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Claims Adjuster Training: Gut Calls Can Be Taught

“You just know” is not a process. Contributed by Chris Stanley, Founder of IA Path Can claims adjuster training replace years of experience? It can teach the judgment veterans rely on, and faster than many hiring managers think. The objection I hear...

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The Insurance Adjuster Shortage: Who Replaces Retiring Veterans?

“We want veterans. We stopped making them.” Contributed by Chris Stanley, Founder of IA Path Entry-level adjuster postings are down nearly 50%, even...

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Why Insurance Professionals Should Practice Being Bad at Something

"Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. Try again. Fail again. Fail better." Samuel Beckett Insurance rewards competence. Underwriters are promoted for...

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Hurricane Sandy's track, October 22-29, 2012, from the National Hurricane Center's Tropical Cyclone Report. Image: NOAA/National Hurricane Center.

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Sandy's Left Turn: A Lesson in Ranges, Not Surprises

This guest article is from David Delaney, President & CEO, at Insight Analytics. The storm that redefined "Northeast risk" wasn't even a hurricane...

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Florida Sues First Street Over Flood Scores. Who Is Right About Risk?

Florida says First Street's property-level flood scores mislead buyers. The bigger question is how much confidence consumers should place in a risk...

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Mentoring Well: Show Up and Do Not Interfere

"Example is not the main thing in influencing others. It is the only thing." Albert Schweitzer Arthur C. Brooks recently became a grandfather, and in...

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The Filing Is the Policy: A Producer's Field Guide to the FMCSA Forms That Decide Whether a Trucking Client Exists

This guest article is from Dmitry Borovoy, Founder of TruckerNavi and a New Jersey-licensed property and casualty producer at SafeBridge Insurance....

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Aerial view of the collapsed Cypress Street Viaduct in Oakland after the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake

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Loma Prieta's Real Lesson: Excluding the Shake Doesn't Exclude the Loss

This guest article is from David Delaney, President & CEO, at Insight Analytics. The earthquake that delayed a World Series lasted about fifteen...

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Agentic AI in Policy Servicing, Part 3: Keeping Agents in Control

The question raised in nearly every conversation about agentic AI is how to stay in control of automated actions without routing every decision past...

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Agentic AI in Policy Servicing, Part 2: Four Places to Start

"A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked." John Gall The strongest early candidates for...

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