Every successful entrepreneur or CEO has dealt with failure at some point. It took Thomas Edison 10,000 attempts to perfect the light bulb, 36 publishers rejected Arianna Huffington and Milton Hershey had three candy-related ventures fail before he founded Hershey’s.

Attorneys frequently offer audio, video, and digital images as evidence in civil and criminal litigation, where the interpretation of the evidence becomes a matter of expert opinion.

Evidence in civil and criminal trials includes audio, video, and digital images, where the interpretation of the evidence often becomes a matter of expert opinion.

JoAnn Pickel, director of operations at Pacesetter Claims Service, started in the insurance industry after her husband landed an underwriter job with State Farm. In short order, they had a claims position open.

CLM’s upcoming Construction Conference on Wednesday, Sept. 27 will feature a brand-new location as we deliver the high-impact sessions you have come to expect on the biggest topics facing construction claims professionals.

Every third week of June is designated as Lightning Awareness Week. This week is used to bring awareness to the dangers of nature’s fireworks.

Every third week of June is designated as Lightning Awareness Week. This week is used to bring awareness to the dangers of nature’s fireworks.

Insurance claims is a dynamic and fast-paced field that requires professionals to possess a wide range of skills and competencies. While academic institutions provide a foundation of knowledge, there are certain skill gaps that schools have failed to adequately address, hindering the readiness of new entrants.

At Mid-America Catastrophe Services, we are privileged to work with some of America’s best field and desk claims adjusters. Our top performers work as much as they want and earn six figures annually. More importantly, they are good people. They are empathetic, energetic, and efficient.

As most insurance professionals and litigators know, the hot new trend for plaintiffs’ attorneys is to turn whiplash cases with significant insurance limits into mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI) cases. Such cases raise the stakes for insurers and litigators because they are expensive to defend and create more exposure for insureds and their indemnitors.

Tornadoes are some of the most extreme weather events on Earth, and just like snowflakes, no two tornadoes are the same.

Maybe it’s just me, but I have a growing distaste for some of the posts I am seeing these days on LinkedIn. And it’s probably not the personal opinion ‘Facebook-style’ posts you are thinking about.

Your experiences in virtual reality could soon get much more lifelike. Palmer Luckey, sometimes credited with creating modern virtual reality, claims to have built a VR headset that will kill the user if they die in the game they’re playing.

Great-power rivalry between the United States, China, and Russia was a hot topic at the American Property Casualty Insurance Association (APCIA) Annual Meeting in Dallas, TX, from October 2-4.

Recently, I hosted a training for inside adjusters, and the group consisted of around 20 seasoned claims professionals with an average tenure exceeding seven years. Most of these inside adjusters had spent at least a couple of years in the field, as well.