Zalma's Insurance Fraud Letter - October 1, 2023

Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter – October 1, 2023
Posted on September 29, 2023 by Barry Zalma
ZIFL – Volume 27, Issue 19, October 1, 2023

This, the nineteenth issue of the 27th year of publication Zalma’s Insurance Fraud Letter provides multiple articles on how to deal with insurance fraud in the United States.

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October 1, 2023 Another Anniversary

Forty-four years ago, today I left the world of the employed and became an entrepreneur by opening my own law firm. The law practice was incorporated shortly thereafter as Barry Zalma, Inc. When I opened for business on October 1, 1979, I had no clients and no certainty that I would have any in the future. I borrowed money from the bank to carry me through the first six months, rented a small office with my wife’s grandmother’s dining room table as my first desk and my secretary brought her own typewriter. I was concerned about my ability to pay the loan with my third child about to be born.

Much to my surprise, and pleasure, on October 1, 1979, at 8:10 a.m., the best claims handler in the London market, Alan Warboys, called from London and provided me with my first case as an independent lawyer to represent Certain Underwriters at Lloyd’s, London. He, and the Lloyd’s Underwriters he represented, showed faith in me as a lawyer and insurance expert. Alan is now retired but will forever be, my law firm’s first client and a good friend.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
More McClenny Moseley & Associates Issues

This is ZIFL’s Fifteenth installment of the saga of McClenny, Moseley & Associates and its problems with the federal courts in the State of Louisiana and what appears to be an effort to profit from what some Magistrate and District judges indicate may be criminal conduct to profit from insurance claims relating to hurricane damage to the public of the state of Louisiana.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
Good News From the

When committing fraud, it is usually good practice not to do it right in front of a camera. However, this Colorado hail contractor just couldn’t help himself. The sales manager for a Colorado construction company says he may have been “too aggressive” after a surveillance camera caught him appearing to fabricate hail damage during a recent damage inspection of a home in Parker. Witnesses say David Kuntz was trying to drum up business in the Newlin Meadows neighborhood of Parker, offering to inspect homes for hail damage. He said he was unaware of a surveillance camera that was rolling as he inspected one home.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
California Conference of Arson Investigators Training Seminar OCTOBER 16 – 19, 2023

How Insurers and Arson Investigators Have Taken the Profit from Arson-for-Profit by Barry Zalma on October 19, 2023 = https://netforumpro.com/eweb/Shopping/Shopping.aspx?Site=CCAI&WebCode=Shopping&msm=3263b039-c041-4cdb-84e3-5baf00e8cf8b&cst=fc9ef053-3ef4-41d3-b71a-d6a58cce08eb&ent=e8c4c8e2-68c3-479a-a942-95c2beeae6e1

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
Health Insurance Fraud Convictions
Caretaker Sentenced in Case of First-Degree Assault and Vulnerable Adult Abuse

Obiageriaku Iheanacho, 36, of Baltimore, pleaded guilty and was sentenced according to Maryland Attorney General Anthony G. Brown on September 19, 2023, announced the plea and sentencing for the death of 75-year-old Ellsworth Johnson-Bey. Iheanacho pleaded guilty to first degree assault and abuse of a vulnerable adult in the first degree for her role in the assault and subsequent death of Mr. Johnson-Bey.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
Other Insurance Fraud Convictions
Boston Employment Agency Owner Sentenced for Tax and Workers’ Compensation Fraud

Dam Ngoc Luong, 70, a Dorchester woman was sentenced in federal court in Boston for tax and workers’ compensation fraud offenses in connection with her operation of a temporary employment agency, according to officials.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
Fraud Can Defeat Life Insurance Non-Contestability Law in New Jersey

In Nickie Vlado v. CMFG Life Insurance Company, No. 23-CV-3234 (JGLC), United States District Court, S.D. New York (August 29, 2023) the much heralded non-contestability clause in life insurance policies that prohibit an insurer from rescinding a policy because of fraud in the application for insurance is not limited by state law.

Read the full article and the full 22 pages of ZIFL at https://zalma.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/ZIFL-10-01-2023.pdf
Barry Zalma

Barry Zalma, Esq., CFE, now limits his practice to service as an insurance consultant specializing in insurance coverage, insurance claims handling, insurance bad faith and insurance fraud almost equally for insurers and policyholders. He also serves as an arbitrator or mediator for insurance related disputes. He practiced law in California for more than 44 years as an insurance coverage and claims handling lawyer and more than 54 years in the insurance business. He is available at http://www.zalma.com and zalma@zalma.com

Over the last 55 years Barry Zalma has dedicated his life to insurance, insurance claims and the need to defeat insurance fraud. He has created the following library of books and other materials to make it possible for insurers and their claims staff to become insurance claims professionals.

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