CARL VAN

Carl graduated from California State University, Sacramento where he received his bachelor’s degree in Insurance. He has been in the insurance claims industry since 1980 and has held various staff, management and executive positions including Vice President/General Manager.

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Mr. Van has written articles for Claims magazine, Claims Education Magazine, Claims Advisor, Claims People magazine, The Subrogator, The National Underwriter, California Insurance Journal and over 100 other national magazines. He is the author of over 75 technical and soft skill workshops being taught throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia and the U.K. He has been a trainer at an international U.S-Japanese executive training program, a guest speaker at hundreds of claims association seminars, and selected as the opening presenter at some of the most prestigious claims conferences in the United States and Canada.

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Mr. Van is the Dean of the School of Claims Performance, and has served as both board member and Regional Vice President of the Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators. He is owner and publisher of Claims Education Magazine, and board president of the Claims Education Conference. He is creator, presenter and producer of all claims training videos at Claims Education On Line, which include Time Management, Customer Service, Negotiations and Critical Thinking, all specific to claims professionals.

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Mr. Van is owner and publisher of Claims Professional Books On Line, and is the author of the highly acclaimed book The 8 Characteristics of the Awesome Adjuster, which has sold internationally throughout the United States, Canada, Guam, Singapore, France, Australia, England, Chile, Ireland, and 25 other countries. Other books by Carl Van include Gaining Cooperation, The Claims Cookbook, Attitude, Ability and the 80/20 Rule, The Eight Characteristics of the Awesome Employee, Negotiations Skills for the Claims Professional and Awesome Claims Customer Service.

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He writes all materials for his Carl Van Claims Expert blog, and provides claims tips on his Carl Van Professional Speaker You Tube channel. Just for fun he writes all lyrics to the songs performed by Carl Van and the Awesome Adjuster Band. Other credits include being an arbitrator, a TASA expert witness for insurance Bad Faith suits, as well as a national auditor for a federal regulatory agency.