The Cool Factor
Eric Gilkey
Insurers are embracing new technologies and trying to buck their reputations as late adopters. More and more, they are connecting to their policyholders in a unique way.
Eric Gilkey
Insurers are embracing new technologies and trying to buck their reputations as late adopters. More and more, they are connecting to their policyholders in a unique way.
Staff Writer
One challenge confronting risk managers is complying with a relatively new federal law known as the Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Extension Act of 2007, known as "MMSEA."
Larry Cochran
The shared risk that makes insurance such a viable industry can become financially devastating when thousands of claims pour in following an event like a hurricane, flood, or earthquake.
Ken Brownlee
Whether we like it or not, most of us could not get along without health insurance. Eventually we'll all need it, even if the bills arrive after we are dead.
Christina Bramlet
The resilient and immensely talented claim professionals for whom we write know as well as anyone -- arguably better, in fact -- that wealth is much more than a sum of monetary assets.
Dennis J. Wall, Esq., W. Michael Latzo
A how-to guide with explanations on handling and investigating construction losses.
Keith Inouye
As one of the latest buzzwords, business process management is discussed universally at industry conferences and seminars. However, there are still many questions that require clarification.
Robert L. Redding, Jr.
While the use of salvage air bags can reduce cost, ASA believes that safety could be severely compromised and that shop owners could be placed at risk for installing salvage air bags.
Eric Gilkey
An annual technology survey indicates that claim system implementation isn't as high on P&C insurers' to-do lists as it has been in the past.
Christina Bramlet
review of the NICB's files indicated a 20-percent increase in suspicious car fires, a 76-percent increase in questionable auto glass claims, and a 90-percent hike in product liability claims.
Christina Bramlet
Frost & Sullivan recently conducted a survey to evaluate the dynamics impacting the North American salvage parts aftermarket.
Christina Bramlet
The Honorable Order of the Blue Goose, International stresses ideals that are at the very core of the insurance industry.
Christina Bramlet
Web-savvy policyholders increasingly want options by which to interact with service providers. In response, Allstate Insurance Company has developed Next Gen Self-Service to enable "do-it-yourself" claim-handling.
Marguerite Swallow
This month, we look at fraud cases from Kentucky, North Carolina, California, and Maryland.
Christina Bramlet
What's a faux manager to do when his or her prized player suffers a season-ending injury? Well, fantasy football players can try something real: an insurance policy.
Randi Meyer
We will never know exactly how Katie Froeschle ended up inside a rental home, where she was clubbed to death with a motorcycle muffler pipe. But we can still learn from her.
Kelly Maheu
Utter the phrase, "pedestrian hit" to most adjusters, and it will conjure up thoughts of hospital bills, assessments of negligence, and injury settlements -- to name but a few.