So many sources to check, so little time. Technology has provided us with rich amounts of online background data, which is helpful — but only when we can find it. Today, a person may have multiple e-mail addresses for various purposes. If you conduct a background search on a claimant, for example, using just one [...]
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Decision Net Web Presence Search: New Feature
by John Deegan on August 9, 2012
Verisk Insurance Solutions to host 2013 Customer Conference
by Christopher Perini, CPCU on May 23, 2012
Preparations are well under way for Verisk Insurance Solutions Customer Conference 2013. I hope you’ll make plans to join us. I’m especially pleased that next year’s conference — scheduled for April 7 to 9 — will take place at the Omni Orlando Resort at ChampionsGate in Champions Gate, Florida. The world-class property offers two 18-hole [...]
Tagged as: Conferences/Forums, Customer Conference, social media, Verisk Insurance Solutions
With the rapid growth of social media has come an explosion in new content detailing the daily lives of individuals, many of whom are insurance policyholders. The average social media user creates more than 90 pieces of new content a month and more than 30 billion pieces of content are shared each month across a [...]
Tagged as: ClaimSearch, fraud, social media, Web Presence Search
New Twitter Service Can Help Insurers Gather Market Research
by Edward Cammarato on April 2, 2012
in Social Media
Until recently, Twitter gave businesses search access to tweets for only a brief time. However, a U.K. data provider has changed all that — companies will now be able to search through an archive of tweets going back two years, according to an article in Insurance Networking News. This unprecedented event stands to have far-reaching [...]
Tagged as: marketing, social media, twitter
Out of curiosity, who knows what line of business you’ll find in Division 11 of ISO’s Commercial Lines Manual? If you’re like me, you probably don’t keep track of such things unless you have a reason to. Well, I now present you with a very good reason. Division 11 supports ISO’s Employment-Related Practices Liability Program, [...]
Tagged as: claims, commercial lines, employment, liability, manual, social media
Social Media: Information Sharing and Insurance
by Edward Cammarato on January 3, 2012
For the property/casualty insurance industry, 2011 was a remarkably “sharing” year. I don’t mean what you think. I’m talking about sharing on social media websites. Of the eleven most shared events during the year, three were directly related to property loss. The Japanese tsunami, Hurricane Irene, and the U.S. East Coast earthquake were major occasions [...]
Tagged as: fraud, Hurricane Irene, rating, smartphones, social media, underwriting
