By: Bernd G. Heinze, Esq., President of Heinze Group, LLC Over the past 36 years, it has been a privilege to continue working in the insurance marketplace: first as an insurance defense and coverage trial attorney, vice-president and national chief litigation counsel for a property and casualty insurance company, executive director of a professional insurance […]
By: Catherine Reese, Chief Claims Officer at Tower Hill Insurance Group No matter what path you choose in insurance, you’re helping people. From Underwriting to Claims, our industry is focused on reducing risk, protecting people from economic devastation, and making them whole when a loss occurs. As we move through 2019, we’re doing that in […]
The ability to accurately discern the past and predict the future based on nothing but data points and the experience of actuaries and adjusters has served the industry well up to now. Insurance is, after all, a multi-billion-dollar, truly global industry. While this remains the case, the landscape is now radically different to the past, […]
By: Stephanie Behnke, Vice President, Claims Strategy and Business Solutions at The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Everywhere we turn, we see that our industry is changing…rapidly. For the most part, we look forward to the evolution of digital technology, artificial intelligence and more insightful data analytics. But for every new technology we deploy, there is […]
By: Dan Franzetti, Chief Operating Officer, QBE North America With the advent of many new technologies and rapidly evolving threats such as cyber, the insurance industry is a very dynamic place to be. In my 25-plus years in the business, I can’t think of a more exciting time. And the industry needs new leaders. There’s […]
By: David T. Vanalek, Esq., Claims Chief Operating Officer at Markel Early on in my professional career, I was very fortunate to be surrounded by those who took an avid interest in my development – a high school speech and debate coach, a sitting jurist, and an elected official. It wasn’t clear to me at […]
By Andreas Kleiner, President and CEO, American Modern Insurance Group, Inc. As a young professional, you may have landed in the insurance industry by complete accident. This, in fact, happened to me. When Berlin was bidding on the 2000 Olympic Games, I was an engineer working feverishly on the design for several Olympic structures. Then […]
In the 2000s, claims adjusters had plenty of practice when it came to hurricane responses – answering calls for Hurricanes Charley, Frances, Ivan and Jeanne in 2004 and Dennis, Katrina, Rita and Wilma in 2005. These storms produced record numbers of claims for the property insurance industry, which employed many staff adjusters and contracted independent […]
Rising Insurance Star Executives, LLC, also known as R.I.S.E., and IASIU announced that five scholarships will be awarded this year, as part of a special partnership aimed at promoting young professionals in SIU. The scholarships are funded by IASIU and sponsors of RISE, including companies like GEICO and MetLife. Applications will be accepted via […]
Connected Claims 2019 is over, and what a conference it was! Our experience this year was that the conference had great energy, relevant content, cool technology vendors, and plenty of excellent speakers. Highlights of the conference were definitely the panel content, the rooftop party, and the booming exhibit hall. We loved the speaker set up […]
