“Property Investigation Checklists
Uncovering Insurance Fraud
15th Edition”
Property Investigation Checklists provides detailed guidance and practical information on the four primary areas of any investigation of suspicious claims: Recognizing suspicious claims, proper investigation procedures, analysis of laws concerning fraudulent personal and real property claims, and evaluating and settling claims.
This new Fifteenth Edition of Property Investigation Checklists represents a complete revision of the publication, to bring it in step with the leading edge issues involved in insurance investigations.
The full table of contents is available at https://static.legalsolutions.thomsonreuters.com/product_files/relateddocs/246512_202548_2759.pdf
Some of the important topics that are new or have been substantially revised are:
§ 1:9. Hard fraud vs. soft fraud
§ 2:6. The statement process
§ 3:8. The Innocent Co-Insured Doctrine: Introduction
§ 4:3. Declaring a policy void for breach of condition
§ 5:3. Proof of loss
§ 7:2. The mutual covenant – It’s a two-way street
§ 9:10. Reproduction or replacement cost
§ 10:91. The costs of investigation
§ 11:14. Recent rescission cases
The Author Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Barry Zalma, Esq., is an internationally recognized expert on insurance, insurance claims handling, insurance coverage, insurance fraud, and insurance bad faith. He uses his more than 50 years of practical insurance claims experience to serve those who are faced with an insurance claim or insurance coverage dispute. Mr. Zalma assists lawyers representing insurers, lawyers representing policyholders, insurance claims management, insurance claims personnel, and others served by the insurance claims industry. He has advised insurers on claims handling, interpreted coverages, and testified concerning insurance coverage, insurance bad faith, insurance claims handling, and insurance fraud. He also serves as an arbitrator or mediator for insurance related disputes.Mr. Zalma is the first recipient of the Claims Magazine “America’s Claims Event Legend Award” presented at the conference in Minneapolis, Minnesota in June 2016. The award is in recognition of his significant contributions to the claims sector of the insurance industry through education, professional development and perseverance.
Portions of this work were adapted from Mr. Zalma’’s book, Insurance Fraud & Weapons to Defeat Insurance Fraud. (May 2018)
