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Overview
Surefire Strategies for Maximizing Claim Value and Dealing With Difficult Adjusters
Insurers have a lot of tricks up their sleeves when it comes to minimizing injury claims. Can you successfully neutralize these tactics? Are you getting all you can out of injury settlements? Our veteran faculty will share their insights and time-tested techniques for maximizing the value of each case. Don't miss this opportunity - register today!
- Get a behind-the-scenes look at claim evaluation and settlement procedures.
- Discover how to get information that insurance companies won't easily disclose to you.
- Obtain practical tips for polishing your demands and maximizing settlement potential.
- Examine different types of adjusters, their negotiating tactics and ways to counter them.
- Gain techniques for dealing with difficult adjusters and successfully spot signs of bad faith.
- Learn how to turn pre-existing conditions and other case disadvantages into advantages.
- Find out what your negotiating weaknesses may be and how you can eliminate them.
Abbreviated Agenda
- Claim Evaluation Secrets Adjusters Don't Want You to Know....
- The Tricks to Finding Policy Limits and Getting Reserves Set as High as Possible
- Insider Tips for Maximizing the Impact of Your Demands
- Tactics Adjusters Use to Reduce Claim Value - and How to Counter Them
- Techniques for Negotiating with Different Insurers and Adjusters
- Top Mistakes Plaintiffs' Attorneys Don't Realize They're Making
- Legal Ethics Issues and Best Practices
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Credit Details
Credits Available
| Credit | Status | Total |
|---|---|---|
| Alaska CLE |
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6 Total |
| Alabama CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arkansas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Arizona CLE |
|
6 Total |
| California CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Colorado CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Connecticut CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Delaware CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Florida CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Georgia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Hawaii CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Iowa CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Idaho CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Illinois CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Indiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Kansas CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Kentucky CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Louisiana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Maine CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Minnesota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Missouri CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Northern Mariana Islands CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Mississippi CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Montana CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| North Dakota CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nebraska CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Hampshire CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New Jersey CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| New Mexico CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Nevada CLE |
|
6 Total |
| New York CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Ohio CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Oklahoma CLE |
|
7 Total |
| Oregon CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Pennsylvania CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Rhode Island CLE |
|
7 Total |
| South Carolina CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Tennessee CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Texas CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Utah CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Virginia CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Vermont CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Washington CLE |
|
6 Total |
| Wisconsin CLE |
|
7 Total |
| West Virginia CLE |
|
7.2 Total |
| Wyoming CLE |
|
6 Total |
Select Jurisdiction
CLE
Agenda
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Claim Evaluation Secrets Adjusters Don't Want You to Know....
- Accident Investigations - The Adjuster's Playbook
- What Insurers Don't Want You to Know About Claim Valuation and Settlement Procedures
- Colossus/Personal Injury Valuation Software
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The Tricks to Finding Policy Limits and Getting Reserves Set as High as Possible
- How to Uncover Policy Limits
- Techniques for Increasing the Reserve
- Tactically Disclosing Information
- Providing Records Releases to Adjusters - Best Practices
- Determining the Adjuster's Settlement Authority (and Going Beyond)
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Insider Tips for Maximizing the Impact of Your Demands
- Effectively Calculating Your Demand Value
- Drafting a Winning Demand Letter
- Buzzwords and "Magic Language" to Trigger Coverage
- Documentation Best Practices and Tips
- Timing Strategy
- Practical Pointers for Maximizing Settlement Potential
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Tactics Adjusters Use to Reduce Claim Value - and How to Counter Them
- Neutralizing Common Adjuster Tactics
- Strategically Addressing Weak Points in Your Case
- Overcoming Pre-Existing or Subsequent Injuries
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Techniques for Negotiating with Different Insurers and Adjusters
- Propensities of Different Insurers
- Negotiating Styles of Adjusters
- Understanding Your Adjuster and Establishing a Working Relationship
- Techniques for Negotiating with Different Types of Adjusters
- Dealing with Difficult Adjusters
- Adjusters Who Engage in Hard Bargaining Tactics
- Adjusters Who Drag Their Feet or Refuse to Respond
- Adjusters Who Discount Bills, Estimates, or Evidence
- Spotting Signs of Insurer Misconduct/Bad Faith
- Strategies for Getting Past Deadlock
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Top Mistakes Plaintiffs' Attorneys Don't Realize They're Making
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Legal Ethics Issues and Best Practices
- Truthfulness: Posturing vs. Puffery vs. Misrepresentation in Negotiations
- Ethical and Professional Responsibilities to Third Parties
- Attorney Fees
- Client Trust Accounts - Safekeeping Property
- Client Communications and Managing Expectations
Who Should Attend
This program is designed for attorneys.
Speakers
Speaker bio
David A. Lowe
is a partner with the law firm of Keegan, Juban, Lowe & Robichaux, LLC, where he focuses his practice in civil litigation, insurance bad faith, contracts, corporate matters, employment law, personal injury, and successions. He is admitted to practice before all state and federal courts in the state of Louisiana, and has been admitted to practice pro hac vice before multiple federal courts in other jurisdictions. Mr. Lowe has argued multiple cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Court as well as before the Louisiana Supreme Court. He is a member of the Baton Rouge, Louisiana State, Federal and American bar associations. Mr. Lowe earned his B.A. degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana and his J.D. degree from Louisiana State University.
Speaker bio
J. Wesley Hisaw
is a shareholder with Holland & Hisaw, where his practice areas include domestic law, personal injury, product liability, corporate law, civil rights lawsuits, estate law, and employment law. He was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 litigation lawyers for the state of Mississippi by the American Society of Legal Advocates and the National Trial Lawyer's Association. Mr. Hisaw was also named a Top Ten Attorney for the state of Mississippi in the area of personal injury by the National Association of Personal Injury Attorneys, and listed as a Premier 100 Attorney by the American Academy of Trial Attorneys. He is licensed to practice in Mississippi and Tennessee, and before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth and Sixth circuits, Northern and Southern districts of Mississippi and the Western District of Tennessee. Mr. Hisaw is also listed as a Rising Star with Super Lawyers. He earned his undergraduate degree and his J.D. degree from the University of Mississippi.
Speaker bio
John M. Cinti
is an attorney with the law firm of Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris & Willis LLC, where he has focused his practice on civil litigation, concentrating on personal injury with an emphasis on matters involving catastrophic injury and wrongful death. Additionally, Mr. Cinti has regularly brought his talents to the aid of clients in disputes involving breach of contract and a variety of commercial torts. He also has significant experience in assisting clients in various aspects of insurance coverage, including bad faith claims, declaratory judgment and insurance agent/broker malpractice. Mr. Cinti was designated a Certified Civil Trial Attorney by the New Jersey Supreme Court in 2004. He is a member of the New Jersey State, New York State and Pennsylvania bar associations. Mr. Cinti earned his B.S. degree from the University of Scranton and his J.D. degree from Rutgers University School of Law-Newark.
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