Appraisal is a tool widely-used to settle disputes involving the value of a loss, and it has gained popularity over the past decade as a relatively quick, supposedly inexpensive, and substantially final method of determining damages.
This is not the article we originally envisioned writing when the editors and publisher of Claims convened for our editorial calendar planning session six months ago.
Last year was rather quiet when it came to claim handling. Of course, many of you are still contending with the devastation of the 2004-05 hurricane seasons, in as much as a lot of that claimant
The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National
"Awesome, baby!" If he were Dick Vitale, that's how Paul Peeples, FAIA's vice president of information and technology, might describe the association's new Catastrophe Relief Vehicle (CRV). But
This is not the article we originally envisioned writing when the editors and publisher of Claims convened for our editorial calendar planning session six months ago. At the time, even though very
My June column addressed many of the causes of poor agency valuations--and apparently struck a chord with readers. Most of the e-mails I received asked for more information regarding why working capital is so important to an agency's
The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National Oceani
The hurricane season--which runs from June 1 through Nov. 30--was thought to have had only nine storms this past season, with five of them becoming hurricanes. But researchers with the National Oceani