Georgia Chapter

International Association of Special Investigation Units

 

MEETINGS

 

 

March 2012 Meeting

The 2012 GA IASIU Seminar (March 8, 2011) will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See the Annual Events page for the details of the seminar.

 

February 2012 Meeting

The February Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on February 14, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Elvin Aycock (Professional Engineer and found of Atlanta Engineering Services, Inc). Mr. Aycock will be discussing fraudulent cases worked by Atlanta Engineering Services.

 

January 2012 Meeting

The January Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on January 10, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Steve Derossett (National Director, Client Services, Intertel). Mr. Derossett's presentation will be on HIPPA and the obtaining of information that may or may not be protected.

 

December 2011 Meeting

The December Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on December 13, 2011. The meeting this month will be held for the purpose of discussing business and collecting items for Operation Sandbox. The history of Operation Sandbox and the items need can be found at www.operationsandbox.com.

 

November 2011 Meeting

The November Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on November 8, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Ray Florom (FCCI Insurance Group). Mr. Florom will be giving a presentaion on Heavy Equipment Theft.

 

October 2011 Meeting

The October Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on October 11, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Jonathan Adelman of Harper, Walden, and Craig. Mr. Adelman will give a presentation on the issues surrounding treatment provided by unlicensed professionals.

 

September 2011 Meeting

The September Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on September 13, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Todd Binion (Georgia DNR Environmental Protection Criminal Division Investigator). Mr. Binion will be discussing Emissions Test Fraud and how it relates to insurance fraud.

 

August 2011 Meeting

The July Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on August 9, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Mike Giugliano, Fulton County Detective over the Fulton County Burglary Task Force. Mr. Giugliano will be speaking about the task force.

 

July 2011 Meeting

The July Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on July 12, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Jim Hammonds, GEICO SIU Investigator. Mr. Hammonds will be doing a presentation on Medical Fraud.

 

June 2011 Meeting

The June Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on June 14, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Russ Smith, State Farm SIU Investigator. His presentation is entitled "Auto Glass Investigations ".

 

May 2011 Meeting

The May Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on May 10, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Melissa Segal from Swift, Currie, McGhee, and Hires. Her presentation is entitled "Litigation Considerations for Fraud Investigations that Involve Social Media".

 

April 2011 Meeting

The April Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on April 12, 2011. The speaker for this meeting will be Drew Lane, Fraud Unit Director at the Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner's Office. Mr. Lane will share new developments in his fraud unit and his strategy for the future.

 

March 2011 Meeting

The 2010 GA IASIU Seminar (March 3, 2011) will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See the Annual Events page for the details of the seminar.

 

February 2011 Meeting

The February Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on February 8, 2011. The speakers for this meeting will be Karen Karabinos and Mike Bagle from Drew, Eckel and Farnham. The speakers for this meeting will be discussing recorded statements.

 

January 2011 Meeting

The January Georgia IASIU Meeting has been cancelled due to inclement weather.

 

December 2010 Meeting

The December Georgia IASIU Meeting will announce the launching of our anti-insurance fraud billboard campaign.

Location: FBI Office 3rd Floor Conference Room (2635 Century Parkway NE Atlanta, Georgia 30345.)

TIME: 10:30 a.m.

SPEAKER: Senator Ralph Hudgens, Insurance and Safety Fire Commissioner Elect

RSVP: By December 10, 2010 to Russ Smith at 770-426-3692 or via e-mail to russ.smith.gufe@statefarm.com

Light Refreshments will be served.

GA IASIU is a supporter of the Marine Corps Reserve Toys For Tots Program. If you would like to make a donation, there will be a collection box available.

 

 

November 2010 Meeting
The November Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on November 9, 2010. Detective Keith Lewis, Dekalb County, will give a presentation on investigating cargo thefts.

 

October 2010 Meeting
The October Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on October 12, 2010. Bill Claxton from Claxton & Claxton, LLC will give a presentation on bankruptcies.

 

September 2010 Meeting
The September Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on September 14, 2010. Ray Florom (FCCI Insurance Group) will give a presentation on how to use financial records in a claim investigation.

 

August 2010 Meeting
The August Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on August 10, 2010. The speaker for this meeting will be Marguerite Girard (21st Century Insurance) and she will give instructions on conducting Recovered Vehicle Investigations.

 

July 2010 Meeting
The July Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on July 13, 2010. The speaker for this meeting will be Dave Pollock from Selective Insurance and his presentation will cover commercial slip and fall losses.

 

June 2010 Meeting
The June Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on June 8, 2010. Special Agent Dave Renaud and Special Agent Curt Jester from NICB (National Insurance Crime Bureau) will be the speakers for this meeting and will give a presentation on Georgia Titles.

 

May 2010 Meeting
The May Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on May 11, 2010. Mike Schroder (Swift Curry, McGhee and Hires) will give a presentation on investigating property losses.

 

April 2010 Meeting
The April Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on April 13, 2010. The speaker for this meeting will be Brett Suiter from State Farm Insurance. Mr. Suiter will give instructions on how to develop a medical provider investigation.

 

March 2010 Meeting
The 2010 GA IASIU Seminar will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See the Annual Events page for the details of the seminar.

 

February 2010 Meeting
The February Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on February 9, 2010. The speaker for this meeting will be Jeff Tanski from Veritas Fire Consulting. His presentation is entitled "Origin Determination; Using NFPA 921 Guide for Fire and Explosion Investigations".

 

January 2010 Meeting
The January Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on January 12, 2010. The speaker for this meeting will be Stan Bexley from the Workers Compensation Board.

 

December 2009 Meeting
The December Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on December 8, 2009. The meeting this month will be for Toys for Tots. We will be collecting toys at this meeting for the Toys for Tots Foundation. A Marine will attend the meeting in order to collect the toys. Toys donated may be for girls or boys and for any age range. Donations may also be made by visiting the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Website.

 

November 2009 Meeting
The November Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on November 10, 2009. Lynn Cox, State Farm Insurance, will give a presentation on the National Motor Vehicle Title Information System.

 

October 2009 Meeting
The October Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on October 13, 2009. The purpose of this meeting will be to follow up on the progress of each of the chapter committees.

 

September 2009 Meeting
The September Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on September 8, 2009. Steve Piper, Director of Investigative Services for Travelers Insurance, will give a presentation on The Consortium to Combat Medical Fraud.

 

August 2009 Meeting
The August Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on August 11, 2009. John Bethea, a Professional Reconstructionist with Atlanta Engineering Services, will give a presentation on analyzing vehicle and scene photos.

 

July 2009 Meeting
The July Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on July 14, 2009. The purpose of this meeting will be to follow up on the progress of each of the chapter committees.

 

June 2009 Meeting
The June Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on June 9, 2009. Steve Sprouse and Sherry Mowell from the Georgia Department of Insurance will give a presentation on the process of making referrals to their agency.

 

May 2009 Meeting
The May Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on May 12, 2009. The speaker for this meeting will be Ray Florom who will be discussing third party billing.

 

April 2009 Meeting
The April Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on April 14, 2009. The purpose of this meeting will be to follow up on the progress of each of the chapter committees.

 

March 2009 Meeting
The 2008 GA IASIU Seminar will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See the Annual Events page for the details of the seminar.

 

February 2009 Meeting
The February Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on February 10, 2009. The speaker for this meeting will be Eric Swilley with GEICO. His presentation will be on Clinic Inspections and Medical File Reviews.

 

January 2009 Meeting

The January Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on January 13, 2009. The meeting this month will be used to plan for 2009 Chapter events, committees, and projects.

 

December 2008 Meeting

The December Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on December 9, 2008. The meeting this month will be for Toys for Tots. We will be collecting toys at this meeting for the Toys for Tots Foundation. A Marine will attend the meeting in order to collect the toys. Toys donated may be for girls or boys and for any age range. Donations may also be made by visiting the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Website.

 

November 2008 Meeting

The November Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on November 11, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Harriet Gold of Gold Investigations. Her presentation will be about Background Investigations and Public Records.

 

October 2008 Meeting

The October Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on October 14, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Kenny Mash, Southeast Special Investigations Investigator. His presentation will be on motorcycle insurance fraud.

 

September 2008 Meeting

The 2008 National IASIU Seminar will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See www.iasiu.org for the details of the seminar.

 

August 2008 Meeting

The August Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on August 12th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Nelson Vasquez, Director of SIU at Liberty Mutual Insurance Company. The topic of Mr. Vanquez's presentation will be homeowner's insurance catastrophe claims.

 

July 2008 Meeting

The July Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on July 8th, 2008. The speakers for this meeting will be representatives from Southeast Professional Consultants, Inc. The topic of their presentation is Surveillance.

 

June 2008 Meeting

The June Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on June 10th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Stan Bexley with the Georgia Workers Compensation Board. The Chapter will also be presenting a bait computer to the Atlanta Police Department and Deputy Chief Anderson will attend to accept on the Department's behalf.

 

May 2008 Meeting

The May Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on May 13th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Detective Keith Lewis from the Dekalb County PD Major Crimes Unit. Detective Lewis will be speaking on cargo and commercial vehicle thefts.

 

April 2008 Meeting

The April Georgia IASIU Meeting with be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on April 8th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Bill Streeper with Transunion. His presentation is entitled "Identifying Fraud Using Analytics".

 

March 2008 Meeting

The 2008 GA IASIU Seminar will take the place of the regular monthly meeting. See the Annual Events page for the details of the seminar.

 

February 2008 Meeting

The February Georgia IASIU Meeting with be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on January 12th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be Larry Welborn from Speedy Steering.

 

January 2008 Meeting

The January Georgia IASIU Meeting with be held at Picailly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia at 10:30am on January 8th, 2008. The speaker for this meeting will be John Bethea. Mr. Bethea is a Professional Reconstructionalist with Atlanta Engineering Services, Inc. His presentation is entitled "Did it happen the way they said it did?

 

December 2007 Meeting

The December Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant on December 11, 2007 at 10:30 am. Picadilly Resturant is located off of the Lavista Road Exit in Tucker, Georgia. The speaker at the meeting will be Jon Hilte with Bruce Environmental, Inc. He will give a short presentation concerning environmental hazards in connection with homeowner losses.

  • We will also be collecting toys at this meeting for the Toys for Tots Foundation. USMC Sargeant Burton will attend the meeting in order to collect the toys. Toys donated may be for girls or boys and for any age range. Donations may also be made by visiting the Marine Toys for Tots Foundation Website.

 

November 2007 Meeting

The November Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant on November 13, 2007 at 10:30 am. Picadilly Resturant is located off of the Lavista Road Exit in Tucker, Georgia. The speaker for this meeting will be Joey Cox. Mr. Cox is V.P. Director of Investigations at Abacus Research and Investigations. Prior to his current job, he was the SIU Director/Trainer for Met Life Insurance Company. His presentation will be on Rate Evasion Fraud.

 

October 2007 Meeting

The October Georgia IASIU Meeting will be held at Picadilly Restaurant in Tucker, Georgia. The speaker at the meeting will be Aaron Quarterman. Aaron works for Progressive Insurance Company and is the Secretary for the International Association of Special Investigation Units. He will be discussing how to increase membership and how to make more of your members.

 

 

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