Top 10 Things Litigators Should Know About Insurance

Erica J. Dominitz and William T. Um | Kilpatrick Townsend & Stockton LLP | November 4, 2016 Most non-insurance litigators run for the hills when the topic of “insurance coverage” arises. Others profess to know enough about insurance coverage just to make themselves dangerous. Considering the rising costs of defending and settling lawsuits, it is… Continue reading Top 10 Things Litigators Should Know About Insurance

Drone Mapping the Way of the Future for Insurance Companies

Kathryn Rattigan and Carrie Turner | Property Insurance Coverage Insights | July 12, 2016 Drone mapping provides insurance companies with an easy, fast and accurate method of documenting a scene and preserving key details  while also letting the process of clean-up and reconstruction begin as quickly as possible. Recently, Dronotec, a start-up company specializing in… Continue reading Drone Mapping the Way of the Future for Insurance Companies

Insurance Company Drones May Be Hitting the Skies

Kathryn Rattigan and Deborah Vennos | Property Insurance Coverage Insights | May 31, 2016 Back in March, our Data Privacy + Security Insider blog reported an increase in the use of commercial drones by State Departments of Transportation across the country. Now, insurance companies are also getting in the game. Using drones for underwriting, determining property values and… Continue reading Insurance Company Drones May Be Hitting the Skies

Indemnity, Duty to Defend, and Timing

Stan Martin | Commonsense Construction Law LLC | January 20, 2016 The concept of indemnity gets a lot of press. With good reason, since an indemnity is one tool in the risk management shed. As a recent court decision shows, however, a duty to defend is different than an indemnity. And a party who seeks… Continue reading Indemnity, Duty to Defend, and Timing

Here are 5 insurance tech trends you’ll see this year

Sreedhar Alavalapati and Krishna Prasad | Property Casualty 360° | January 18, 2016 As part of the larger trend around big data turned into actionable analytics, insurers will begin to reap the benefits of those efforts in 2016. (Photo: Shutterstock) Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr, the French journalist and novelist of the early 29th century, first coined… Continue reading Here are 5 insurance tech trends you’ll see this year