James Publishing: Insurance Settlement Handbook

Insurance Settlement Handbook

Book Description

Insurance Settlement Handbook opens long-locked doors to insurance claims departments, giving you an insider’s look at the settlement process. Discover in days most plaintiff’s attorneys takes years to learn. Veteran claims personnel reveal how to:

Demonstrate to the adjuster that you know what you are doing
Determine when and what to say for maximum impact
How to help the adjuster sell your client’s damages to his superiors
Draft effective demand letters
Evaluating soft tissue injuries
Prove pain and suffering
Break cases free from common logjams
Get realistic offers from adjuster
Counter common insurance settlement tactics
Value cases using traditional insurance company techniques
Obtaining top dollar
And much more

A comprehensive insider's guide to the insurance settlement process, Insurance Settlement Handbook gathers the experience of more than 25 veteran claims managers, attorneys, medical experts, adjusters and others, and turns it to your advantage. Learn how to settle more efficiently and for top dollar. The latest edition now includes a helpful forms disk containing 90 digitized forms.

New sections included in the latest update include:

Disputed coverage issues in the negotiations process (§140.2)
How insurance adjusters handle catastrophic injuries (§170 et seq.)
How claims adjusters use surveillance (§321 et seq.)
Dealing with reservation of rights letters (§332 et seq.)
Defining duties of defense counsel to insurer and insured (§402.6)
Finding court forms on the Internet (§1226A)
Dealing with lost policies and related problems (§1301.1)
Defining duties between independent counsel and insurer-selected counsel (§1390 et seq.)
Claims of comparative or reverse bad faith by insurers and insurance counsel (§2215)

Updated annually. ISBN 0-938065-53-X Book price: $129.00

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"Your insurance books How Insurance Companies Settle Cases and Insurance Settlement Handbook really provide the practical tools needed to put it to insurance companies and negotiate reasonable settlements."

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