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By Thomas A. Mierzwa |
May 22, 2012
Following a tornado, tropical storm or hurricane event, an adjuster may find the insured structure demolished, while neighboring structures remain intact and suffer minimal damage. Why is this? Wind speeds, the storm's path and other factors must be weighed to arrive at a definitive answer.
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By Bonnie Cavanaugh |
May 21, 2012
Finding the right insurance carrier to help a company mitigate its Workers’ Comp costs is key, says Mary Beth Pittinger, vice president and executive underwriter of Workers’ Comp for the Chubb Group of Insurance Cos.
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By Bonnie Cavanaugh |
May 21, 2012
Controlling Workers’ Compensation costs is a process that needs to start at the very top: Those in the C-suite need to commit themselves to creating a zero-injury culture at their organizations, says Calvin Beyer, head of manufacturing for Zurich North America Commercial’s customer industry segments.
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By Bonnie Cavanaugh |
May 21, 2012
Creating best practices in Workers’ Comp for many insurers now means going beyond the basics, digging deep into their claims history, and “making manufacturing better at manufacturing Workers’ Comp.”
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May 21, 2012
Two effective Workers’ Compensation cost-control strategies involve the carrot and the stick.
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By Thomas Lidbury, Michael Boland |
May 16, 2012
The phrase “forensic collection” often is associated with a bit-by-bit copy of a computer’s entire hard drive. This may be crucial in cases where we might expect authentication issues or where investigation of slack and fragmented space may be important.
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By Alex Vorro |
May 16, 2012
A relatively run-of-the-mill employment class action lawsuit recently set the legal technology world aflame. Read about what is being hailed as the first judicial opinion to endorse predictive coding as a defensible way to review documents.
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By Tom Morris |
May 16, 2012
In the final section of this two-part series, we apply the Monte Carlo method to determine liability in a scenario involving a left turn with approaching traffic.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 16, 2012
The chief executive of Hole-In-Won.com has been charged with insurance fraud in Montana after failing to pay prize money to a tournament participant who shot a hole-in-one almost two years ago.
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By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
May 15, 2012
The celebrated Corvette still attracts plenty of unwanted attention. From 1981 to 2011, 90,427 were reported stolen.
