Insurance Fraud & Weapons to Defeat Fraud; Time to Rescind the Tort of Bad Faith; Mold Claims; and Construction Defects and Insurance

Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, an insurance coverage and claims expert, has created a library of insurance claims books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals.

For those who serve the insurance industry and its policyholders (whether as lawyers, adjusters, claims management, or public insurance adjusters) the ability to perform their duties appropriately in good faith it is absolutely necessary that they maintain insurance professionalism.

The books described in this post need a home in each law office, each insurance company. each independent adjuster’s claims office and in the offices of every public insurance adjusting firm.

Barry Zalma’s Insurance Claims Library will provide essential resources and will go a long way to create a staff of insurance claims professionals.  The books listed below are a small taste of the insurance law and insurance claims books written by Barry Zalma and available on amazon.com and at http://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/

Some of the books available to create or maintain insurance professionalism include:

Construction Defects and Insurance

Barry Zalma has updated and re-edited his seminal work Construction Defects Coverage Guide into 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 eight Kindle or Paperback Volumes at reasonable prices.

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.

The Eight volumes include:

• Volume One : The Structure, The Construction Contract, and Construction Defect Insurance — Kindle book;  Paperback
• Volume Two:The Defects andUnderstanding Insurance and Underwriting – Kindle book; Paperback
• Volume Three: Construction Defect Policies – Kindle book;   Paperback
  
• Volume Four: Liability Insurance. – Kindle Book; Paperback
  
• Volume Five: The Tort of Bad Faith and Construction Defects – Kindle book; Paperback
  
• Volume Six: Construction Defect Suits –  Kindle book; Paperback
  
• Volume Seven: Tort Defences and the Trial of a Construction Defect Case – Kindle Book;  Paperback.
  
• Volume Eight: Evaluation and Settlement & Alternative Dispute Resolution – Kindle Book; Paperback

Mold Claims

This series of 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, Mold Claims provides in-depth explanations, analysis, examples, and detailed discussion of:

•Mold;
•Fungi;
•Bacteria;

•Mold, fungi and bacteria claims; and
•Mold, Fungi, Bacteria litigation.

Thorough, yet practical, this series of books form the ideal guide for any professional who works in or frequently interacts with the insurance industry or is involved in litigation. Claims professionals, risk managers, producers, underwriters, attorneys (both plaintiff and defense), and business owners will benefit greatly from the mold volumes. It is also the perfect resource for insurance educators, trainers, and students whose role requires an understanding of insurance law as it relates to mold, fungi and bacterial infestations.

The author has provided checklists, sample procedures, form letters, tables and information and references to model statutes, state statutes, administrative regulations, and requirements of insurance departments nationwide.

Insurance is, and always will be, a business of the utmost good faith. All parties to the insurance contract agree, in good faith and fair dealing, to do nothing to deprive the other the benefits of the contract. Insurance is, and always be, nothing more than a contract.

The insurer makes a promise to the insured that if a contingent or unknown loss occurs caused by a peril or risk insured against and not excluded, to pay the insured indemnity as promised by the contract up to the limits provided.

The insured promises to truthfully disclose the risks of loss faced by the insured, property owned by the insured, the business of the insured and/or the insured’s liability exposures. The insured also promises to honestly present a claim, prove the claim, and cooperate with the insurer in its investigation. If the parties to the insurance contract deal with each other fairly and in good faith the policy remains viable, claims are paid promptly and to the satisfaction of the insurer and the insured.

Only if a true tort occurs can the insured waive the contract action and sue in tort. Breach of contract, by centuries old tradition, is not a tort and cannot and should not be considered a tort. The Tort of Bad Faith has served its purpose and is now causing more problems than it solves. It is time the courts and state legislatures rescind the tort and return to common law contract damages.

“Insurance Fraud & Weapons to Defeat Insurance Fraud”

In Two Volumes

Insurance fraud continually takes more money each year than it did the last from the insurance buying public. No one knows the actual amount with any certainty because most attempts at insurance fraud succeed. Estimates of the extent of insurance fraud in the United States range from $87 billion to more than $300 billion every year.

Insurers and government backed pseudo-insurers can only estimate the extent they lose to fraudulent claims. Lack of sufficient investigation and prosecution of insurance criminals is endemic. Most insurance fraud criminals are not detected. Those that are detected do

so because they became greedy, sloppy and unprofessional so that the attempted fraud becomes so obvious it cannot be ignored.

No one will ever be able to place an exact number on the amount lost to insurance fraud. Everyone who has looked at the issue knows – whether based on their heart, their gut or empirical fact determined from convictions for the crime of insurance fraud – that the number is enormous.

When insurers and governments put on a serious effort to reduce the amount of insurance fraud the number of claims presented to insurers and the pseudo-government-based or funded insurers drops logarithmically. Since the appointment of Attorney General Sessions, the effort to stop insurance fraud against Medicare and Medicaid has increased.

This book contains appellate decisions regarding insurance fraud from federal and state appellate courts across the country and full text of many insurance fraud statutes.

It is available as both a legal research tool and a product to assist insurers, insurance company personnel, independent insurance adjusters, special investigation unit investigators, state fraud investigators and insurance lawyers to become effective persons involved in the attempt to defeat or reduce the effect of insurance fraud.

Volume One available as a Kindle book and a paperback.

Volume Two Available as a Kindle book and a paperback

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