claims management News

Claims People: Venbrook, McGlinchey and Anderson Kill

Venbrook Appoints Chief Claims Officer Venbrook Group LLC, a national insurance brokerage and claims management services provider, has appointed Louis Pippin as chief claims officer. Pippin will lead the company’s third-party administration and independent claims adjusting business for the Los …

Claims Business: Duck Creek, CSAA, Verisk and Davies

Duck Creek Offering ODG Treatment Guidelines Duck Creek Technologies is integrating commercial treatment guidelines commonly used for workers’ compensation and auto claims into its claims management program. The Boston-based tech company said in a press release that it has formed …

Viewpoint: Keeping the Human Element in AI Claims Management

Without a doubt, artificial intelligence (AI) is a valuable driver of innovation in today’s insurance industry. Unfortunately, the predominant attitude toward AI in our culture still hangs on a suspicion that people will lose their livelihoods as their jobs are …

Building Information Modeling Pitched as Claims Management Tool

GARDEN GROVE, Calif. — As an attorney who focuses on construction litigation, Vasko C. Alexander says he has spent a good part of his legal career inside mediation sessions where contractors, subcontractors, owners and architects blame one another for whatever …

Sedgwick Founder Robert Young Dead at 83

Robert Lerton “Bob” Young, founder of a company that grew to become claims-management giant Sedgwick, died on Feb. 20, the company announced Wednesday. He was 83. Young in 1969 founded a small claims services company in San Francisco. The company …

Business News: Tristar, George Hills, RiskStream Collaborative, Verisk

Tristar Buys RMS Tristar Insurance Group, a privately owned third-party claims administrator based in Long Beach, Calif., has agreed to purchase Aspen Risk Management Group. Aspen, located in San Diego, provides remote ergonomics, online service platforms, and consulting services to …

Business News: RiskStream, Sedgwick, Clara Analytics

RiskStream Launches Innovation Lab The RiskStream Collaborative, a consortium of insurers that making a joint investment in blockchain technology, has created a new entity that will work with insurers, non-insurance organizations and governmental agencies that are looking to explore targeted …

Legal Group Unveils Guidelines for First-Party Insurance Disaster Claims

A national legal group has developed new, streamlined protocols designed to promote a more efficient exchange of information in first-party insurance claims cases stemming from manmade and natural disasters. The Institute for the Advancement of the American Legal System (IAALS) …

Ascot, Beazley Launch $50M Cargo Claims Consortium for Small-Medium Firms

Ascot and Beazley announced the launch of a Lloyd’s-based cargo consortium using insurtech technologies to help manage risk and claims performance. Led by Ascot and Beazley, the consortium brings together a range of cargo carriers that will provide a maximum …

Schedule It Successfully Completes SOC 2 Type 1 Audit

Compliance Demonstrates Schedule It’s Adherence to Higher Industry Security Standards for an Insurance Technology and Service Provider Elizabethtown, KY, December 12, 2018 – Schedule It, LLC, the leader in insurance property claims inspection scheduling, today announced that it has successfully …