INSURANCE FRAUD AND CLAIMS INVESTIGATIONS:

Specialized Investigations was founded as a Special Investigation's Unit of a well established independent adjusting firm, which has provided service to many major insurance carriers for over 35 years. Specialized Investigations offers the following areas of expertise:

	Property claims ranging from large jewelry losses, arson, burglaries, robberies, catastrophe claims, personal article floaters, and others.
	Personal injury, auto, and premises/products liability cases ranging from fraud rings, major class action products liability cases, personal injury defense investigations, and all other related claims. We handle routine claims investigations, including detailed written/ recorded statements, scene investigations, photo taking, and other task assignments. Our clients include large and small insurance companies, defense law firms, third party administrators, and self-insurers.
	Independent adjusters license, 2607896, issued by the Department of Insurance to our parent company. Our investigators are cross-trained to adjust claims ranging from slip and fall accidents, auto collisions, routine property claims and others. All investigators are annually certified in the California Fair Claims Settlement Practices Regulations (copies of declarations available upon request).
	Access to many resources available to handle both suspicious and routine insurance claims. Some of the resources include the Central Index Bureau (CIB), Property Insurance Loss Register (PILR), National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), and other insurance-related databases. We are also members of various insurance associations (see Memberships) and have a well- established reputation within the insurance industry.
	Published handbooks and other materials on Insurance Fraud Indicators, Fraud Investigation and Information Databases, and newsletters on various subjects related to insurance investigations (see Newsletter). A copy of these publications is available by calling 1-800-714-FRAUD (3728) or by E-mailing us.