Originally from Automobile Insurance
Subrogation in All 50 States – Third Edition
Chapter 2 is an introductory look at some of the basic issues and concerns
of subrogating automobile insurance policies, including a cursory look at the
history of insurance subrogation and an overview of various types of auto
insurance coverage. This chapter serves as an introduction to the various
issues confronted in all 50 states, summarized in Chapter 4 for each of the 50
states. Once you are familiar with the issues with which you are dealing, the
laws of the specific state involved must be referenced.
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table of contents and initial pages above.
Gary L.
Wickert is an insurance trial lawyer and
is regarded as one of the world’s leading experts on insurance subrogation. He
is the author of several subrogation books and legal treatises and is a
national and international speaker and lecturer on subrogation and motivational
topics. Mr. Wickert is also a politician in Wisconsin, serving his ninth term
as Town Supervisor in the Township of Cedarburg. After 15 years as the youngest
managing partner in the history of the 30 lawyer Houston law firm of Hughes,
Watters & Askanase, L.L.P., he returned to his native Wisconsin in 1998 and
co-founded the firm of Matthiesen, Wickert & Lehrer, S.C. He oversees a
National Recovery Program that includes a network of contracted subrogation law
firms in all 50 states, Mexico, Canada, and the United Kingdom and boasts
recoveries of nearly $1 billion in recoveries and credits for more than 250
insurance companies.