Articles by Wesley Todd

image of Wesley ToddWesley Todd is the founder of CaseGlide, LLC. Through CaseGlide’s Litigation Control System, Wesley is giving insurers the power to control their litigation costs and outcomes. If you have any questions about Wesley or CaseGlide, please visit www.caseglide.com.

Commentary: Florida Homeowners’ Insurers Will Pass the Hurricane Irma Test

Florida homeowners’ insurers are poised to thrive following Hurricane Irma. For years, critics have disparaged Florida’s unique homeowners’ insurance industry. These innovative and entrepreneurial insurers are about to prove critics wrong. The $100B Detour It should first be acknowledged that …

Transparency: Technology’s Next Gift to the Legal Department

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their law firms why, …

7 Reasons to Stop Emailing About Claims Litigation Today

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their law firms why, …

When Knowledge is No Longer Power: Knowledge Management in Insurance Claims Litigation

Knowledge is No Longer Power Back in 1597 when Sir Francis Bacon wrote “scientia potential est,” which translates to “knowledge is power,” he could have never predicted that technology would eventually paralyze large companies with too much knowledge. Today, knowledge …

Claiming What’s Yours: Why Homeowners Insurers Need Claims Litigation Analytics

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their law firms why, …

Document Assembly and Automation: Making Easy Things Easy

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate exorbitant expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their outside law …

Litigation Project Management: Building Your Homeowners Insurance Litigation Skyscraper

Series Summary Insurance executives should be asking a lot of questions right now. They should wonder why their outside law firms haven’t adopted available technology that could eliminate expenses for routine legal work. They should ask their law firms why, …

Property Insurers Must Take the Lead on Legal Project Management Software Innovations

Over the past ten years, emails have taken over. Particularly in claims litigation, emails are generated by attorneys and claims professionals faster than an assembly line at a factory. What was once thought to be a technological innovation has now …

Sebo v. American Home Assurance Company

The Return of the Efficient Proximate Cause Doctrine in Florida Florida’s Second District Court of Appeal recently revived an old debate regarding whether coverage is available for damages caused by independent excluded and covered causes in the case of Sebo …

The ‘Marring’ Exclusion Makes Its Way Across Florida

In July 2013, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal held in Ergas v. Universal Property & Casualty that there is no coverage for tile damage caused by a dropped object. Since then, Florida’s Second and Third Districts have issued similar …