West Publishing Company has just issued its eighth edition of Casualty, Fire and Marine Investigation Checklists (CF&MIC). It is co-authored by Pat Magarick (posthumously) and Ken Brownlee, our resident iconoclast.
This is a book that no one—not even the most conscientious adjuster or insurance claims geek—would curl up with and read from cover to cover. Nor is it meant to be digested that way. It will not give the latest hot seller, Fifty Shades of Grey, a run for its money on the bestseller list. I doubt that anyone will load this book on the Kindle and take it to the beach for escapist summer reading.
For starters, the book weighs in at almost 900 gut-busting pages. Nevertheless, CF&MIC is a useful and authoritative resource guide for claims professionals tasked with handling a multitude of claims. The book's updated 29 chapters provide handy checklists on myriad property and casualty (P&C) claims investigations. For adjusters seeking blueprints to guide investigative efforts, this book is an invaluable resource. It should be part of the claim office library in any insurance company or third-party administrator (TPA) branch.
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