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Are You Hiring the Wrong Person?
Have you ever applied for a job and wondered why it is offered to someone who appears to be less qualified than you? A new study by Berkeley-Haas Associate Professor Don Moore finds employment ...
How to Avoid Potentially Violent Situations During Claims Investigations
Working in unfamiliar locations on stressful losses, usually alone, adjusters in the field can be at a disadvantage when it comes to knowing if a situation with a policyholder or claimant could turn ...
The Soft Stuff Is Often The Hardest: Change Management Critical In PAS Transformation
Over the past year, we've seen an unprecedented investment by small and midsize carriers in policy administration transformation. Carriers that experience successful PAS implementations will be well ...
Casualty ILS: The Time Has Come
The accelerating convergence of insurance and reinsurance with capital markets and the resulting effect on the traditional insurance and reinsurance business model have topped the insurance news ...
Full Disclosure: Climate Change May Prove Risky For Insurers
Insurance companies are in a tricky position when it comes to the issue of climate change. On the one hand, virtually all of them insure policyholders facing the risk of a climate change liability ...
Master Limited Partnerships: Energized Investment Income For Insurance Companies
Master Limited Partnerships (MLPs) are an attractive way for property/casualty insurance companies to participate in the strong fundamental trends occurring in the U.S. energy sector. A majority of ...
Electronic Aggression: Uncovering Expensive Coverage Gaps
It used to be bullies were restricted to the playground—but not anymore. Cyberbullying is at epidemic levels. Facebook, YouTube and other social media have become platforms for bullying, and ...
The Curious Case Of Bad Math & Why It Does Not Matter
I have recently been reminded of some of the nonsensical insurance idiosyncrasies that veterans of the industry take for granted. Several of these involve math—and bad math in particular. 1. ...