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• Author: David Frangiamore
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HOW INSURANCE

COMPANIES SETTLE CASES

BY DAVID FRANGIAMORE, J.D.

HIGHLIGHTS

Get a better understanding of how insurers work and how to obtain better settlements for your clients. Learn how to get

across the true value of your case, side step delays, and get your case settled. This edition of How Insurance Companies

Settle Cases brings you new Chapter 19, Impact of COVID-19 on Insurance Claim Handling Issues covering:

• COVID-19-related claims and specif‌ic businesses—

• Cruise ship lines and airlines.

• Hotels, restaurants, bars and nightclubs.

• Nursing homes.

• Prisons.

• Commercial and residential landlords and tenants.

• HVAC manufacturers, installers, and suppliers.

• Claims handling and coverage issues by type of policy—

• Commercial general liability policies.

• Directors and off‌icers coverage.

• Errors and omissions coverage.

• Event cancellation policies.

• Cyber liability insurance.

• First-party property damage.

• Business interruption coverage.

• Military and civil authority coverage.

• Employment practices liability insurance.

OTHER NEW TOPICS INCLUDE:

• Physical loss or damage in 1st party property claims.

• Structured payments as a settlement tool.

• Insurer’s improper use of a shadow adjuster.

• Insurer’s withdrawal from the defense without justif‌ication.

AND MORE!

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HOW INSURANCE

COMPANIES SETTLE CASES

DAVID FRANGIAMORE, J.D.

Managing Editor

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