the move towards technology has created an urgency with most in the claims industry to keep up with the changes in order to maintain in a new work environment. At a recent claims conference in Las Vegas, Claims Journal interviewed several professionals about how they saw technology integrating with their business.
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
Commercial roofing, already complicated, is getting more so as new types and materials are being introduced. Kenneth R. Gilvary, a senior engineer with Dallas-based Haag Engineering, specializes in assessing roof losses for insurers. Gilvary says claims professionals need to keep up with how green technology, including vegetative rooftops, and new building standards are changing the [...]
With a database of nearly a million wholesale base prices of horticultural assets and a nationwide network of certified arborists and licensed and insured tree crews, Horticultural Asset Management Inc. specializes in helping insurers come up with the replacement cost for lost trees, shrubs and other landscape assets. In this interview with Claims Journal, HMI [...]
Certified Restoration Drycleaning Network (CRDN) is a textile restoration organization specializing in laundry and drycleaning services for the insurance industry. In 2006 CRDN was invited to participate in “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition“, a hit show on ABC-TV. Four years later, CRDN has participated in 87 episodes in 40 states. In this interview with Claims [...]
It’s not a sexy issue, but producer licensing is very important to independent agents. Forty-eight states already have a producer licensing act, but the uniformity isn’t where agents think it should be. In this interview with Insurance Journal, David Eppstein, of the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents, provides a progress report.
InVEST was founded in 1970 by a member agent of the Independent Insurance Agents of Los Angeles
The directors and officers liability market has been impacted by a number of events in the last decade, including issues arising from the sub-prime lending meltdown. While the impact of today’s mortgage crisis on the D&O market remains to be seen, Carl Pursiano, Senior Vice-President for Liberty International Underwriters, says the industry is well-prepared to [...]