Training Adjusters
•Checklist 3 – Red Flags of Fraud – Property Insurance
•Checklist 4 – Red Flags of Fraud – Liability Insurance
•Appendix A – Commonly Used Medical Acronyms and Abbreviations
•Appendix B – Glossary of Medical Terms

When read with Part 101, Part 102, Part 103, Part 104, Part 105, Part 106, Part 107 and Part 108 this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Zalma on Insurance Claims Part 110

This, the tenth part of Zalma on Insurance Claims, includes materials concerning:

•Responses to Fraud
•Grounds for Rescission.
•The Fight Against Fraud
•Checklist 1—Responses to Fraud
•Checklist 2 – The Fight Against Fraud

When read with Part 101, Part 102, Part 103, Part 104, Part 105, Part 106, Part 107, Part 108 and Part 109 this volume works to take the reader to a complete understanding of insurance and insurance claims.

Read about these and other insurance books and materials by Barry Zalma at http://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/