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Industry Trends on Fire, Flood, & Landslide Claims

This Webinar was last given on Wednesday, May 25th, 2022

Introduction

News stories about wildfires raging on for weeks on end have become increasingly common place. In the wake of such tragedies comes more damage. Wildfires change the very terrain, making the ground less able to absorb water and more prone toother natural disasters, such as flash flooding and landslides.

As communities recover from the devastation, they often turn to insurance to carryon living their lives. This panel of building experts, claims professionals, and the attorneys that represent them will dive into the trends seen in claims resulting from natural disasters. Any professional who handles this type of coverage will benefit from our panel’s critical discussion on the ever-changing nuances in each step of fire, flood, and landslide claim handling.

Learning Objectives

  • Introduce a framework for conducting a professional investigation of a fire, flood, or landslide that occurred in a built environment.

  • Gain a big-picture perspective on handling fire, flood, and landslide investigations from abuilding expert perspective.

  • Review Case Studies of numerous project types.

  • Discussion of options for report formats.

  • Look at actual project deliverables.

Program Outline

  1. Introduction

  2. Trends

  3. Fires

  4. Floods

  5. Landslides

  6. Investigation, Analysis, and Presentations

  7. Conclusion

Our Panel

Pete Fowler
Chief Executive Officer
Pete Fowler Construction Services

Steve Henning
Founding Partner
Wood, Smith, Henning & Berman LLP

Lisa Unger
Principle
Unger Consulting and Insurance Services

 

Continuing Education

Note: You must attend the live webinar to obtain credit. Some states may approve this program for credit following individual submission. Certification of attendance will be sent to eligible webinar attendees within 3 business days of the webinar.

*States marked with an asterisk are still pending approval.

This webinar is approved for 1.0 credit hour of continuing education credit in the following states:

  • Texas State Bar

  • California State Bar

  • Florida State Bar

  • California Department of Insurance

  • Nevada State Bar