Barry Zalma, Inc. is a sole practice law firm designed to take advantage of Barry Zalma's more than 40 years experience in insurance claims, insurance coverage and insurance fraud. He is available to provide legal advice and consultation only to insurers and those who are in the business of insurance to facilitate resolution of insurance disputes.
Barry Zalma is an insurance coverage attorney who represents insurers and those in the business of insurance. Mr. Zalma is licensed to practice law in the state of California and admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. His emphasis is on property and casualty insurance, insurance coverages issues, claims handling, and the investigation of insurance fraud. Unlike major law firms with hundreds of lawyers Barry Zalma, Inc. is dedicated to be:
Immediately responsive and flexible.
Efficient.
Deal with clients as if they are the only client.
Immediately accessible.
Provide lower costs for a like kind and quality of work.
Independence.
Eliminate hidden billing pressures.
Able to provide the client with a more informal working relationship.
Curriculum Vitae
CV -- Barry Zalma & Barry Zalma, Inc.
Sources of Information
Zalma's
Insurance Fraud Letter --- Published May 1, 2008Special Issue: Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter -- Published March 15, 2008
Zalma On Insurance -- An Occasional Newsletter -- Updated January 31, 2008
Counsel for All Insurance Issues
Benefits of Using A Sole Practitioner
The New 2007 Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations
A Speaker for Every Insurance Topic
Articles by Barry Zalma can be found at Jurispro.com
Additional Articles by Barry Zalma at IRMI.COM
Barry
Zalma -- A Speaker for Every Insurance Event
Constructive
Defects: Litigation & Claims by
Barry Zalma
Mold: A Comprehensive Claims Guide by Barry Zalma
Insurance,
Cases and Materials on Coverage, Claims, and Litigation,
by Barry Zalma
Every civil lawyer should understand that a major part of their law firm’s income comes, directly or indirectly, from insurance. Since insurance is so important to the funding of the success of a civil law practice, it is imperative that every lawyer have a basic understanding of the law of insurance. Similarly, prosecutors or criminal defense lawyers dealing with the crime of insurance fraud must understand the law of insurance to properly represent the state or the defendant. The lawyer who is ignorant of the law of insurance cannot adequately serve his or her clients.
The purpose of this book is to provide the law student, the practicing lawyer, the insurance lawyer, or professional claims personnel with the full text of insurance-related decisions of the United States Supreme Court, US District Courts of Appeal, State appellate courts and foreign courts that have molded the law that governs insurance transactions in the United States. Those who are new to the subject of insurance will find this book a resource and starting point for research. It can also be used as a basic training course for those who are just beginning in the practice of law, the claims business, or in representing insurers, representing those who are insured, or litigating against insurers.
868 pp, ISBN-10: 1-59460-312-X, casebound, $110.00
The
state of California compels all who are
involved in the claims process — even if only tangentially — to be trained
with regard to, and comply with, the Fair Claims Practices Regulations
(Regulations) and the Integral Anti-Fraud Personnel Regulations (SIU
Regulations). It is, therefore, necessary that those insurance people who are
engaged in any way in the presentation, processing or negotiation of insurance
claims in the state of California be familiar with Regulations imposed by the
state of California on all insurers doing business in California.
This book, and its appendices, will enable the insurers to effect compliance with the Regulations when training or assisting the claims personnel in their obligations to read and understand the Regulations. The Appendices include an outline for an insurance company staff member, trainer, or lawyer to use in providing a training class to all of the insurers integral anti-fraud personnel. Zalma provides insurers, and their staffs, the information needed to comply with the SIU Regulations and to offer the required training. 282 pp, ISBN-10: 1-59460-315-4, ISBN-13: 978-1-59460-315-0, LCCN 2007921263, paper, $50.00 http://www.cap-press.com/books/1689
Heads
I Win, Tails You Lose written by lawyer and Certified Fraud Examiner
Barry Zalma has been at the forefront of the fight against insurance fraud for
more than 40 years has collected a series of true stories about the crime. He
has published the book as an e-book on http://www.Lulu.com
the online marketplace for digital content.
"This book is an updated collection of
columns I originally wrote and published in the magazines Insurance Journal,
Insurance Week, and The John Cooke Insurance Fraud Report insurance
trade publications serving the insurance community in the United States."
Mr. Zalma explained that "The title, Heads I Win, Tails You Lose is
meant to describe insurance fraud as it works in the Unites States. It means
that whenever a person succeeds in perpetrating an insurance fraud everyone who
buys insurance is the loser
even if the perpetrator is caught and
prosecuted."
Heads I Win, Tails You Lose is available for only $12.50 at http://www.lulu.com. Just type in search engine on the site the words "Heads I Win".
A sample to be used as a guide by California Insurance Claims Professionals)
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investigation of suspected fraudulent insurance claims.Zalma is always available to his clients at the convenience of the client.
Super Lawyer
Barry Zalma was named a "Super Lawyer" by Los Angeles Magazine in its February 2005, 2006 and 2007 and at http://www.superlawyers.com.
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