Books Available From Barry Zalma

Information for the Insurance Claims Professional from the Insurance Claims Library

Barry Zalma

Jun 28, 2024

Everything Needed by the Insurance Claims Professional from Barry Zalma

Over the last 56 years Barry Zalma has dedicated his life to insurance, insurance claims and the need to defeat insurance fraud. He has created the following library of books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals.

The Compact Book of Adjusting Property Claims – Fourth Edition

A Primer for the First Party Property Adjuster

The insurance adjuster is seldom, if ever, mentioned in a policy of insurance. The strict wording of the first party property policy sets the obligation to investigate and prove a claim on the insured.

Standard first party property insurance policies, based upon the more than a century old New York Standard Fire Insurance policy, contain conditions that require the insured to, within sixty days of the loss, submit a sworn proof of loss to prove to the insurer the facts and amount of loss.

Available as a hardcover here. Available as a Kindle Book here. Available as a paperback here

The Defeat of a Fake $10 Million Jewelry Robbery Insurance Claim

Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, a Certified Fraud Examiner and a retired insurance coverage lawyer and active insurance claims, insurance coverage and insurance fraud expert has just published a fictionalized novella about how a thorough investigation defeated an attempted $10 million insurance fraud when a jeweler attempted to defraud the Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London by creating a false $10 million inventory with the assistance of a less than honorable accountant and public adjuster.

Available as a Kindle Book here. Available as a paperback here.

A Compact Book on How Judges Read, Understand, Interpret and Rule on Insurance Policy Issues

Every Person Who is Insured Needs to Understand How Judges interpret Insurance Policies.

The book provides those who are insured, insurance claims people, insurance claims executives, underwriters, insurance agents, insurance brokers, insurance coverage lawyers and policyholders lawyers an ability to understand how they should emulate the courts when interpreting an insurance policy to avoid taking untenable positions with regard to claims.

Understanding the Terms and Conditions of an Insurance Policy

The challenge faced by every person insured when making a claim is to determine what was insured and what was not insured. Similarly, every insurance claim professional when faced with the need to resolve a claim presented by an insured is required to determine if the insurance policy, by its wording, provides coverage to indemnify the insured or does not. To do so the insured and the insurance claim professional must read, understand, and interpret the policy and apply the wording of the policy to the facts determined by the claims investigation.

The book is available at Amazon.com as a hardcover here; a paperback here; and as a Kindle Book here.

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

Every Person Involved in the Business of Insurance Must Act Ethically in the Business of Insurance

The book is available as a Kindle book, a Paperback or a Hardcover

“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”

Available as a Kindle book here, paperback here and as a hardcover here

Commericial Property Insurance is a necessity for any person or entity owning a piece of commercial property whether it is small or large, whether it is an office building or a warehouse or a factory.

The Tort of Bad Faith

What Every Insurance Professional, Every Insurance Coverage Lawyer, Every Plaintiffs Bad Faith Lawyer, and Every Insurance Claims Person Must know About the Tort of Bad Faith

A Book Needed by Every Insurance Claims Professional

Available as a Hardcover Available as a paperback Available as a Kindle Book

It’s Time to Abolish The Tort of Bad Faith

The concept of unintended consequences is one of the building blocks of economics. Adam Smith’s “invisible hand,” the most famous metaphor in social science, is an example of a positive unintended consequence. Available from Amazon.com.

Also consider the following books:

The Equitable Remedy of Rescission of Insurance
Insurance Fraudsters Deserve No Quarter
The Examination Under Oath to Resolve Insurance Claims
Insurance Fraud – Volume I & Volume II Second Edition
California SIU Regulations 2020
“Construction Defects and Insurance Second Edition” in Eight Volumes
The Homeowners Insurance Policy Handbook
The Homeowners Insurance Policy Handbook
California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations 2022
Zalma on Insurance Claims – Third Edition in Ten Volumes
“Zalma’s Mold & Fungi Handbook”
Mold Claims in two volumes
The Compact Book on Adjusting Liability Claims, Third Edition
The Little Book on Ethics for the American Lawyer
Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone

New Books from Full Court Press All available at fastcase.com bookstore.

The Insurance Law Deskbook
California Insurance Law Deskbook
Zalma on Property and Casualty Insurance
Insurance Law Deskbook
California Insurance Law Deskbook
Insurance Bad Faith and Punitive Damages Deskbook

Books from the American Bar Association

Property Investigation Checklists: Uncovering Insurance Fraud, 14th

The book 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.

Fictionalized True Insurance Crime Books

Insurance Fraud Costs Everyone

Fictionalized True Crime Stories of Insurance Fraud from an Expert who explains why Insurance Fraud is a “Heads I Win, Tails You Lose” situation for Insurers. The stories 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.