The National Institute of Forensic Studies is a technical resource for claims professionals, attorneys, risk managers and forensic experts to gain knowledge in science and technology on which to base daily decisions during routine claims handling.

Benefits of NIFS training include:

• Recognizing subrogation potential more readily
• Identifying fraud
• Enhanced negotiation skills
• Argue your case more effectively
• Analyze opposing expert's work
• Cross examine opposing experts effectively
• Gain more confidence in decision-making
• Have better expert retention success
• Better determine the merits of a case

NIFS has been providing quality training since 1980. Our program formats are short-course seminars emphasizing hands on learning provided at select times and locations as well as customized in-house training.

NIFS provides hands-on practical application of vehicle-damage & analysis.

Continued Education Approved Provider:

State Bar of California for awarding Minimum Continuing Legal Education (MCLE) credits for attorneys
Continuing Professional Development Program for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCUs)
California Institute for Professional Investigators (C.I.P.I.)
California Association for Licensed Investigators (C.A.L.I.)
The Accreditation Commission for Traffic Accident Reconstruction (ACTAR)
Registered Professional Adjusters (RPA)

Program Subjects Include:

• Biomechanics/Injury Causation
• Construction Defects/Principles
• Code Compliance
• Failure Analysis
• Fire Inspections (Property and Auto)
• Industrial Hygiene
• Safety (OSHA)
• Vehicle Documentation
• Low-Speed Collisions/Injury Causation
• Mold, Toxicology and Environment
• Occupant Kinematics
• Property Failures and Subrogation
• Specialty Courses for Municipalities & Self-insured
• Structural/Civil/Soils
• Tire Failures

NIFS students study the relationship between vehicle collision dynamics & injury potential in low-speed collisions