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Everyday Insurance Analytics: Using Data at Every Level
Data analytics have now permeated most levels of insurance company organizations, creating exciting new opportunities but also some interesting challenges. Not all business units are equipped with data scientists and insurance analytics experts to help decision makers navigate what can seem to be uncharted waters or a flood of information.
Diagnostics Systems Key to Proper and Safe Repairs for Fountain Valley Body Shop
Since opening his Fountain Valley body shop over 40 years ago, owner Dave March has had a front row seat witnessing the evolution of the collision repair industry. In 1974 when his shop opened, only one automobile manufacturer offered airbags, and the NHTSA was still five years away from crash-testing popular cars to encourage manufacturers to improve the safety of their vehicles.
StateWatch: Bill Review April 2018
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Keep current with new legislation and its potential effect on your organization. This regulatory update is for informational purposes only, and provides some key highlights on state initiatives that may impact the bill review services Genex provides.
What’s BIG Diversity?
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It’s mid-April, a time when my Outlook calendar begins to beep repeatedly in anticipation of the annual RIMS conference. While you surely have most of your regular appointments, sessions events scheduled by now, I’d suggest saving some time for a few new programs scheduled for the San Antonio meeting next week.
Premiums Written: Q1 2018 Casualty Must-Reads
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This quarter, Mitchell was featured in Property and Casualty 360, where Mitchell’s Claims Performance Consulting Directors Edward Olsen and Ryan Mandell delve into how developing an analytics- driven culture from the outside in provides the opportunity for increased operational claims value. Additionally, we addressed how technology will play a large role in the future of the workers' compensation industry in Risk & Insurance Magazine by surveying their readers.
January 2018 Used Vehicle Market Conditions
Wholesale used vehicle prices started the year in the pattern that characterized much of 2017 in the months prior to hurricane season. Namely, car prices tended to fall while truck prices provided a boost to average wholesale values. In January, car prices continued to show year-over-year price declines, while truck prices did the opposite, but that situation is moving towards parity, as indicated by strong month-over-month increases in car prices.
Are You Paying for Mistakes? The Impact of Errors in Workers' Comp Medical Billing
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A report from the Medical Billing Advocates of America estimates that as many as 80 percent of all medical bills include incorrect information.