The Second Edition Is Important for Every Insurance Claims Professional

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Posted on March 23, 2022 by Barry Zalma
Updated and Improved
The Second Edition Is Important for Every Insurance Claims Professional

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. 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 I of Insurance Fraud includes the following:

Insurance Fraud is Epidemic.

Measuring Insurance Fraud

What is Insurance Fraud?

Arson for profit.

Soft Fraud

Hard Fraud

Insurance Against the Risk of Loss of Real or Personal Property

Liability Insurance

Interpretation of Insurance Contracts

Ethics & The Insurance Fraud Investigation

Fraud by Professionals

First Party Property Fraud

Health Insurance Fraud

Insurance Fraud is a Crime

Fraud Created by Legal Professionals

Fraud in the Acquisition of Insurance

Fraud in the Presentation of a Claim

Investigation of a Claim for Fortuity

Investigating Fraud

Arson for Profit Investigation

Investigation Methods

Evaluation of Medical Records

Available as a Kindle book; Available as a Hardcover; Available as a Paperback
Updated and Improved
The Second Edition of Volume II Is Important for Every Insurance Claims Professional

Volume II of Insurance Fraud provides coverage of the issues not covered by Volume I and, together with Volume I becomes a complete manual for how lawyers and claims people can effectively work to deter or defeat insurance fraud.

INSURANCE FRAUD IS EPIDEMIC
The following are covered in this volume including:

The Federal Crime of Insurance Fraud

Insurance Fraud as a State Crime

Insurance Fraud by Insurers

California SIU Regulations

Investigating Insurance Fraud

The Examination Under Oath

The Taking of an Examination Under Oath

The Mutability of Memory

Rescission

Insurance Fraud Statutes

The Tort of Bad Faith and Insurance Fraud

Sample California Rescission Letters

Sample Complaint for Declaratory Relief

Form of Mutual Rescission Agreement

Fom Declaration of Underwriter in Support of Rescission

Insurance Fraud Statutes

Outline of Training for Integral Anti-Fraud Personnel

Form of EUO Demand Letter

EUO Testimony admitting fraud.

Available as a Kindle book; Available as a Hardcover; Available as a Paperback

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Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, now limits his practice to service as an insurance consultant specializing in insurance coverage, insurance claims handling, insurance bad faith and insurance fraud almost equally for insurers and policyholders. He also serves as an arbitrator or mediator for insurance related disputes. He practiced law in California for more than 44 years as an insurance coverage and claims handling lawyer and more than 54 years in the insurance business. He is available at http://www.zalma.com and [email protected].

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