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Claims Management

Captive Claim Management

2019-01-18 | Christopher E Mandel

Captive Claim Management—Chris Mandel looks at the similarities and differences of managing claims for a captive.

Reinsurance

Reinsurance Contract Wording Revisited

2018-12-21 | Larry Schiffer

Lack of clarity may cause ambiguities to rise. Larry Schiffer examines the problems.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Implementing Natural Hazard Resilience throughout a Large Organization

2018-11-30 | Nathan C Gould

Nathan Gould explains the importance of developing a natural hazard design standard to increase facility and operational resilience.

Captives

Things To Know about Captive Insurance Companies

2018-11-16 | Donald J Riggin

Don Riggin provides a "CliffsNotes"-style understanding of captives and their uses.

Claims Management

Workers Compensation Claims and the Opioid Impact Revisited

2018-09-28 | Christopher E Mandel

Workers Compensation Claims and the Opioid Impact Revisited—Chris Mandel looks at the crisis and efforts to quell the tide.

Reinsurance

Vacating a Reinsurance Arbitration Award for Evident Partiality

2018-09-21 | Larry Schiffer

Undisclosedrelationships can doom awards. Larry Schiffer explains.

Claims Management

Appraiser Disqualified for Contingent Fee

2018-08-24 | Barry Zalma

Barry Zalma discusses a Colorado case emphasizing the need for appraisers and umpires to be impartial and fair.

Claims Management

Greedily Contesting Claim Recovery Can Backfire

2018-07-27 | Barry Zalma

Barry Zalma relates a suit for total disability that didn't go well for the insured.

Claims Management

Insurtech and the Claim Function

2018-07-13 | Christopher E Mandel

Insurtech and the Claim Function—The insurance claim process has much to gain from technological advances, per Christopher Mandel.

Reinsurance

Insurtech, Disruptive Technologies, and Reinsurance

2018-06-29 | Larry Schiffer

How we buy insurance is changing, per Larry Schiffer, and the way reinsurers provide security for insurers will have to change too.