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August 19, 2013

Top 10 for the Past Week

1.Sandy Collector Auto Claims: A CEO's Takeaways From The Nation's 3rd-Worst Insurance Disaster
Aug 13, 2013 -- Superstorm Sandy made landfall October 29, 2012, crossing the coast of New Jersey and creating damage in a widespread path up and down the East Coast.Sandy, a post-tropical cyclone, caused more damage (an estimated $18.8 billion) in the United ...
2.Commentary: Think ICD-10 Won't Impact Workers' Comp? Think Again
Aug 12, 2013 -- Healthcare is an enormously complex endeavor and it has gotten more complex than ever imagined with the advent of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). PPACA has put a lot of balls into the air; one of the lesser known side effects ...
3.State by State Look at Driving Rules for Older Drivers
Sep 19, 2012 -- A 50-state look at the varying rules across the nation governing drivers' licenses for older adults. ALABAMA: Licenses are renewed every four years for all drivers, with no additional requirements for older drivers. A legislative committee ...
4.Improving Claims Management Through Cloud Computing
Aug 15, 2013 -- The idea of cloud computing or consuming information technology as a utility resonates a lot like the Application Service Provider (ASP) approach of the 1990's. This 'out of the box' platform gives claim departments the opportunity to ...
5.A Mistake in the Making: How to Eliminate Claims Processing Errors
Aug 7, 2013 -- People at all levels of organizations want quality improvements, but they often don't understand how to make them happen. Processing errors are far from random events. Some processors consistently have higher error rates than others. There are ...
6.Ohio Woman Sentenced for Fraud Involving $60,000 Insurance Claim
Aug 13, 2013 -- Ohio Lieutenant Governor and Department of Insurance Director Mary Taylor announced that Patricia Young, of Piqua, was sentenced to three years of community control and 17 months incarceration (suspended) in Miami County Common Pleas Court for ...
7.Tropical Cyclone Utor Slams Philippines, Heads Towards China's Coast: AIR Worldwide
Aug 12, 2013 -- According to catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Typhoon Utor slammed into the northern Philippine island of Luzon today at approximately 3:00 pm local time (7:00 UTC) with 10-minute sustained winds of 175 km/h (109 mph, JMA), gusts of up to ...
8.California High Court Decision Provides Additional Avenue for First Party Bad Faith Claims
Aug 14, 2013 -- A recent decision by the California Supreme Court allows plaintiffs in first party bad faith lawsuits to file a separate cause of action under the California Unfair Competition Law (UCL). At the same time, however, the decision provides for some ...
9.Virginia Boy's Death Puts Focus on Celebratory Gunshots
Aug 13, 2013 -- When a stray bullet pierced the top of Brendon Mackey's head, the 7-year-old was on his way to a July Fourth fireworks celebration with his dad and other family members. He died the next day in a Richmond hospital, a bullet lodged at the base of his ...
10.The Beginnings of Structured Settlements
Aug 5, 2013 -- Currently an estimated $5 billion industry, structured settlements were once considered too risky because tax implications for insurers and claimants hadn't been ironed out. According to Peter Arnold, deputy director of the National Structured ...

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