Education & Training

Risk management is a portable skill.

Claim adjusters must be decisive, versatile, and exhibit exceptional problem-solving skills. But a quick scan of online job-posting sites reveals that companies also are looking for more specialized qualities in their new hires.

There is no I in team, we all have heard. Nor is there one in workers' comp success or in return to work. Taming the workers' compensation beast and wrestling costs to the ground is a team effort.

Thanks to the Internet and telecommunications, the globe is shrinking, figuratively.

So we might be a little biased about the success of our conference but choosing to have this year's 10th annual ACE America's Claim Event in New Orleans was a decision not lightly made.

This one just doesn't meet the "acid test" of insurance contract interpretation, pun intended.