The lengths fraudsters will go to in order to perpetrate a fraud never cease to amaze me. Im not sure if it's their audacious behavior, their creativity, their stupidity, or the fact that they just think theyll never be caught. I often wonder what diseases could be cured or social...

Notification of a claim or commencement of a suit requires considering what must be done, now. But too much focus on the present without considering a claim's entire potential lifespan is shortsighted. The possibility of an appeal should influence a claim handler's decisions at each step of a claim. Defense...

As we look back on 2014 and forward to 2015, insurers should continue to pay attention to the effect of wage and hour employment claims on Employment Practices Liability Insurance (EPLI) coverage. Wage and hour claims brought under the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and state law equivalents continued to...

Carriers never seem to be comfortable with the level of catastrophe claimseither there are way too many or far too few. This Goldilocks mentality makes me wonder what level of disaster losses would be just right for the industrys bottom line.