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January 14, 2008
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Pacific Northwest Storm Challenges Insurers The geographical breadth of December 2007's Pacific Northwest storm challenged insurers' catastrophe management teams to anticipate claimants' needs.   |
Insurance & Technology
June 1, 2007
Anthony O'Donnell |
Kansas Tornados Are Occasion to Hone CAT Management Skills The devastating tornado that struck Greensburg Kansas provided the opportunity for insurers such as State Farm and Travelers to exercise their catastrophe management competence on a small scale. |
Insurance & Technology
March 9, 2007
Nathan Conz |
Travelers Deploys Mobile Catastrophe Units to Respond to Florida Tornadoes By deploying mobile claims vehicles to the recent tornado-damaged central Florida region, the P&C insurance provider was able to focus its response efforts and minimize claims adjustment lag time. |
Insurance & Technology
October 7, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Mean Season In addition to driving a more expeditious claims process, technology has played an important role in minimizing the effect of an event like Katrina on the fortunes of insurance companies and the industry as a whole. |
Insurance & Technology
March 7, 2006
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Storm Surge Refusing to be caught off guard again, insurance companies are reexamining their IT strategies and operations in anticipation of the fast-approaching 2006 hurricane season. |
Insurance & Technology
August 12, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
Stormy Weather Hurricane Dennis provoked an early debut of technologically driven tools and strategies demonstrating the evolution of CAT-related solutions, or simply representing such technology's increasing availability. |
Insurance & Technology
September 16, 2005
Deena M. Amato-McCoy |
Eye of the Storm Insurers that implement processes and technologies for accurately assessing data and measuring risk across business lines and geographies before disaster strikes will weather the storm. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Get Real (Time) MetLife Auto & Home taps Xactware to simplify communication between the carrier's field staff and claims office. |
Insurance & Technology
December 23, 2005
Maria Woehr |
Bracing for the Claims Storm Many insurance carriers have invested in new back-office and field technologies within the past year to enable more-efficient claims processing and provide better customer service. And, for many, it wasn't a moment too soon. |
Insurance & Technology
January 17, 2006
Maria Woehr |
Claims Tool Kit The 2005 hurricane season brightened the spotlight on emerging technologies with which insurance carriers arm their adjusters: Ruggedized Laptops... Mobile Phone... GPS System... Straight Line Laser...etc. |
BusinessWeek
January 16, 2006
Adam Aston |
The Worst Isn't Over Smarter science is helping companies and insurers plan for hurricanes. The bad news: This year could be another doozy. |
Insurance & Technology
October 12, 2004
Wendy Toth |
Hurricane Warfare Insurers find a variety of ways to leverage technology to help claimants recover from the onslaught of ferocious storms. |
Insurance & Technology
February 18, 2005
Wendy Toth |
Picking Up The Pace The pace of claims settlement from Florida's recent hurricane season is setting records: Insurers have closed nearly 86 percent of the record total of claims reported for the four major storms of 2004. |
Insurance & Technology
September 5, 2007
Nathan Conz |
Chubb Group of Insurance Companies Performs Well With Catastrophe Response, Survey Says Chubb Group of Insurance Companies credits its call centers and pen-based tablet PCs for its catastrophe response effort after strong April storms in the Northeast US. |
Insurance & Technology
January 26, 2005
Anthony O'Donnell |
The Perfect Storm Model To help insurance carriers scientifically assess their exposure to those losses, EQECAT issued the first probabilistic catastrophe model for U.S. winter storms. |
Insurance & Technology
July 2, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Completes Acquisition of 21st Century Insurance Largest acquisition in the company's history strengthens its position as the third-largest personal lines carrier in the U.S. and makes it the top auto insurer in several states, including California. |
Insurance & Technology
July 12, 2006
Katherine Burger |
Here We Go Again This year's hurricane season could all end up being much ado about nothing, but it also could turn out to be the proverbial worst-case scenario, and of course, the insurance industry has to prepare for the worst. |
Geotimes
February 2007
Richard J. Murnane |
Science, Catastrophe Risk Models and Insurance An appreciation of how scientific research is used in the insurance industry's catastrophe risk models provides some insight on the relationship between geoscience and insurance. |
CRM
January 2013
Leonard Klie |
Sandy Put Service to the Test Insurers turned to mobile and social technologies to respond to the October superstorm. |
Insurance & Technology
February 1, 2010
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Names Susan Bithell Vice President and Chief Underwriting Officer Bithell will oversee the continued alignment of the company's underwriting strategy, processes and methodology across several business units. |
This Old House
David Dobbs |
Weathering the Storm Ask these questions to choose the right catastrophe insurance. |
Entrepreneur
July 2004
Jacquelyn Lynn |
Going Public Public insurance adjusters have skills and knowledge that you may not have in-house and could help you get what you deserve from a claim. |
Insurance & Technology
April 16, 2009
Anthony O'Donnell |
Farmers Insurance Group Will Acquire 21st Century, Other AIG Personal Auto Carriers The $1.9 billion deal to acquire AIG's Personal Auto Group is expected to close by the third quarter of 2009, pending regulatory approval. |
