An explosion of new data is turning the insurance business model on its head. There is more data and more access to data than there has ever been and it’s growing. The challenge for insurers is how to take advantage of all this data to price better, expand your market and improve the business of… Continue reading Adopting an Insurance Data Model For a Single Version of the Truth – Insurance & Technology
Dolmans Group selects Xactware’s solutions to improve home claims service – Insurance Business Review
The Dolmans Group, a full-service mitigation and reconstruction firm in Netherlands, has selected Xactware’s claims estimation and management solutions to improve home claims service. Xactware Solutions is a Verisk Analytics company that specializes in the property insurance, remodeling, and restoration industries. Verisk Analytics said Xactware’s tools include its claims estimating software, Xactimate, and its claims… Continue reading Dolmans Group selects Xactware’s solutions to improve home claims service – Insurance Business Review
Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma – Lexology
Goldberg Segalla LLP USA October 18 2011 In Garrison v. Union Carbide Corp. (Fla. Cir., Broward Co., Sept. 21, 2011), Charles Garrison alleged that he was exposed to asbestos-containing joint compound while remodeling the attic in his uncle’s home in 1974. Mr. Garrison did the work in exchange for free housing while attending college. The… Continue reading Florida jury awards $20 million for mesothelioma – Lexology
International Green Construction Code – Lexology
Fox Rothschild LLP Kimberly A. Freimuth USA November 2 2011 The International Code Council is expected to release the International Green Construction Code (IGCC) in March 2012. The following are some bullet points on IGCC taken from the Synopsis of Public Version 2.0, which was issued in November 2010: Applicable to new construction, as well as alterations and additions to existing… Continue reading International Green Construction Code – Lexology
WoW! See the New ‘Wall of Wind’ Hurricane Simulator | Florida International University Wind Lab, Hurricane News | Our Amazing Planet
Behold, the Wall of Wind. Credit: Brett Israel. SWEETWATER, FLA. — Looking up at the “Wall of Wind” quickly puts a hurricane’s roaring winds into context. Most people have ridden inside a car going 74 mph (119 kph), the speed at which a storm outgrows the tropical storm classification and becomes a hurricane. But that… Continue reading WoW! See the New ‘Wall of Wind’ Hurricane Simulator | Florida International University Wind Lab, Hurricane News | Our Amazing Planet