Greetings from the executive suite high atop the Manchester Grand Hyatt overlooking beautiful San Diego, home for the next few days of the ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum. (Just think; we could have been in Orlando.)

As I travel around the country speaking with collision repairers, insurers, and vendor groups, it strikes me how often the audience does not know what is going on outside of their area of the industry.

As I travel around the country speaking with collision repairers, insurers, and vendor groups, it strikes me how often the audience does not know what is going on outside of their area of the industry.

AIR Worldwide says insured losses from the severe weather outbreak from April 22-28 will be between $3.7 billion and $5.5 billion.