Claims Magazine November 2006
Cover Story
Marked Ready for Trial
Proper preparation for the trial of an insurance case begins not when an attorney is retained, but when the insurance company has first notice of the loss.
Features
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Hurricane Katrina Insurance Claims -- The Aftermath
Within two weeks after Hurricane Katrina, Louisiana Insurance Commissioner Jay Robert Wooley was quoted as saying that with post-hurricane insurance claims, "Lawyers are going to have a ball; it's got more legal questions than you can imagine."
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Pyrolysis - A Viable Recovery Theory
Many fire loss experts have relied on pyrolysis in finding that wood can be ignited by long-term exposure to temperatures below the normal ignition temperature of the material.
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Rethinking Arbitration
Insurers and reinsurers who believe that the current system of reinsurance arbitration represents a more efficient way of resolving reinsurance claims find themselves at a disadvantage because of nequities and ambiguities in the U.S. system.
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Technology, Training, and the New World of Arbitration
Insurance is often referred to as a "people business."
Columns
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What Makes a Residence Unfit to Live in?
The phrase is not defined in the policy, which leaves it open to interpretation.
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Secrets to Success: Implementing a Claim System
According to several analyst firms, investments in claim-management systems are on the rise as organizations seek to sustain growth, service, and profitability from their claim operations.
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The LIST Claim and the Auto Adjuster: Part 1
Having recently spent some time in a claim factory cranking out routine bodily injury claims in a major urban area, your image-breaking correspondent has an ever-increasing appreciation for the modern auto insurance claim adjuster.
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Pit Bull or Poodle? Evaluating Your Defense Counsel
Your company is a defendant in a trial that is set to start in two weeks. Settlement talks have fizzled. The plaintiff's demand is ridiculously high. You have evaluated the case up and down, front and back, and sideways.
Departments
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Milne & Associates, a provider of investigative products and services, has merged with MJM Investigations, a specialist in insurance fraud mitigation and claim services. Milne & Associates now will
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Yes, We Are Truly Thankful
This year, the British foiled a terrorist plan to blow up U.S.-bound international flights, and we're thankful for that.
