Barry Zalma
Oct 11, 2023
California Conference of Arson Investigators Training Seminar
Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
October 11, 2023
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CCAI Training Seminar
AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP TODAY FOR THE OCTOBER 16 – 19, 2023 — CCAI Fire Investigation Training Seminar
The Embassy Suites Hotel is full, so we made arrangements… Click here to make your hotel reservations at the TownePlace Suites – $152.00 per night; Or call them directly at 805 783-2707;
Amazing Instructors – Amazing Topics
Learn: “How Insurers and Arson Investigators Have Taken the Profit from Arson-for-Profit”
from Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Interview and Interrogation by Mike Bryant
Learn All About Lithium Ion Battery Fires from Mike Eskra
For The New or Seasoned Investigator, Start Your Career With the Right Foundation by Attending Jeff Campbell’s Class on the Fundamentals of Fire Investigations
Don’t Miss Out on the Burn to Learn Day
Live Demonstrations All Day Long
LIVE BURNS
Register today by calling 909 865-5004
Or click here to register online
$495.00 member
$605.00 non-member
The Fire Investigation Training Seminar includes the following courses:
Interviewing and Interrogation,
Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Fire Dynamics/Pattern Generation,
Scene Process and Determining Origin
Field Exercise/Live Burns
Live Burn Battery Fires
Burn Pattern Recognition
How Insurers and Arson Investigators Have Taken the Profit from Arson-for-Profit
Fundamentals of Fire Investigation
Panel Discussion with Barry Zalma, Jeff CampbellCCAI Training Seminar
AS ONE OF THE SPEAKERS I ENCOURAGE YOU TO SIGN UP TODAY FOR THE OCTOBER 16 – 19, 2023 — CCAI Fire Investigation Training Seminar
The Embassy Suites Hotel is full, so we made arrangements… Click here to make your hotel reservations at the TownePlace Suites – $152.00 per night; Or call them directly at 805 783-2707;
Amazing Instructors – Amazing Topics
Learn: “How Insurers and Arson Investigators Have Taken the Profit from Arson-for-Profit”
from barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
Interview and Interrogation by Mike Bryant
Learn All About Lithium Ion Battery Fires from Mike Eskra
For The New or Seasoned Investigator, Start Your Career With the Right Foundation by Attending Jeff Campbell’s Class on the Fundamentals of Fire Investigations
Don’t Miss Out on the Burn to Learn Day
Live Demonstrations All Day Long
LIVE BURNS
Register today by calling 909 865-5004
Or click here to register online
$495.00 member
$605.00 non-member
The Fire Investigation Training Seminar includes the following courses:
Interviewing and Interrogation,
Lithium-Ion Battery Fires
Fire Dynamics/Pattern Generation,
Scene Process and Determining Origin
Field Exercise/Live Burns
Live Burn Battery Fires
Burn Pattern Recognition
How Insurers and Arson Investigators Have Taken the Profit from Arson-for-Profit
Fundamentals of Fire Investigation
Panel Discussion with Barry Zalma, Jeff Campbell
Excellence in Claims Handling is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
Hertz Succesfully Refuses to Pay Alleged Fraudulent Health Care Providers
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Read the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/man-bites-dog-story-hertz-sues-alleged-fraudsters-zalma-esq-cfe-efbgc, see the video at and at and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 5200 posts.
Proactive Victim of Fraud Defeats Health Care Providers
In Hertz Vehicles, LLC v. Alignment Chiropractic, P.C., et al, Index No. 157368/2024, 2025 NY Slip Op 33627(U), Motion Seq. No. 001, NYSCEF Doc. No. 46, Supreme Court, New York County (September 30, 2025) Plaintiff alleged it is not obligated to pay no-fault benefits for the medical treatment of defendants for injuries while occupants of a 2023 Hyundai, owned and self-insured by Hertz.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff moved for a default judgment against defendants Alignment Chiropractic, P.C., and many other alleged health care providers.
Plaintiff also ...
Hertz Succesfully Refuses to Pay Alleged Fraudulent Health Care Providers
Post 5222
Read the full article at https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/man-bites-dog-story-hertz-sues-alleged-fraudsters-zalma-esq-cfe-efbgc, see the video at and at and at https://zalma.com/blog plus more than 5200 posts.
Proactive Victim of Fraud Defeats Health Care Providers
In Hertz Vehicles, LLC v. Alignment Chiropractic, P.C., et al, Index No. 157368/2024, 2025 NY Slip Op 33627(U), Motion Seq. No. 001, NYSCEF Doc. No. 46, Supreme Court, New York County (September 30, 2025) Plaintiff alleged it is not obligated to pay no-fault benefits for the medical treatment of defendants for injuries while occupants of a 2023 Hyundai, owned and self-insured by Hertz.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Plaintiff moved for a default judgment against defendants Alignment Chiropractic, P.C., and many other alleged health care providers.
Plaintiff also moved...
Who’s on First? State or Federal Court
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Read the full article at https://lnkd.in/gWj97cFs, see the video at https://lnkd.in/gtS6CpUX and at https://lnkd.in/gQEAeyHc,
Conflict Between State & Federal Court Requires Abstention
See the video at https://lnkd.in/gtS6CpUX and at https://lnkd.in/gQEAeyHc,
Conflict Between State & Federal Court Requires Abstention
Hector David Campoverde was injured at a Brooklyn construction site in 2015. Campoverde was an employee of Vazquez Bro Restoration Inc., a subcontractor for C.C.C. Renovation Inc., which was itself a subcontractor for general contractor L&M Builders Group LLC. In Starr Indemnity & Liability Company v. Scottsdale Insurance Company, No. 24-CV-3309 (PKC) (TAM), United States District Court, E.D. New York (September 30, 2025) was asked to determine whether one or more of the involved insurers is obligated to indemnify Campoverde, and in what order Camporverde can receive indemnity, from one or more insurer.
Underlying Incident:
Campoverde sued the ...
The Professional Claims Handler
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Posted on October 31, 2025 by Barry Zalma
An Insurance claims professionals should be a person who:
Can read and understand the insurance policies issued by the insurer.
Understands the promises made by the policy.
Understand their obligation, as an insurer’s claims staff, to fulfill the promises made.
Are competent investigators.
Have empathy and recognize the difference between empathy and sympathy.
Understand medicine relating to traumatic injuries and are sufficiently versed in tort law to deal with lawyers as equals.
Understand how to repair damage to real and personal property and the value of the repairs or the property.
Understand how to negotiate a fair and reasonable settlement with the insured that is fair and reasonable to both the insured and the insurer.
How to Create Claims Professionals
To avoid fraudulent claims, claims of breach of contract, bad faith, punitive damages, unresolved losses, and to make a profit, insurers ...
The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert
The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail
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This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.
My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster
When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.
I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...
The History Behind the Creation of a Claims Handling Expert
The Insurance Industry Needs to Implement Excellence in Claims Handling or Fail
Post 5210
This is a change from my normal blog postings. It is my attempt. in more than one post, to explain the need for professional claims representatives who comply with the basic custom and practice of the insurance industry. This statement of my philosophy on claims handling starts with my history as a claims adjuster, insurance defense and coverage lawyer and insurance claims handling expert.
My Training to be an Insurance Claims Adjuster
When I was discharged from the US Army in 1967 I was hired as an insurance adjuster trainee by a professional and well respected insurance company. The insurer took a chance on me because I had been an Army Intelligence Investigator for my three years in the military and could use that training and experience to be a basis to become a professional insurance adjuster.
I was initially sat at a desk reading a text-book on insurance ...
