The Millennial Invasion
Mike Costonis
The typical P&C insurance company claims professional is dedicated, highly skilled, and, according to data, more than 45 years old.
Mike Costonis
The typical P&C insurance company claims professional is dedicated, highly skilled, and, according to data, more than 45 years old.
Howard Altschule
With all of the killer tornadoes, damaging hail storms, crippling blizzards, and record heat waves that we have experienced so far in 2011, the number of claims citing weather-related damages has skyrocketed.
Charles Hunter Mcree
Dealing with insurers in such ticklish and high-stakes cases can be frustrating, so let’s begin with a reality check about insurance.
Ken Brownlee, CPCU
Disasters, calamities, tragedies, or catastrophes—no matter what we call them, these events happen on a regular basis, and more recent occurrences tend to cancel out memories of the older ones.
As millions of Millennials enter the workforce, it is essential that new hires be trained properly and that company veterans are able to continue their claims education to keep up with regulatory and other changes.
Charles C. Roberts, Jr., Ph.D., P.E.
Insurers constantly hear policyholders bemoaning that their brakes failed, the accelerator stuck, a tire detached, and similar allegations of malfunction, but what really happened?
Christina Bramlet
Motorists in the U.K. can expect stiffer penalties for driving without insurance as the Continuous Insurance Enforcement (CIE) law has taken effect.
Catherine Couretas
Nearly $32 million in grants has been awarded to Calif. law enforcement to assist with the investigation and prosecution of workers compensation insurance fraud.
Christina Bramlet, Mark E. Ruquet
Global catastrophes in the first half of the year have already made 2011 the costliest year on record with respect to economic losses.
Chad Hemenway
An overview of available distracted-driving research concludes that there is no evidence indicating whether cell phone or texting bans have reduced automobile crashes.
Christina Bramlet
This month, we continue our discussion of how to go about attracting and acclimating Millennials to the realities and rewards of a career in the claims industry.
At the end of June, nearly 11,000 residents were forced to evacuate their homes after excessive flooding ripped through Minot, N.D. and surrounding areas.
Arbitration Forums, Inc. (AF), non-profit developers of the electronic subrogation system E-Subro hub, announced that the final link in a nationwide electronic subrogation network is now complete.
An estimated 9,500 claims resulting from the June 1 tornadoes that devastated several Mass. communities may total up to $175 million in losses.
Scot McLeod
With expanded regulations going into effect in many industries, organizations must not only show that they have compliance and ethics programs in place, but also be able to demonstrate that their programs are working.
Paul Rosenstein
With so many handlers involved, how do managers promote efficiency throughout the varying stages of the claim?
Susan Massmann
There are many feel-good accounts of strangers coming to the aid of those in distress, but unfortunately these stories do not always end on a positive note.
Thomas Harrington
Effectively managing claims has historically proved to be a complex task, to put it mildly.