Published: Oct. 1, 2020, 3:02 p.m.

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October 1, 1979 \\u2013 2020 \\u2013 Another Anniversary \\u2013 Thank You

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Forty-one 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 had borrowed money from the bank to  carry me through the first six months and was concerned about my ability  to pay the loan with my third child about to be born.

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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\\u2019s, London. He, and the Lloyd\\u2019s  Underwriters he represented, showed faith in me as a lawyer and  insurance expert. Alan is now, and will forever be, my law firm\\u2019s first  client and is still and always be a good friend. He is retired from the  market now and I am retired from the practice of law. Although I retired  from the practice of law, I still work an eight hour day, five days a  week as a consultant, author, blogger, and videoblogger.

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I was admitted to the California Bar on January 2, 1972. I practiced  law in California full time until I retired from the practice of law in  2015. To those of you, in addition to Alan, who have honored me by  retaining me as your lawyer, thank you for a long, productive and  successful legal career.

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In 2015 I asked that the California Bar render my license to practice  law inactive and it agreed. I will limit my work to acting as an  insurance claims handling, insurance fraud and insurance bad faith  consultant, expert witness, educator and author.

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I am not retired.

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See the video at https://youtu.be/Qcg9MSSp68s

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In this issue of ZIFL you can also read:

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• How to Comply with the California SIU Regulations 2020 that are Effective Today October 1, 2020
  \\nNew Regulations to Enforce Statutes Requiring Insurers to Maintain A Special Investigative Unit
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• Good News From the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
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• Causing A False Claim of Items Lost to an Insurer is Fraud
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• Health Insurance Fraud Convictions
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• Videos on YouTube And Zalma On Insurance from Barry Zalma
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• Other Insurance Fraud Convictions
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• Consider Books to Show Your Appreciation to Your Insurer Clients or Claims Employees
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The full articles are available https://www.zalma.com and you can read the last two issues at https://zalma.com/zalmas-insurance-fraud-letter-2/and Subscribe to e-mail Version of ZIFL, it\\u2019s Free! 

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