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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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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Intentionally Shooting a Woman With A Rifle is Murder
Post 5196
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You Plead Guilty You Must Accept the Sentence
In Commonwealth Of Pennsylvania v. Mark D. Redfield, No. 20 WDA 2025, No. J-S24010-25, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (September 19, 2025) the appellate court reviewed the case of Mark D. Redfield, who pleaded guilty to third-degree murder for killing April Dunkle with malice using a rifle.
Affirmation of Sentence:
The sentencing court’s judgment was affirmed, and jurisdiction was relinquished, concluding no abuse of discretion occurred.
Reasonable Inference on Trigger Pulling:
The sentencing court reasonably inferred from the guilty plea facts that the appellant pulled the trigger causing the victim’s death, an inference supported by the record and consistent with the plea.
Guilty Plea Facts:
The appellant admitted during the plea hearing...
The Judicial Proceedings Privilege
Post 5196
Posted on September 25, 2025 by Barry Zalma
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Judicial Proceeding Privilege Limits Litigation
In David Camp, and Laura Beth Waller v. Professional Employee Services, d/b/a Insurance Branch, and Brendan Cassity, CIVIL No. 24-3568 (RJL), United States District Court, District of Columbia (September 22, 2025) a defamation lawsuit filed by David Camp and Laura Beth Waller against Insurance Branch and Brendon Cassity alleging libel based on statements made in a letter accusing them of mishandling funds and demanding refunds and investigations.
The court examined whether the judicial proceedings privilege applieD to bar the defamation claims.
Case background:
Plaintiffs Camp and Waller, executives of NOSSCR and its Foundation, sued defendants Insurance Branch and Cassity over a letter alleging financial misconduct and demanding refunds and audits. The letter ...
Misrepresentation or Concealment of a Material Fact Supports Rescission
Post 5195
Don’t Lie to Your Insurance Company
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In Imani Page v. Progressive Marathon Insurance Company, No. 370765, Court of Appeals of Michigan (September 22, 2025) because defendant successfully established fraud in the procurement, and requested rescission, the Court of Appeals concluded that the Defendant was entitled to rescind the policy and declare it void ab initio.
FACTS
Plaintiff's Application:
Plaintiff applied for an insurance policy with the defendant, indicating that the primary use of her SUV would be for "Pleasure/Personal" purposes.
Misrepresentation:
Plaintiff misrepresented that she would not use the SUV for food delivery, but records show she was compensated for delivering food.
Accident:
Plaintiff's SUV was involved in an accident on August ...
How a Need for Profit Led Health Care Providers to Crime
Post 5185
Posted on September 8, 2025 by Barry Zalma
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This is a Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers.
The Dishonest Chiropractor/Physician
How a Need for Profit Led Health Care Providers to Crime
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This is a Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers. The story is designed to help to Understand How Insurance Fraud in America is Costing Everyone who Buys Insurance Thousands of Dollars Every year and Why Insurance Fraud is Safer and More Profitable for the Perpetrators than any Other Crime.
How Elderly Doctors Fund their ...
How a Need for Profit Led Health Care Providers to Crime
Post 5185
Posted on September 8, 2025 by Barry Zalma
See the full video at https://lnkd.in/gePN7rjm and at https://lnkd.in/gzPwr-9q
This is a Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers.
The Dishonest Chiropractor/Physician
How a Need for Profit Led Health Care Providers to Crime
See the full video at and at
This is a Fictionalized True Crime Story of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers. The story is designed to help to Understand How Insurance Fraud in America is Costing Everyone who Buys Insurance Thousands of Dollars Every year and Why Insurance Fraud is Safer and More Profitable for the Perpetrators than any Other Crime.
How Elderly Doctors Fund their ...
Barry Zalma: Insurance Claims Expert Witness
Posted on September 3, 2025 by Barry Zalma
The Need for a Claims Handling Expert to Defend or Prove a Tort of Bad Faith Suit
© 2025 Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE
When I finished my three year enlistment in the US Army as a Special Agent of US Army Intelligence in 1967, I sought employment where I could use the investigative skills I learned in the Army. After some searching I was hired as a claims trainee by the Fireman’s Fund American Insurance Company. For five years, while attending law school at night while working full time as an insurance adjuster I became familiar with every aspect of the commercial insurance industry.
On January 2, 1972 I was admitted to the California Bar. I practiced law, specializing in insurance claims, insurance coverage and defense of claims against people insured and defense of insurance companies sued for breach of contract and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing. After 45 years as an active lawyer, I asked that my license to practice law be declared inactive ...
