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Revised NAIC ALAE and ULAE Definitions
A Claims Perspectiveby
Richard Carris, CPCU, CIPA, CLU, CFE, APA, AIC, ARM
Casualty Actuarial SocietyMeeting:Meeting: Casualty Loss Reserve SeminarCasualty Loss Reserve SeminarSession:Session: NAIC Redefinitions ofNAIC Redefinitions of
Loss Adjustment ExpenseLoss Adjustment ExpenseVenue:Venue: New Orleans, LANew Orleans, LADate:Date: September 11, 2001September 11, 2001Time:Time: 10:30 AM to 11:59 AM10:30 AM to 11:59 AMContact:Contact: richard.carris@ey.com or richard.carris@ey.com or (212) 773-1215 (212) 773-1215
(DCC) (A&O)
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CAS Presentation
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Keys on ALAE for the LAE Person
Traditional ALAE = Allocated Loss Adjustment
Expense = Allocated Loss Expense (in
Sch P) =
New or Revised ALAE = Defense and Cost
Containment (“DCC”) =(in name only but not components)
CAS = Claim Adjustment Services (Interim Period)
Whereby CAS = Defense, Litigation and Medical Cost containment Services <DCC but> Traditional ALAE. Used for Discussion Purposes by NAIC.
Trigger = 1/1/98
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Keys on ULAE for the LAE Person
Traditional ULAE = Unallocated Loss Adjustment
Expense = Unallocated Loss Expense
(in Sch P)
New or Revised ULAE = Adjusting and Other (“A&O”)(in name only but not components)
Traditional LAE = ALAE + ULAE
New or Revised LAE = DCC + A&O
Trigger = 1/1/98
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Old NAIC Definitions of ALAE and ULAE
Old ALAE - Allocate whatever can be allocated. (Expense identified with a specific claim)
Old ULAE - Everything else.
Chapter 11 - Loss Adjustment Expenses of the Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual
Defense, litigation and medical cost containment not previously specified.
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New ALAE (DCC)*
Specifically, Allocated Loss Adjustment Expense (new ALAE) includes the following items:
Surveillance expenses;
Fixed amounts for medical cost containment expenses;
Litigation management expenses;
Per NAIC 6/24/97 Draft
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New ALAE (DCC)
Loss adjustment expenses for participation in voluntary and involuntary market pools if reported by accident year;
Fees or salaries for appraisers, private investigators, hearing representatives, reinspectors and fraud investigators, if working in defense of a claim, and fees or salaries for rehabilitation nurses, if such cost is not included in losses;
Per NAIC 6/24/97 Draft
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New ALAE (DCC)
Attorney fees incurred owing to a duty to defend, even when other coverage does not exist; and
The cost of engaging experts.
The foregoing list is not intended to be all inclusive.
Per NAIC 6/24/97 Draft
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New ULAE (A&O)*
Unallocated Loss Adjustment Expenses are those expenses other than allocated expenses. New ULAE includes the following items:
Fees of adjusters and settling agents; Loss adjustment expenses for participation in voluntary and
involuntary market pools if reported by calendar year;
*Effective 1/1/98
Per NAIC 6/24/97 Draft
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New ULAE (A&O)
Attorney fees incurred in the determination of coverage, including litigation between the insurer and the policyholder; and
Fees or salaries for appraisers, private investigators, hearing representatives, reinspectors and fraud investigators, if working in the capacity of an adjuster.
The foregoing list is not intended to be all inclusive.
Per NAIC 6/24/97 Draft
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Who Is An Adjuster? (For ULAE)
And although not defined, the term adjuster is broad enough to include claim examiners, claim investigators, claim representative, claim supervisors, appraisers, reinspectors and other titles that any one company may use. It is not really the title, but the claims adjusting function.
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Theme
It no longer matters whether an insurer uses its own employees or independent contractors. The concept of internal adjuster or external adjuster is gone.
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Exhibit I NAIC Change
MAJOR EXPENSE OLD ALAE/ULAE NEW ALAE/ULAE METHOD METHOD <1998 > 1998
Inside Legal Counsel * ULAE or ALAE ALAEbut mostly ULAE +Overhead loading
Outside Adjusters and ALAE or ULAE ULAE Appraisers but mostly ALAE
Insider Adjuster and ULAE or ALAE and Appraisers but mostly ULAE ULAE
* For Duty to Defend
_
(Cheat Sheet)
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Exhibit I NAIC Change (cont’d)
Outside Experts ALAE or ULAE ALAEbut mostly ALAE
Inside Experts ULAE or ALAE ALAEbut mostly ULAE
Attorney Engaging in ALAE or ULAE ULAE Adjusting Work
MAJOR EXPENSE OLD ALAE/ULAE NEW ALAE/ULAE METHOD METHOD <1998 > 1998
(Cheat Sheet)
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
1. Dick, what was the reason for the redefinition of LAE effective January 1, 1998?
2. Was this an industry motivated redefinition or one thought about by the CATF of the NAIC?
3. How many years prior to the implementation of the new LAE definitions was the CATF considering this redefinition?
4. How were the terms DCC and A&O (post 1/1/98) ultimately determined?
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
5. Besides space issues (22 characters formerly for Allocated Loss Expense and 24 characters formerly for Unallocated Loss Expense) in the annual statement blank heading of Sch P, what was the rational or constraints in selecting new terms?
6. What changes, if any, have there been in the actual implementation of the redefinition from the June 24, 1997 CATF draft on the topic?
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
7. Are you aware of methods insurers have employed to adjust to the change? If so, can you explain?
8. Are you aware of changes, if any, made by ISO and NCCI regarding their definition of ALAE (ALE prior to 1/1/98 and DCC thereafter)?
9. Can you say yet if this change is expense neutral? If not, how has the ALAE/LAE (DCC/DCC + A&O) ratio changed? Would this vary by company?
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
10.Do you think the NAIC change has achieved its objective?
11.Would you ever see the NAIC going back to the pre-January 1st 1998 definitions of LAE?
12.Did anyone study the cost to the insurance industry of implementation of DCC and A&O as compared with traditional ALAE and ULAE?
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
13.Do you know what the NAIC is doing differently with the new data vs. the old data?
14.How is the NAIC monitoring implementation of compliance with DCC and A&O?
15.By the way, has the NAIC ever determined what is a settling agent? (Source: NAIC Draft June 24, 1997).
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Question and Answer Session with Richard Roth, JD, FCAS
16.Have you learned of insurers or reserving actuaries that are pleased with the change?
17.Do you have any feedback that you would like to provide to the members in attendance at the session on November 14, 2000?
Thanks as always for your help on our favorite topic.
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Exhibit IIRevised Definition of ALAE and ULAE
Salaries of fraud investigators, private investigators, appraisers, hearing representatives and reinspectors.
Yes, if working in the capacity of an adjuster. No, if working in defense of a claim.
Yes, if working in defense of a claim. No, if working in the capacity of an adjuster.
Surveillance Expenses No Yes
Fees of Professionals No Yes
Salaries and expenses of inside adjusters and fees and expenses of outside adjusters.
NoYes
Source: NAIC June 24, 1997 Draft and various conversations with Richard J. Roth, Jr. of the California Insurance Department.
EXAMPLE Coded as ULAE ? (A&O) Coded as ALAE ? (DCC)
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Exhibit II (cont’d) Revised Definition of ALAE and ULAE
All independent adjuster expenses
Yes No
All staff adjuster expenses Yes No
Attorney fees Yes, for coverage evaluation and litigation between the insurer and insured. (i.e., D.J. costs). Also, Yes, for any adjustment type of activity.
Yes, for expenses incurred under the broad duty to defend concept, even if no duty to indemnify. Does not include any adjuster type of expense. (Include an overhead loading).
Selected medical cost containment expenses
No Yes
Source: NAIC June 24, 1997 Draft and various conversations with Richard J. Roth,Jr. of the California Insurance Department.
EXAMPLE Coded as ULAE ? (A&O) Coded as ALAE ? (DCC)
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Exhibit II (cont’d) Revised Definition of ALAE and ULAE
Litigation management expenses including legal bill review
YesNo
Loss adjustment expenses for participation in voluntary and involuntary market pools
Yes, if reported by calendar year
Outside Expert fees (accountants, physicians, engineers, architects, etc.)
Yes
Inside Expert fees No Yes
Yes, if reported by accident year
No
Claim adjuster expenses NoYes
Source: NAIC June 24, 1997 Draft and various conversations with Richard J. Roth,Jr. of the California Insurance Department.
EXAMPLE Coded as ULAE ? (A&O) Coded as ALAE ? (DCC)
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Exhibit II (cont’d) Revised Definition of ALAE and ULAE
Internal or external defense and litigation
YesNo
Medical cost containment expenses
Usual Adjuster Expense
Yes
Unusual Adjuster Expense No Yes
YesNo
Expenses not cited above
No
Yes
Yes
EXAMPLE Coded as ULAE ? (A&O) Coded as ALAE ? (DCC)
Source: NAIC June 24, 1997 Draft and various conversations with Richard J. Roth,Jr. of the California Insurance Department.
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Redefinitions of Loss Adjustment ExpenseConstraints for Allocated Loss Expense Payments vs. DCC
And there is also:Allocated Loss Expenses Unpaid Measurements (Not being Discussed)
(A/K/A Defense and Cost Containment Unpaid)
Table I – Measuring LAE – ALAE – Width, Height and Character SpacingSch P Component Being Measured ALAE < 1/1/98 (Note 1) ALAE > 1/1/98 (Note 2)
Column Name Loss and Loss Expense Payments Loss and Loss Expense PaymentsWidth of Cell Row:Loss and Loss Expense Payments 4.5 Inch 4.5 InchHeight of Cell Row:Loss and Loss Expense Payments 1/8 Inch ¼ inchColumns Numbers Being Utilized forLoss and Loss Expense Payments
Columns (5) to (10) Columns (4) to (9)Acc Year is No Longer Column (1)
Pure ALAE Name Allocated Loss ExpensePayments
Defense and CostContainment Payments
Number or Alpha Characters including SpacesUtilized
30 36
Number of Character Spaces Available with utilizedColumn Width and Height
43 59
Size of Selected Columns –
Width
1 inch for total ALAE with .5 inchfor Direct and Assumed (Col. 7)
and .5 inch for Ceded (8)
1 inch for total ALAE with .5 inch forDirect and Assumed (Col. 6) and .5
inch for Ceded (7)
Size of Selected Columns –Height
¼ (2/8) inch 3/8 inch
Note (1) Source: Schedule P – Part 1 – Summary using the 8 ¾ inch x 14 inch version of the 1998 Annual Statement.Note (2) Source: Schedule P – Part 1 – Summary using the 8 ¾ inch x 14 inch version of the 1999 Annual Statement.
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Redefinitions of Loss Adjustment ExpenseConstraints for Unallocated Loss Expense Payments vs. A&O
And there is also:Unallocated Loss Expenses Unpaid Measurements (Not being Discussed)
(A/K/A Adjusting and Other Unpaid)
Table II – Measuring LAE – ULAE – Width, Height and Character SpacingSch P Component Being Measured ULAE < 1/1/98 (Note 1) ULAE > 1/1/98 (Note 2)
Column Name Loss and Loss Expense Payments Loss and Loss Expense PaymentsWidth of Cell Row:Loss and Loss Expense Payments 4.5 Inch 4.5 InchHeight of Cell Row:Loss and Loss Expense Payments 1/8 Inch ¼ inchColumns Numbers Being Utilized forLoss and Loss Expense Payments
Columns (5) to (10) Columns (4) to (9)Acc Year is No Longer Column (1)
Pure ULAE Name Unallocated Loss ExpensePayments
Adjusting and Other Payments
Number or Alpha Characters including SpacesUtilized
32 27
Number of Character Spaces Available with utilizedColumn Width and Height
42 53 (But the problem is with Adjustingand Other Unpaid – 30 spaces only)
Size of Selected Columns –
Width
1 inch for total ULAE with .5 inchfor Direct and Assumed (Col. 9)
and .5 inch for Ceded (10)
1 inch for total ULAE with .5 inch forDirect and Assumed (Col. 8) and .5
inch for Ceded (9)
Size of Selected Columns –Height
¼ (2/8) inch 3/8 inch
Note (1) Source: Schedule P – Part 1 – Summary using the 8 ¾ inch x 14 inch version of the 1998 Annual Statement.Note (2) Source: Schedule P – Part 1 – Summary using the 8 ¾ inch x 14 inch version of the 1999 Annual Statement.
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Considerations of LAE
NAIC ISO NCCI State Bureaus GAAP Operational - Allocating expenses to their source
makes good economics and is proper cost accounting, regardless of the regulatory requirement.
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Exhibit III-Pre/Post Observations
ALAEInside Legal
ULAEOutsideAdjusters
ULAEInside Legal
ALAEOutsideAdjusters
ULAE ALAE
= Overlap = Overlap Other Expenses
NEW ALAE/ULAE (Practice)
OLD ALAE/ULAE (Practice)
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Exhibit IVOther Benefits of the Change: An Increase in
Demand for Casualty Actuaries
D2D2
D1D1
S1*S1*
Q1Q1 Q2Q2
P1P1
P2P2
Quantity Quantity DemandedDemanded
PricePrice
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Exhibit V - Net
Inside Legal Mostly Out In + Loading + X %
Factor
Independent Mostly In Out - y % Adjuster
Net
OLD NEW NET Change toALAE ALAE ALAE as % of LAE
ONE EXAMPLE
+ if x% > y%- if x%< y%no ^ if x%=y%
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Analytic Geometry of Two Dimensions
Year 12 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108x1 X X X X X X X X Xx2 X X X X X X X Xx3 X X X X X X Xx4 X X X X X Xx5 X X X X Xx6 X X X Xx7 X X Xx8 X Xx9 X
EXAMPLEMonth of Development
Month of DevelopmentACCYR
ACCYR
Year 12 24 48 60 72 84 96 108
x1 X X X X X X X Xx2 X X X X X X X x3 X X X X X X x4 X X X X X x5 X X X Xx6 X X X x7 X Xx8 X Xx9 X
2 Triangles =
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= 1 Claims File
If one can do triangles, with double the effort, one can do rectangles (the claims file).
Year 1 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108x1 X X X X X X X X Xx2 X X X X X X X X x3 X X X X X X X x4 X X X X X Xx5 X X X X X x6 X X X Xx7 X X Xx8 X Xx9 X
EXAMPLE
Year1 24 36 48 60 72 84 96 108x1X X X X X X X X Xx2X X X X X X X X x3X X X X X X X x4X X X X X Xx5X X X X X x6X X X Xx7X X Xx8X Xx9X
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Economic Benefits of Transforming Traditional ULAE into ALAE
Proper Analysis of Profitability Reinsurance Recoverables Agents’ Contingent Commissions Additional Premiums via Loss-Sensitive Insurance
Programs Subrogation and Salvage Actions
See The Claims Magic Show Article
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LAE TrendC
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TimeTimeActuarial ACAS FCAS 1997 1998 1999 2000Student
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Next Speaker ...
“This new definition of ALAE/ULAE is not retroactive. However, prospectively the change could be implemented on a calendar year or an accident year basis. On a calendar year basis, the expenses in the new and older accident years have the new definition as they develop in the loss and expense triangles. On an accident year basis, the expenses in the new accident years have the new definition and the expenses in the older accident years have the old definition. It is optional to the company which way to do it. There is a split among companies as to which is easier. The actuary should be able to handle either way as long as it is known which choice was made.”
Source: NAIC
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“The email version of this discussion for the CAS topic NAIC Redefinitions of LAE could not include various hard copy attachments that the speaker had included in the handout. If you wish to have these attachments please contact Richard Carris at Ernst & Young LLP, phone (212) 773-1215, or email him at richard.carris@ey.com.
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Resume
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Richard Carris, CPCU, CLU, CFE, CIPA, APA, ARM, AICErnst & Young LLP - 787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Richard Carris has more than 20 years of property/casualty experience in the areas of claims, premium auditing, risk management and surety operations. Mr. Carris has been with Ernst & Young for 10 years and is based in the firm’s New York City office. He has worked extensively in most areas of property and casualty insurance claims, has experience with auditing the variable exposure base of various insurance products and has structured and reviewed dozens of large construction wrap-ups with a construction value combined of over $50 billion.
Prior to becoming an insurance claims and risk management consultant, Mr. Carris had varied experience in claims and claim management positions at a
major property & casualty insurance company. These functions included experience and oversight with the claim phases of investigation, evaluation, negotiation and settlement. While with Ernst & Young for the past decade, Mr. Carris has reviewed thousands of claims in the areas of workers’ compensation, general, professional and automobile liabilities, automobile physical damage, property & business interruption and surety lines of business. Mr. Carris has developed subrogation benchmarks for various lines of business that have become P/C industry standards for the measurement of the effectiveness of an insurance company’s recovery program.
In addition to his property and casualty claims experience, Mr. Carris has experience in commercial lines brokerage with a national insurance broker and
was a risk management consultant for four years with an international Engineering & Construction (“E&C”) firm. Mr. Carris holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the University of Florida (1979) and a M.B.A. degree in Finance from Pace University
(1987). Mr. Carris also holds the following professional designations: Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU), Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU), Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE), Certified Insurance Premium Auditor (CIPA), Associate in Premium Auditing (APA), Associate in Claims (AIC) and Associate in Risk Management (ARM).
Mr. Carris is a member of the professional societies of CPCU, CLU, ChFC, CFE, NSIPA (National Society of Insurance Premium Auditors) and NASP (National
Association of Subrogation Professionals). He has served for ten years as an Editorial Advisory Board Member for Risk Management magazine reviewing risk management and claim articles for publication consideration.
Mr. Carris was an Adjunct Professor of Insurance Economics for several years teaching the Part 9 CPCU course at Baruch College – City University of New
York and The College of Insurance located in NYC.
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Richard Carris, CPCU, CLU, CFE, CIPA, APA, ARM, AICErnst & Young LLP - 787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Risk Management Articles
The Mathematics of Retros”, The CPCU Journal, March 1993 “Wrap-Ups Can Save on Construction Costs,” Contractor Briefing, Fall 1996 “Controlling Construction Insurance Costs”, Ernst & Young Contractor Briefing, January 1992 “Wrap-Up Premium Auditing,” Construction Risk Management, October, 1998 “Partnering in a Complex Environment,” Risk Management, March 1997 “Carris Corner,” Monthly Risk Management Column – Managing Risk for Loss Prevention and Cost Control “National Compensation Survey of Risk Management Professionals,” Ernst & Young LLP, 1993 “Workers’ Compensation Insurance Cost Control, Construction Insurance, Bonding, and Risk Management, McGraw-Hill Companies, 1996 International Insurance Articles “Insurers Are Not ART Lovers”, Global Reinsurance, January 1996 “A Force to Contend With”, Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Fall 1994 “The Production Possibilities Curve and International Insurance,” CPCU Journal, 6/90 “When Will the Walls Come Down?,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Spring 93 “Global Flow of Insurance Premium,” Risk Management, October, 1995 “New Zealand: Down Under But Out in Front,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Summer 1997.
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Richard Carris, CPCU, CLU, CFE, CIPA, APA, ARM, AICErnst & Young LLP - 787 Seventh Avenue
New York, New York 10019
Underwriting Articles
“Underwriting Expenses: Would You Get a Passing Grade?,” E&Y Insurance Executive Report, ‘95 “The Premium Fraud Card Game,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Winter 1998 Insurance Claims Fraud and Claims Management Articles “Unmasking Insurance Fraud,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Spring 1994 “Using Databases to Combat Insurance Fraud,”San Francisco Business, February 25, 1994 “Insurers Can Be Smarter in the Fight Against Fraud,” North Carolina Business Journal, August 15, 1994 “Mobilizing Against Insurance Fraud,” Rochester Business Journal, April, 1994 “Insurance Fraud and the Industry Response,” CPCU Journal, Summer 1997. “The Adventures of Subroman”, Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Spring 1995 “The Claims Gold Rush,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Fall 1994 “Digging for Gold In Claims Departments,” Best’s Review, January, 1995 “Benchmarking Claims Performance,” Risk Management, December 1994 “Claims Worst Practices,” Risk Management, December 1995 “The Runaway Claims Train,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Summer 1996 “The Claims Magic Show,” Ernst & Young Insurance Executive Report, Spring 1997. “2025: A Claims Odyssey,” Insurance Executive, Winter ‘98 “Benchmarking Subrogation Performance,” NASP Subrogator, Fall 2000
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