Commercial Lines

On November 18, insurers, vendors and other industry stakeholders will gather at the Westin Times Square in New York City for ACETech, a technology-focused event that will examine everything from data security in the digital age to incorporating new technologies into project management.

What skills do adjusters need for professional success in 2014? Certainly, technical skills are a must. This includes a working knowledge of law, medicine, construction, insurance policy content and interpretation, and subject-matter expertise specific to the claims they handle. Aside from technical skills, though, successful adjusters need soft skills.

There has been a recent spate of articles in various publications about the Internet of Things or IoT. At first blush, the non-techies eyes glaze over when new and emerging technologies are the topic of conversation. Techies, as we know, have been into the IoT for several years. But to...

In response to an explosion of toxic mold claims at the turn of the century, universal exclusions for mold, fungi and bacteria related losses were introduced faster and on a wider scale than any exclusion in the history of the insurance business. The exclusions for fungi and bacteria are by...

A claimant needs some extra cash and decides that insurance fraud is the answer, so he stages a collision or just enhances the damage to his car caused by an actual impact and tries to cash in on the loss. But how can you tell the difference? You get a...

Insurance is stepping up to cover marijuana production, facilities, landlords, dispensaries and even prescribers.