Claims

Claim professionals will soon head to the city dubbed "the heart of Texas," to continue their claim education at this year's Property Loss Research Bureau/Liability Insurance Research Bureau claims conference.

Before you lies Claims Magazine's latest educational offering for P&C claim professionals: Claims CE. Feel free to jump right in below, or click above to find out how we hope things will work around here.

So far State Farm is the only insurer to unearth data linking auto accident claims to problems with Toyota manufactured cars and trucks, but airing industry statistics is still likely during two House hearings.

Each issue, we provide several continuing education-based questions designed to test claim professionals on their knowledge of a particular topic. For our inaugural issue, we take a look at Ethics.

Whether a claim involves an auto or a general liability policy, a question can arise about the number of occurrences. Depending on the facts and the policy language, this can have a significant effect on exposure.

A serial defrauder who bilked insurers over the course of 13 years for hundreds of thousands of dollars was done in by ... a serial number and silk underwear.

Property and casualty insurers are seeing rising loss costs, increased levels of litigation, and higher rates of fraudulent claims because of the struggling economy, a recent survey revealed.

A record-breaking spat of winter storms that blanketed the Midwest and Eastern U.S. regions with snow for the past two weeks is expected to cost insurers billions.