Conclusion<\/strong><\/p>\n

A forensic accountant serves as a resource of technical knowledge in accounting related matters that an adjuster or legal counsel may not feel comfortable with. The early inclusion of a forensic accountant into the team of claim professionals will go a long way in assuring that the policyholder is being properly indemnified for its covered loss under the terms of the policy coverage.<\/p>\n

–Bruce Smith
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(*Chip Merlin’s Note–Bruce D. Smith is a certified public accountant and certified fraud examiner, whose firm’s focus since its founding in 1992, has been forensic and investigative accounting for the insurance industry. He has been involved in claims in both catastrophic and non-catastrophic environments and has been engaged by both insurers and policyholder and their …<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[300,12],"tags":[52,53,127],"class_list":["post-7383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-attorneys","category-public-adjusters","tag-business-income","tag-business-interruption","tag-commercial-insurance-claims"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n