Insurance books
Barry Zalma
Nov 27, 2023
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Most Insurers Have Rules Prohibiting their Employees to Get Gifts
When I was a young lawyer I tried to give gifts to the claims personnel who referred cases to me and my law firm. I tried to provide them with gifts that they would enjoy only to be told I was violating the company rules. I talked with management and was allowed to make a gift to the claims offices and would send them a book for their library. It was acceptable and accepted by the claims people with good grace and didn’t disappear as would a box of Mrs. Field’s cookies.
If you or your firm works with insurers and you wish to thank your clients consider sending a gift of a book or books for your clients that include:
Everything Needed by the Insurance Claims Professional from Barry Zalma at https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/. The library contains many books on the subject of insurance.
The Books include:
A Compact Book on How Judges Read, Understand, Interpret and Rule on Insurance Policy Issues
The book is available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Compact Book on Ethics
How Ethical Doctrines from the Beginning of the Written Word to the Present Resulted in the Incorporation of the Covenant of Good Faith
The book is available as a https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
“How to Acquire, Understand, and Make a Successful Claim on a Commercial Property Insurance Policy: Information Needed for Individuals and Insurance Pros to Deal With Commercial Property Insurance”
The Book is now available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Tort of Bad Faith
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Equitable Remedy of Rescission of Insurance
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Insurance Fraudsters Deserve No Quarter
Book That Explains How to Defeat or Deter Insurance Fraud
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Examination Under Oath to Resolve Insurance Claims
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Insurance Fraud – Volume I & Volume II Second Edition
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Homeowners Insurance Policy Handbook
How To Buy An Appropriate Homeowners Policy And Successfully Make A Claim To The Insurer
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
It’s Time to Abolish The Tort of Bad Faith
A book examining the creation, history and effect of the Tort of Bad Faith.
Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
California SIU Regulations 2020
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations 2022
Minimum Standards for Adjusting Claims in CaliforniaEvery Claims Person in California Must Read, Understand, or be Trained About the California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations by September 1 of Each Year
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
“Zalma’s Mold & Fungi Handbook”
“Getting the Whole Truth: Interviewing Techniques for the Lawyer”
Learn techniques that can help you interact with others and effectively gather the facts you need.
Zalma on Insurance Claims – Third Edition
Ten Volumes Comprising A Comprehensive Group of Materials on Property & Casualty Insurance Claims
Mold Claims
The Compact Book of Adjusting Property Insurance Claims – Third Edition
A Manual for the First Party Property Insurance Adjuster. https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
The Compact Book on Adjusting Liability Claims, Third Edition
A Handbook for the Liability Claims Adjuster
available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/.
The Little Book on Ethics for the American Lawyer
The practice of law demands more than knowledge of statutory and case law. Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Random Thoughts on Insurance
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Fictionalized True Insurance Crime Books
Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone
available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Candy and Abel: Murder for Insurance Money
How a young lawyer and wise old investigator defeated an Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Murder And Insurance Fraud Don’t Mix
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Murder & Old Lace: Solving Murders Performed for Insurance Money
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Arson for Terrorism and Profit
How an Insurance Investigator and Insurance Lawyer Defeated a Plot to use a Fire to Fund Terrorism
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
M.O.M. & The Taipei Fraud
How an Experienced Adjuster Defeated a $7 Million Fake Burglary Claim
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
Arson-For-Profit Fire at the Cowboy Bar & Grill
Available as a paperback. Available as a Kindle book.
The Defeat of a Fake $10 Million Jewelry Robbery Insurance Claim
Available https://zalma.com/blog/insurance-claims-library/
New Books from Full Court Press
The Insurance Law Deskbook.
Paperback, only $95.00 available at https://www.fastcase.com/store/fcp/insurance-law-deskbook-2/
California Insurance Law Deskbook
Available at https://www.fastcase.com/.../california-insurance-law.../ a paperback for only $95.00.
Zalma on Property and Casualty Insurance Insurance Law Deskbook
Learn the insurance basics that are essential to every civil practitioner. Available at Fastcase.com bookstore.
California Insurance Law Deskbook
Fastcase.com bookstore.
Insurance Bad Faith and Punitive Damages Deskbook
All available at fastcase.com bookstore.
From Thomson Reuters
Property Investigation Checklists Uncovering Insurance Fraud, 13th Edition Available at https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/.../p/106702361 and as a THOMSON REUTERS PROVIEW eBOOK EDITION https://store.legal.thomsonreuters.com/.../p/106702363
From the American Bar Association
The Insurance Fraud Deskbook
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
Available at http://shop.americanbar.org/eBus/Default.aspx?TabID=251...; or [email protected], or 800-285-2221.
Diminution in Value Damages
How to Determine the Proper Measure of Damage to Real and Personal Property
The Commercial Property Insurance Policy Deskbook
How to Acquire a Commercial Property Policy and Present and Collect a First-Party Property Insurance Claim
If you buy a book I will add all of your clients to my substack non-subscriber list and as free subscribers to Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter.
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Arsonist Tried To Represent Himself, Failed, and Sought Habeas Relief
Post number 5357
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Karacson’s Arson for Profit Attempt Required Skill & Experience to Succeed
In Steve Ellis Karacson v. David Shaver, Warden, No. 25-1089, United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit (May 20, 2026) Steve Karacson was convicted in Michigan state court of arson and insurance fraud after evidence showed he burned his own insured home. Investigators found multiple points of origin, gasoline odor, and evidence tying him to the scene, including cell-phone location data and a receipt showing he had purchased a gas can and gloves shortly before the fire.
FACTS
Karacson initially had appointed counsel, but his relationships with both appointed attorneys ...
Foolish to Repeatedly Disobey Court Orders
All That Remains For Trial Is Plaintiff’s Damages On Each Of These Claims And Establishing Proximate Causation Of Those Damages.
Post number 5348
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In Linh Wang v. Esurance Insurance Company, No. C24-0447-JCC, United States District Court, W.D. Washington, Seattle (May 1, 2026) John C. Coughenour, United States District Judge, found that throughout this case, culminating with its briefing on Plaintiff’s renewed motion and that Defendant has subjected Plaintiff to unnecessary motion practice for clearly discoverable information and made dubious representations (including to the Court).
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
This case involves an underinsured/uninsured motorist insurance bad faith claim arising from a 2017 motor vehicle collision. The plaintiff, Linh Wang, alleges that Esurance Insurance ...
The Right to Negotiate with Insurer is Not an Assignment of Claims
Post number 5347
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Nebraska Requires an Actual Assignment to Allow Contractor to Sue Insurer
In Millard Gutter Company, a corporation doing business as Millard Roofing and Gutter v. Farmers Mutual Insurance Company of Nebraska, also known as Farmers Mutual Insurance, also known as Farmers Mutual, No. A-24-818, Court of Appeals of Nebraska (May 5, 2026) Millard sued Farmers as an assignee of Jane Anzalone who had hired Millard Gutter to repair the roof of her home and agreed to allow Millard Gutter to coordinate with her insurer, Farmers Mutual, concerning reimbursement for repairs authorized under her insurance policy.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
In ...
It is a Crime to Lie to Your Insurer That Accident Happened After Policy Inception
Post number 5386
Posted on July 3, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Conviction for Fraud Affirmed Because Evidence Overwhelming
In State Of Washington v. Saleem Mumin Robinson, No. 87244-3-I, Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 1 (June 29, 2026) Saleem Robinson was involved in an automobile collision on May 18, 2021. The other driver, Mohamed Waggeh, photographed Robinson’s documents and later reported the collision to GEICO, identifying the time as approximately 12:40 p.m.
That same day, at 6:06 p.m., more than five hours after the accident, Robinson purchased Progressive insurance for the vehicle involved in the collision.
The next morning, Robinson called Progressive to report the claim and stated that the accident occurred around 6:15 p.m. Progressive recorded that call without advising Robinson that it was being recorded. Progressive later conducted a special investigative unit investigation the claim because it was submitted shortly ...
Deprive Insurer of the Ability to Properly and Timely Investigate Claim & Recover Nothing
Posted on July 2, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Post number 5385
No Contract Claim No Bad Faith Claim
In South Alexander Development I, LLC v.Markel American Insurance Co., Civil Action No. 23-1436-JWD-SDJ, United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana (June 24, 2026) South Alexander Development I, LLC (SADI) owned and operated a solar farm in Springfield, Louisiana that allegedly sustained significant Hurricane Ida damage.
After SADI submitted a claim, MAIC ultimately paid $1,099,614.02 for undisputed physical damage plus the $210,000 income-loss policy limit. SADI later sued for breach of contract and statutory bad faith, contending MAIC failed to fully investigate and adjust the claim; MAIC sought summary judgment, arguing SADI failed to cooperate and withheld material repair-cost information.
LAW:
Louisiana insurance policies are interpreted as contracts according to their plain meaning, and the insured bears the burden ...
Deprive Insurer of the Ability to Properly and Timely Investigate Claim & Recover Nothing
Posted on July 2, 2026 by Barry Zalma
Post number 5385
No Contract Claim No Bad Faith Claim
In South Alexander Development I, LLC v.Markel American Insurance Co., Civil Action No. 23-1436-JWD-SDJ, United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana (June 24, 2026) South Alexander Development I, LLC (SADI) owned and operated a solar farm in Springfield, Louisiana that allegedly sustained significant Hurricane Ida damage.
After SADI submitted a claim, MAIC ultimately paid $1,099,614.02 for undisputed physical damage plus the $210,000 income-loss policy limit. SADI later sued for breach of contract and statutory bad faith, contending MAIC failed to fully investigate and adjust the claim; MAIC sought summary judgment, arguing SADI failed to cooperate and withheld material repair-cost information.
LAW:
Louisiana insurance policies are interpreted as contracts according to their plain meaning, and the insured bears the burden ...
