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Itzhak Zrihan, Multidisciplinary Assessor, Technical Expert, Accident Investigator

Address:           B. S. R. Tower 3, Bnei Brak, Israel

Cell #:               +972-52-485-9385

E-mail:              itzhak@amotshamaim.co.il

Executive Summary

Qualified Vehicle Assessor, technical expert. Specializing in the field of insurance, vehicle claims, property claims (water and fire damage), exposure of insurance fraud, investigation and reenactment of traffic accidents. Drawing up special and complex professional considered opinions, diagnosing technical failures,  Diesel, gas and hybrid engines, generators, gearboxes and computerized information systems to all vehicle types. A combination of knowhow and experience in the legal and insurance fields, managing people, training, operations, taking decisions and motivating workers.

Skills and Notable Points

• Leadership and management capability, broad enterprise wide perspective, motivating employees and taking decisions
• Solving problems, settling disputes, crisis management
• The ability to get down to the nitty gritty without losing sight of the big picture, in depth knowledge of insurance policies
• Efficiency and effectiveness in work, proper and on time management, contending with stressful situations, achieving goals
• Managing case files in the field of vehicle claims, a combination of knowledge and a regulatory and legal understanding
• Conducting negotiations with customers, insurance companies, agents, assessors, garage owners, lawyers and business partners
• Development of good work relations with partners and customers
• Expert consultant in the fields of: General vehicle mechanics, internal combustion engines, transmissions and gearboxes, two wheeled vehicles, moto cross cycles and ATVs, vintage cars, collector vehicles and personal import vehicles

Main Professional Experience

1999 – Today    CEO and Proprietor, Amot Assessors, Multidisciplinary Assessments Ltd

Managing a company (5 employees) dealing with vehicle, property and mechanical engineering equipment assessment. Conducting vehicle assessment work and investigating accidents for insurance companies and private customers. Providing professional considered opinions in courts of law.

Running mediation and arbitration processes in the fields of vehicles and property.

Expert consultant to insurance companies, in the field of investigating accidents and exposing insurance fraud, analysis and reenactment of traffic accidents, examination and analysis of CDR data and computer generated data in all types of vehicles.  

Additional position: Senior lecturer in vehicle assessment, Ruppin Technological College.

Previous Professional Experience

1996 – 1999      Garage Workshop Manager (10 employees), Y. Mizrahi, Daihatsu Authorized Workshop, Rishon Lezion. In parallel: Specializing as a vehicle assessor, assessor firms.

Education

2013 –   Diploma studies, Mediation, The National Mediation Center and the Israel Bar Association.

2008 –   Diploma studies, Arbitration and Settling Disputes, The Yitro Arbitration Institute.

2008 –   Diploma studies, Vehicle Assessment and Agricultural Assessment, Adif Insurance College.

2007 –   Diploma studies, Accident Investigation and Reenactment, The Defense and Investigations College.

1996 –   Certification, Qualified Vehicle Assessor Certificate, The Ministry of Transport.

1995 –   Diploma, Vehicle Assessment, the Technion, Israel Institute of Technology.

1992 –   Diploma studies, Vehicle Mechanics and Diagnosis of Malfunctions/Damages, the Ministry of Labor.

1988 –   Graduate of the Vehicle Mechanics Stream, ORT Sciences Schools, Holon.

Professional Training

Technician and analyst for data processing using CDR (“black box”), Bosch Company Training Center.

Vehicle Diagnostics, Ledico Training Center.

Malfunctions and Damage, Ruppin Technological College.

Hybrid Vehicles, Ruppin Technological College.

Mechanical Engineering Equipment, Assessors Association.

Membership in Associations and Unions

Eilot, the Israeli Association for the Investigation and Reenactment of Traffic Accidents.

EVU, the European Union for the Investigation and Reenactment of Traffic Accidents.

Additional Personal Information

Languages:             Hebrew, English.

Military Service:       1988 – 1991: Full compulsory service, heavy vehicle and mechanical engineering equipment mechanic, Armaments Corp.

Hobbies:                 Collector Vehicles.

References:            Available upon request.