Claims & Reserving
Survey Shows Customers Expect 5-Day Claims Payouts, Not Paper Checks in Future
The vast majority of insureds expect claim payouts to take no more than five days, a new survey shows.
The survey shows 82 percent of ...
Workers Compensation: Waning Benefits From Decreasing Opioid Rxs
Workers compensation has been a profit juggernaut for the property/casualty insurance industry over the past several years.
Underwriting ...
Reducing Claims Overpayment Is Vital for Carrier Survival
Failure to catch overinflated claims is costing the insurance industry tens of billions of dollars each year. Paying too much or too little on a claim isn't beneficial to ...
Love Thy Frenemies: 3 Reasons an Interconnected Claims Network Benefits the Industry
Coming off the worst underwriting performance in over a decade, the U.S. P/C insurance industry continues to face significant headwinds that threaten profitability and ...
Catalytic Theft Claims Triple in Two Years, Crime Bureau Report Finds
Insurance claims for catalytic converter thefts nationwide jumped by 288 percent in just two years, the National Insurance Crime Bureau said in a new report.
Being a claims professional in today's world is much more complex compared to the past 10 years — or even just five. The insurance ... The practice of insurance companies revising independent adjusters' damage reports may be as widespread in Louisiana as it is in Florida, according to adjusters and a ... Inflation and the threat of a recession are a reality not to be ignored. The combined effects of the Ukraine conflict and post-COVID supply chain disruption resulted in ...Executive Viewpoint: Realizing the Benefits of Predictive Models, AI for Cat Claims
Progressive Falling Short of CR Target; 10 More Points of Rate This Year
With loss reserve actions moving Progressive's first-quarter calendar year combined ratio up to 99, the company is tightening underwriting, cutting advertising spend and taking more rate actions, the ...Lawsuit, Adjuster Say UPC Altered Louisiana Estimate After Hurricane Ida
Loss Reserving and Pricing in a Time of Inflation