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May 10, 2016


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The Significance of Underwriting in the Claim Process
 
By Aaron Simon

Many people think that underwriting activities and claims activities are completely distinct processes.  This is not true.  In claim and litigation situations the underwriting file is often an important and significant item.  As a litigator when I am involved in defending an insurance agent in an errors and omissions claim or representing an insurance company in a coverage action, one of the first things I request to review is the associated underwriting file.  Notably most of my opposing counsel do the same thing. 




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Jim Melchior, Western National 


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Mahowald Insurance Agency
 

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Artificial Intelligence: Disruption or Opportunity? 

Artificial intelligence (AI), one of 20 core technologies I identified back in 1983 as the drivers of exponential economic value creation, is rapidly working its way into our lives from Amazon's Alexa and Facebook's M, to Google's Now and Apple's Siri. But it's much bigger than that. From this point forward, it would be a good idea to keep a closer eye on AI's rapid development and look for both predictable problems as well as amazing opportunities.

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