Insurance

Is blockchain really a solution in search of a problem ? At first glance, it may appear that way. Aside from developments in the industry loss warranty (ILW) market , clear use cases have been slow...

Blockchain has taken the global insurance industry by storm. Insurtech start-ups have begun to probe this emerging technology, and insurers and reinsurers have watched, explored, and tested. So far...

Claims handlers are familiar with both ISO Claims Outcome Advisor ® (COA ™ ), the top quantum evaluation tool, and Xactware’s claims-handling tools for the property market. But what they may not kn...

In a previous blog post— 3D Printers: Do emitted chemicals from inexpensive desktop models pose health risks? —we discussed a study on emissions and possible risks associated with small commercial...

Advances in automatic fire and smoke detection, central station alarms, and automatic sprinklers have helped property losses decline slightly in the last decade. But despite the best efforts of...

In 2014, in the United States, 3,903 people were killed and an estimated 111,000 injured in police-reported traffic crashes involving large trucks. Seven percent of the fatal crashes involved a tru...

To date, wildfires in California this season have burned more than 150,000 acres, and—with five major wildfires burning at this writing—that number continues to grow. California seems poised for ye...

As was evident while viewing the Republican and Democratic National Conventions, the political operatives of their national committees truly delved into the minutia of how to spin their respective...

Drones are entering the mainstream. The agriculture and real estate industries may currently dominate commercial usage, but a wide and varied market is shaping up. Many fields can use drone...

As you might imagine, the construction industry has the greatest number of both fatal and nonfatal traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) in U.S. workplaces. A total of 2,210 construction workers died...