Note: This guest post is by Brian S. Goodman. Brian is a partner at the Baltimore law firm of Goodman & Donohue, LLC. He is also General Counsel to NAPIA.
As a guest blogger for Chip Merlin, I am honored to write a bit about the history and purpose of the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA), an organization for which I have served as General Counsel for over two decades.
Continue Reading The History of NAPIA and Its Importance to the Public Adjusting Profession
The National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA) has sent a notice to each Department of Insurance requesting that claims deadlines be extended as a result of the coronavirus pandemic.
Continue Reading Coronavirus Insurance Coverage Update April 2—National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters Asks For Claim Deadline Extensions And Florida Restaurant Lawsuit Filed
Hail prone areas may result in multiple storms which damage a roof. Not too many policyholders are climbing up on their roofs to measure exactly how much hail damage is done after a hail storm occurs. But their insurance companies must be expecting them to do so based on a recent case involving Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Company.1
Continue Reading Which Hailstorm Damaged Your Roof? The Time of Hail Damage Is Often Disputed
The National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA) held a wonderful mid-year meeting last week in Orlando. I have often said that if you want to be in a room with the best insurance coverage experts at the same time, go to the mid-year and annual meetings of NAPIA .
Continue Reading Bill Wilson Teaches How To Argue For Coverage at NAPIA—What is RTFP?
The National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters is hosting a premier insurance policy interpretation expert, Bill Wilson, at its December meeting in Orlando on Friday, December 13. Bill Wilson will provide the keynote speech about “Policy Language Interpretation.” This is a cannot miss opportunity to learn from a person that is truly an expert about how to find coverage in a policy and then discuss it in a manner that insurance company adjusters will pay their customers’ insurance claims.
Continue Reading NAPIA Hosts Bill Wilson—A Premier Commentator on Insurance Policy Interpretation and Coverage Advocacy
Holly Soffer is General Counsel to the American Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (AAPIA). Strangely enough, we met and started a dialogue about Insurance Coverage Gaps at a half-day leadership conference hosted by the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA).
Continue Reading Coverage Gaps Plague Policyholders! Merlin Law Group and AAPIA Host Webinar Explaining What Is Being Done To Fight This Problem
Please attend the NAPIA Annual Meeting this June 12-15 in Napa, California. Here is a link to register.
Now is time to register for the National Association of Public Insurance Adjuster Mid-Year Meeting being held in New Orleans from November 30 – December 2, 2017.
Continue Reading Public Adjusters Gather for National Conference in New Orleans
Joey Childress and yours truly will present a seminar of water damage claims at the National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters Convention in San Antonio next week. I discussed how public adjusters can register and even get a discount for attending in Are You a Public Adjuster Who Wants to Be Better at Helping Policyholders and Make More Money Doing So?
Continue Reading NAPIA Annual Meeting in San Antonio Will Discuss Water Damage Claim and Unauthorized Practice of Public Adjusting
Most public adjusters I know love their job. They want to help policyholders. They want to make certain the insurance policy works the way intended and that otherwise overlooked benefits are paid promptly.
Continue Reading Are You a Public Adjuster Who Wants to Be Better at Helping Policyholders and Make More Money Doing So?