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From Barry Zalma, Esq. and Barry Zalma, Inc.
The New 2007 Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations
Barry Zalma writes articles on insurance industry claims practices in the expert commentary section of International Risk Management Institute’s popular web site, www.IRMI.com.
Zalma on Insurance -- A source of educational materials from ClaimSchool.
Barry
Zalma -- A Speaker for Every Insurance Event
Books by Barry Zalma
Constructive
Defects: Litigation & Claims by Barry
Zalma
Mold: A Comprehensive Claims Guide by Barry Zalma
Insurance,
Cases and Materials on Coverage, Claims, and Litigation,
by Barry Zalma
Every civil lawyer should understand that a major part of their law firm’s income comes, directly or indirectly, from insurance. Since insurance is so important to the funding of the success of a civil law practice, it is imperative that every lawyer have a basic understanding of the law of insurance. Similarly, prosecutors or criminal defense lawyers dealing with the crime of insurance fraud must understand the law of insurance to properly represent the state or the defendant. The lawyer who is ignorant of the law of insurance cannot adequately serve his or her clients.
The purpose of this book is to provide the law student, the practicing lawyer, the insurance lawyer, or professional claims personnel with the full text of insurance-related decisions of the United States Supreme Court, US District Courts of Appeal, State appellate courts and foreign courts that have molded the law that governs insurance transactions in the United States. Those who are new to the subject of insurance will find this book a resource and starting point for research. It can also be used as a basic training course for those who are just beginning in the practice of law, the claims business, or in representing insurers, representing those who are insured, or litigating against insurers.
868 pp, ISBN-10: 1-59460-312-X, casebound, $110.00
The
state of California compels all who are involved in the claims process — even if
only tangentially — to be trained with regard to, and comply with, the Fair
Claims Practices Regulations (Regulations) and the Integral Anti-Fraud Personnel
Regulations (SIU Regulations). It is, therefore, necessary that those insurance
people who are engaged in any way in the presentation, processing or negotiation
of insurance claims in the state of California be familiar with Regulations
imposed by the state of California on all insurers doing business in California.
This book, and its appendices, will enable the insurers to effect compliance with the Regulations when training or assisting the claims personnel in their obligations to read and understand the Regulations. The Appendices include an outline for an insurance company staff member, trainer, or lawyer to use in providing a training class to all of the insurers integral anti-fraud personnel. Zalma provides insurers, and their staffs, the information needed to comply with the SIU Regulations and to offer the required training. 282 pp, ISBN-10: 1-59460-315-4, ISBN-13: 978-1-59460-315-0, LCCN 2007921263, paper, $50.00 http://www.cap-press.com/books/1689
Updated July 17, 2009