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Scout the Opposition - What Claim Professionals Could Learn from College Football Coaches

By Bill Paccione|October 24, 2018|English

Having lived most of my life in the Northeast before moving to Atlanta, I never really appreciated the excitement of college football. As Labor Day approaches each year, most people in the Northeast are “bummed” because summer is soon coming...
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3 Reminders for "Good" Bad Faith Claims Management

By Tim Fletcher |May 22, 2018|English

A recent Florida case sounds like an ominous warning for carriers. The issue was whether or not a carrier’s insistence on protecting a lienholder on a $10,000 settlement check provided sufficient grounds for an $8 million bad faith award. For...
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4 Reporting & Metrics Principles to Drive Information Acceleration

By Amy McNamara |April 30, 2018|English

Many P&C insurance companies have a long history and undoubtedly have a variety of legacy systems and reporting applications. Meanwhile, insurers are not only operating in a dynamic marketplace, with an increasing need to incorporate meaningful...
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P&C Insurance Analytics – What Drives Your Priorities?

By Upendra Belhe|April 12, 2018|English

When we say the business environment for P&C insurance is changing at a rapid pace, no one seems surprised. But how are carriers responding to it? Data Analytics is the most accepted transformative force; there seems to be no doubt about that at...
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A Tootsie Pop, a Coin Flip and a Reinsurance Program - Understanding Probabilities

By Rick Hartmann|February 20, 2018|English

The Tootsie Pop commercials that aired when some of us were kids made me wonder how many licks it might take before you could get to the chocolate center of a Tootsie Pop. Now, as a reinsurance professional, I still find myself asking about probabilities,...
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P&C Insurance - Analytics Maturity Evolution

By Upendra Belhe|December 13, 2017|English

It is true that P&C insurance carriers have been embarking on the exciting journey of building predictive models. Many small to mid-size P&C carriers have admitted to the trend and are increasingly building their capabilities to nurture and...
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