Florida Claims Defense Network (FCDN) presents:
2025 FREE WEBinar
series
speakers
June 26, 2025 10:00 AM EST – NOON EST [WEBINAR]
"Xactimate: A General Contractor’s and Insurance Defense Attorney's View of an Estimating Tool and its Uses and Abuses“ by Edgard de Olazabal, CGC, MBA, XCT and Scott Dutton, Esq
This 2-hour course will cover how Xactimate is intended to be used, how it is often misused or manipulated, and how to spot and address those abuses in the context of Florida property insurance claims. Attendees will learn how to analyze estimates, challenge padded or inaccurate scoping of damages, and enhance collaboration between legal and technical experts
FL CEUs: DFS Course ID# 134144 (2 units)
FL Bar CLEs: Approved
August 28, 2025 10:00 AM EST – 11:00 AM EST [WEBINAR]
"Legislative Update: One Way Attorney Fees - Who Loses?” by Lisa Miller, disaster insurance & recovery expert and former Deputy Insurance Commissioner
This presentation will raise the awareness of the tremendous costs to policyholders that occurs with lawsuit abuse, and delve into legislative initiatives that tried to reverse Florida’s 2022 and 2023 tort reform. The course will demonstrate ways that to stay abreast of litigation trends, and how attorney fees affect attendees’ profession and their customers with increased rates.
Registration for this webinar will open in July 2025
FL CEUs: pending
FL Bar CLEs: pending
about fcdn
We began providing educational seminars to Florida's automobile/medical claims industry in 1995 as Medical Claims Defense Network/MCDN.
In 2019, MCDN changed its name to Florida Claims Defense Network/FCDN in order to provide courses with homeowners claims information as well as auto/medical topics.
FCDN presented its first joint auto/homeowners seminar on October 17, 2019.
We welcome eligible insurance adjusters, SIU representatives, defense lawyers, and regulatory and law enforcement agents.
We have provided CEUs for Florida adjusters and CLEs for Florida Bar-admitted lawyers, but do not guarantee credit prior to course approval.
Our one-day seminars are offered bi-annually, and cost only $125 for early registrations, and include self-parking, continental breakfast and a diverse buffet lunch.
REGISTER
Registration is limited to eligible insurance company adjusters, SIU representatives, defense attorneys, and regulatory & law enforcement agents.
Registration for
Xactimate: A General Contractor’s and Insurance Defense Attorney's View of an Estimating Tool and its Uses and Abuses closed at 6PM EST on June 25.
Registration for
Legislative Update: One Way Attorney Fees - Who Loses?
will open soon.
