Confessions of a Bookie
Ken Brownlee
I confess to being a bookie. No, I can't place your bets on the horses, but I will bet that maybe at least one reader is also a bookie: someone who loves books.
Ken Brownlee
I confess to being a bookie. No, I can't place your bets on the horses, but I will bet that maybe at least one reader is also a bookie: someone who loves books.
Michael Houts
Auto insurance fraud is a crime contained by no borders, as evidenced by our neighbor's anti-fraud efforts to the north.
Eric Gilkey
The increased prevalence of smaller natural disasters throughout the year resulted in a 50 percent increase over 2006's worldwide insured losses.
Staff Writer
Since Sept. 2007, the North Carolina Department of Insurance has closed 442 cases for insurance fraud and recovered $14.2 million in restitution.
Staff Writer
The most important -- and often toughest -- part of an adjuster's job is determining coverage.
Eric Gilkey
The Combined Claim Conference (CCC) will celebrate their 20th year of educating claim professionals next month when their conference kicks off.
Eric Gilkey
Two major claim management software providers in the property/casualty insurance segment have become entangled in a legal dispute involving technology patents.
Eric Gilkey
In what has become a similar pattern for the legislation, the Terrorist Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) was extended for a second time while facing a New Year's Eve deadline for authorization.
Phil Schreiner
You see, my regular sushi stop is located near the Toyota Motor Engineering and Manufacturing North America plant -- a mere block from National Underwriter's headquarters.
Staff Writer
Marshall Field, the namesake of the retail giant, is often credited with paternity for one of the hoariest business slogans, "The customer is always right."
Kelly Maheu
It has been more than two years since Hurricane Katrina's violent winds and water left in its wake the damaged and destroyed homes of tens of thousands of Gulf Coast residents.
Staff Writer
New York released its 2007 Annual Ranking of Automobile Insurance Complaints last month.
Staff Writer
The Pennsylvania Insurance Fraud Prevention Authority (IFPA) recently released its top 13 insurance fraud case list for 2007.
Staff Writer
The American Society of Safety Engineers (ASSE) has commended California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger for signing legislation that bans cell phone use by motorists.
Staff Writer
Pitney Bowes MapInfo has recently introduced new data sets for their Risk Data Suite, which aims to address critical decisions with disaster scenario analysis and claim planning and preparedness.
Staff Writer
One new feature of the Accenture Claims Component, version 7.0, is the new dashboard analytic tool, which gives claim workers a real-time view of their workloads, tasks, and processing status.
Dennis Jay
When fire roared through a family's Houston home, it seemed to be an obvious case of gasoline-started arson -- and an ugly hate crime.
Peter M. Blanciak
Like a triage nurse in an emergency room, claim professionals must evaluate the severity of each claim that comes their way and quickly identify the appropriate next step.
Wayne M. Wudyka
For years, when a homeowner suffered a property loss that included damaged clothing and other textiles, the items either were written off as a total loss or dropped off at a nearby retail dry cleaner.
Gary Blake
In Aug. 2006, Claims Magazine published the National Claims Writing Test, a series of 25 objective questions that aimed to give claim professionals a "snapshot" of a their skills.