Claims

It is clear that the time has come for both carriers and self-insured entities to adopt specialized means by which to investigate post-termination claims and address this emerging crisis head-on.

For the fifth consecutive year, data collected by the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) points to a steady decline in U.S. auto theft.

Advisory firm Celent recently published a report on insurance business process outsourcing trends.

Each year, Claims Magazine awards an academic scholarship to a student at the Katie School of Insurance and Financial Services at Illinois State University.

Why is the CPCU designation important to claim professionals? This question is best answered by the claim professionals who have achieved the CPCU designation and are active members in the CPCU Society.

Even when the term is defined in policies, sometimes the difference between being covered or not comes down to, "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'occurrence' is."

Too much latitude is not always a good thing. We need to beware of the line of malarkey our bosses might sell us. If we are cautious, then there may be a bright future in being a high-value claim adjuster.

A lot has been written about criminal activity resulting in losses due to P&C fraud. While coverage is pervasive in the media, not enough has been written about strategies to prevent these losses.