Description
This guide to conducting thorough investigations of casualty, fire, and marine claims strives to avoid unnecessary callbacks and reinvestigations. Covers liability issues and investigative procedures related to automobile, property, general or public, crime insurance, products, professional, personal injury, workers’ compensation, environmental pollution, homeowners personal, and fire and marine claims. Also includes information on questionable coverage, conflicts of interest between insurers and the insured, verdicts in excess of policy limits, punitive damages, taking signed statements, and evaluations and reports of underwriters. Includes a glossary of applicable insurance and legal terms.
Features
- Addresses timely, important developments in the insurance industry
- Checklists assure no aspects of a claim will be overlooked
- Glossary quickly familiarizes those involved in handling claims with basic claim language
- Lists procedures for thoroughly investigating claims
- Suggestions for in-depth treatment of issues and investigative procedures