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Best’s Insurance Law Podcast Examines COVID-19’s Impact on Forensic Engineering and Claims Handling

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best and Best’s Insurance Professional Resources have released the latest installment of Best’s Insurance Law Podcast, a series that examines timely claims and insurance issues from a legal perspective.

This episode discusses how COVID-19 has affected forensic engineering and claims handling, and how members of these professions relate to insurers. The podcast features Tripp Wagner, senior forensic mechanical engineer from expert service provider Jensen Hughes. Mr. Wagner, a retired state deputy fire marshall of Delaware, conducts forensic and origin and cause investigations on fire losses, fire suppression systems and non-fire-related losses.

Jensen Hughes is a qualified member of Best's Insurance Professional Resources, a claims industry resource that has featured qualified legal counsel, independent insurance adjusting services and expert service providers since 1929.

Listen or subscribe to the Insurance Law Podcast.

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Christopher Sharkey
Manager, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5159
christopher.sharkey@ambest.com

Jim Peavy
Director, Public Relations
+1 908 439 2200, ext. 5644
james.peavy@ambest.com

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