Barry Zalma Insurance Books from Major Publishers
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Insurance claims expert, consultant at Barry Zalma, Inc. and author/Publisher at ClaimSchool, Inc.
Books from Full Court Press, the ABA and Thomson Reuters
Posted on February 4, 2020 by Barry Zalma
Full Court Press
Zalma on Property and Casualty Insurance
The earnings of almost every civil lawyer in the United States are funded by the insurance industry. Insurance can best be described as the mother’s milk of the law profession. The civil defense lawyer is paid by an insurer for each hour he or she works. The civil plaintiffs’ lawyer is usually paid by taking a percentage of any judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff, which judgment is usually paid by the defendant’s insurer.
In almost every situation in which a civil lawyer practices law the funds for that work come, either directly or indirectly, from insurance. Consequently, lawyers must use their wits and energies to avoid or to pursue litigation to the benefit of the client. Both sides understand that an insurer will eventually pay one or both sides in the dispute. Insurance is important to every civil dispute and even some that fall within the criminal courts.
Every lawyer retained to prosecute or defend a civil suit should begin the representation with a serious effort to find insurance coverage for the benefit of the client or the defendant the client is suing. Without that knowledge, the lawyer will find he or she is litigating with duct tape firmly self-placed across his or her mouth.
Insurance Law Deskbook
Learn the insurance basics that are essential to every civil practitioner.
California Insurance Law Deskbook
California has long led the way when it comes to insurance jurisprudence in the United States, and few know more about California insurance law than Barry Zalma.
Insurance Bad Faith and Punitive Damages Deskbook
Understand the relationship between insurance, the tort of bad faith, and why punitive damages are awarded to punish insurers.
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The American Bar Association
The Commercial Property Insurance Policy Deskbook
How to Acquire a Commercial Property Policy and Present and Collect a First-Party Property Insurance Claim
By Barry Zalma
The Commercial Property Insurance Policy Deskbook is a comprehensive resource on acquiring a commercial property policy and presenting and collecting first-party property insurance claims. The book looks at the fundamentals of insurance and a wealth of topics including rules of construction of a policy of commercial property insurance, the commercial first party property insurance policy, different types of property losses, conditions and limitations,specific and blanket coverages, mortgage clauses, the need for a prompt notice of claim, the commercial property claim, adjusting the commercial property loss, the sworn statement in proof of loss, the adjustment of the commercial property loss, subrogation and salvage, and common law bad faith.
Also included are five appendixes of forms, letters, and other documents.
Available from the American Bar Association at: https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Default.aspx?TabID=251&productId=214624; or [email protected], or 800-285-2221.
The Insurance Fraud Deskbook
Author: Barry Zalma
Sponsor(s): Tort Trial and Insurance Practice Section, Publisher(s): ABA Book Publishing
ISBN: 978-1-62722-676-9
Product Code: 5190506
2014, 638 pages, 7 x 10
This book is written for individuals who are focused on the effort to reduce expensive and pervasive occurrences of insurance fraud. Lawyers who represent insurers, claims personnel, prosecutors and their investigators can all benefit from this exhaustive resource.
The Insurance Fraud Deskbook is a valuable resource for those who are engaged in the effort to reduce expensive and pervasive occurrences of insurance fraud. It explains the elements of the crime and the tort to claims personnel, and it provides information for lawyers who represent insurers, so they can adequately advise their clients. Prosecutors and their investigators can use this book to determine what is required to prove the crime and win their case.
The full text of decisions from courts of appeal and supreme courts across the country are provided so the reader can understand what happens after the investigation is completed and can apply that information to undertake their own thorough investigations. It allows claims personnel and their lawyers to understand what errors would cause a defeat or a not-guilty verdict.
The effort to reduce insurance fraud requires the assistance of both civil and criminal courts. The Insurance Fraud Deskbook can help the prudent fraud investigator, insurance adjuster, insurance attorney, insurance Special Investigation Unit, and insurance company management to attain the information needed to deal with state investigators and prosecutors.
Available from the American Bar Association at: https://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Default.aspx?TabID=251&productId=214624; or [email protected], or 800-285-2221.
Diminution in Value Damages
How to Determine the Proper Measure of Damage to Real and Personal Property
ISBN: 978-1-63425-295-8
Product Code: 5190524
2015, 235 pages, 7 x 10, Paperback
This book was written to provide sufficient information to those who became interested in the issue since the Georgia Supreme Court decided State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Co. v. Mabry, 274 Ga. 498, 556 S.E.2d 114 (Ga. 11/28/2001) and includes cases dealing with the use of diminution in value as a method of determining the amount of loss incurred by a plaintiff seeking indemnity for damage to real or personal property.
Because confusion has reigned across the United States concerning the proper measure of damages for property damage to property that has been repaired, Diminution In Value Damages assists the reader in answering the questions concerning the proper measure of damage in each of the fifty United States and federal United States jurisdictions
This edition has been totally rewritten and expanded, providing the most extensive and detailed coverage of the issue and a thorough explanation of how to apply diminution in value damages to losses to property.
From Thomson Reuters
Property Investigation Checklists Uncovering Insurance Fraud, 12th Edition
Co-Author(s): Michael H Boyer & Barry Zalma
Property Investigation Checklists: Uncovering Insurance Fraud 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
? Evaluating and settling claims.
The book also examines recent developments in areas such as arson investigation procedures, bad faith, and extracontractual damages. The appendix includes the NAIC Insurance Information and Privacy Protection Model Act.
Read about these and other insurance books by Barry Zalma at https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/