The Battle Over Storm Surge Claims
Ken Brownlee
As certain as the fact that apples are green before they turn yellow or red, there will be structures and possessions damaged this hurricane season by wave wash and storm surge.
Ken Brownlee
As certain as the fact that apples are green before they turn yellow or red, there will be structures and possessions damaged this hurricane season by wave wash and storm surge.
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Chief information officers, take note. Your adjusters should not have to suffer any longer with antique DOS programs and their dreaded green screens; it is time to update your technology.
staff Writer
One year after Hurricane Katrina made landfall, the U.S. District Court of Southern Mississippi has dismissed a lawsuit that contended a Nationwide insurance agent misled a policyholder.
staff Writer
Several insurance industry organizations recently testified before a subcommittee of the House Financial Services Committee regarding the government's role in preparing for natural disasters via legislation.
staff Writer
The following natural-disaster bills have yet to be acted on by Congress.
staff Writer
By the end of August in 2005, an extraordinary seven tropical storms and five hurricanes already had formed in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico.
Staff Writer
Risk management is a portable skill.
Tom Filep
Most claim adjusters would agree that we are in a stressful, highly competitive business.
Michael A. Lucarini
To the old maxim that nothing is sure but death and taxes, insurance companies might justifiably add another category: fraud.
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Carriers who are behind the times can be easily identified by their dependence on non-metaphorical red flags and manually intensive desktop cheat sheets.
Kevin Lisle
Workers' comp fraud costs Americans more than $5 billion annually, threatens the jobs of Americans, and hurts employers.
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Pellnet has released a web application that automatically prices jewelry for claim adjusters and underwriters.
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Arbitration Forums, a nonprofit provider of dispute resolution services, is offering a new electronic service.
staff Writer
Catastrophe risk management company Risk Management Solutions recently released version 6.0 of its U.S. hurricane model.
staff Writer
Scene Genesis, Inc. (SGI) recently unveiled SceneConnect, a web-services product that lets property-casualty insurers connect their claim systems with external applications and data sources.
staff Writer
According to the NICB, 70,613 motorcycles were stolen last year, a slight decrease from the 71,108 stolen in 2004.
staff Writer
The Workers' Compensation Research Institute recently released a new study on workers' comp costs per claim and analyzed causes behind the increasing trends.
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The Palisades companies, a New Jersey-based group of independent agency companies, was ranked the largest New Jersey auto insurer without one valid consumer complaint in 2005.
Phil Schreiner
We're not talking global warming here -- that's not "immediate."