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The Best Workers’ Comp Claims Teams

Workers’ comp claims teams vary in their performance. Yet there has been no way to clearly identify what superior performance means and what superior performers do. Now we have the summary results of a five-year, 1,700-participant survey project to provide answers.
August 8, 2018 Workers' Compensation

What Insurance Can Learn From The NFL

The advent of in-depth analyses of football statistics, led by the website Pro Football Focus (PFF) and its football fan founder Neil Hornsby in 2004, changed the way that teams evaluated their players.
August 8, 2018 Auto Technology


Father, Friend Charged In Fatal Arson-Insurance Scheme

A botched arson-for-hire plot left a Scranton man dead and his father and a homeowner charged with murder. It was a simple plan, police said. Brett Sweeting Jr., 26, would set fire to Chad Kenowski’s home at 52 Roosevelt St. in Scranton, then flee the blaze with his father and getaway driver, Brett Sweeting Sr.
August 8, 2018 Fraud Property Pennsylvania

Mixed Results From IIHS Tests On Driver Assistance Technologies

Over the past few years, driver assistance features such as automatic emergency braking and lane keep assist have become increasingly more common. But how effective are they? According to a recent study conducted by the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS), these features still aren’t substitutes for actual human drivers, and the results varied significantly from brand to brand.
August 8, 2018 Auto Technology


Flying The Frenzy Skies

It is generally known that there has been an uptick in workplace violence this past year. This trend is certainly visible in the world of law enforcement, where 33 officers have died by gunfire this year. Last year there were 46 killed in the entire year. This phenomenon is also most visible in the airline industry, where “air rage” is becoming an almost daily occurrence.
August 7, 2018 Workers' Compensation

Reducing Non-Catastrophic Property Losses With The IoT

For many, the concept of a “smart home” is a futuristic, and perhaps even frivolous, offering where lights shut off automatically once we fall asleep, thermostats are controlled from your phone and security cameras can show you what’s going on in your home from thousands of miles away.
August 7, 2018 Property Technology