Before your next construction project begins, you should consider some important environmental issues that could impact your project. A hazardous materials building survey and environmental site assessment can prove invaluable to managing potential impacts, worker exposures and overall costs.
Read ‘Dig Up Dirt On Environmental Issues Before One Shovel Goes in the Ground’ by Keith Pokorny, LEED AP – click here
Tornadoes can cause catastrophic and extensive damage to all types of structures. For the homes and buildings that are salvaged after such an event, a detailed assessment by a qualified structural engineer helps to determine the extent of structural damage and repairability of the structure.
Read ‘Funneling Your Resources’ by Carl J. Schoenberger and Joseph A. Kraus – click here
Deciphering between the scope of work and the contract documents in order to determine the cause of a loss and whether the observed damage resulted from a recent event or latent defect.
Read the full article by David Amori, PE, RRC – click here
Large losses present a unique set of challenges. David Amori, PE, RRC, discusses 4 key steps to managing your expert team before the next large loss comes your way in ‘Managing Experts in Large Losses’ – click here to read.
Cunningham Lindsey is pleased to announce the return of Larry “Dan” Daniel to the organization. Daniel is well known in the property and casualty industry with more than 20 years in the independent insurance claims business. His background includes numerous executive leadership roles with core expertise in strategic planning, revenue growth, operational improvement, and client relationship management.
Reporting to the U.S. President & Chief Operating Officer Jim Buckley, Daniel will deliver on his proven success of driving growth and cultivating strong relationships with carriers and other key clients. He will oversee the core loss adjusting division while also directing strategic accounts and executing sales strategies to sustain Cunningham Lindsey’s continued growth.
“Dan is an exceptional leader and brings the right balance of strategy execution and operational excellence to build our market leadership,” said Jim Buckley, U.S. President & Chief Operating Officer. “His deep understanding of the claims business and his ability to align resources with the need of clients make him an asset to the Cunningham Lindsey organization. We are pleased to have him join us again.”
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from Texas A&M University and will be based in Dallas, TX.
Cunningham Lindsey has appointed John Gragson as Vice President & Director of U.S. Catastrophe Operations. In this role, John is responsible for all facets of the company’s U.S. Catastrophe Services Division.
John has more than 30 years in the property and casualty (P&C) claims industry. He previously served in several senior leadership roles for insurance carriers and independent adjusting companies in both the catastrophe and daily claims segments of the business.
“Cunningham Lindsey is dedicated to the preparation and handling of catastrophic events and the strain that they place on our clients and their customers,” said Jim Buckley, President & Chief Operating Officer, U.S. “John is well known and experienced in the Catastrophe segment of the U.S. market. His leadership and claims background will complement our extensive resources, field operations and experts in catastrophe and recovery efforts. We are pleased to have John on our team.”
John will be based in Dallas, Texas and will report to the President and COO of Cunningham Lindsey, U.S.
Cunningham Lindsey’s catastrophe team in Dallas, TX spoke with Claims Management magazine about the challenges and rewards of responding to Hurricane Matthew in “On the Scene: Claims professionals in the field shed light on Matthew’s first response,” by Eric Gilkey- click here to read.
Vice President, Vale Consulting Services, John Fleming and Bob Johnston co-authored ‘Coaching for Success. The Real Cost of Claims Professional Fee Concessions’ featured in the October issue of Claims Management magazine.
The article discusses the need for procurement and claims management teams to work together when negotiating claims services, to ensure the insurer’s goals and objectives will be met and the unintended consequences of not balancing the better, faster, cheaper equation will be avoided. Read the full story online or PDF.
Are you seeing a significant rise in average indemnity such as the Insurance Information Institute reports has been occurring over the last several years?
Do you know all of the newly evolving sources of leakage you may currently be experiencing?
Vale Consulting Services can help.
• Our leakage assessments take into consideration your current practices and processes and how they match up against changes that our experts have observed in the current claims environment.
• Vale Consulting Services then goes well beyond the typical claim audit against your current best practices. Because the claims environment is ever changing, your current best practices may not be sufficient to control all newly emerging sources of leakage.
• We perform a claims file audit as part of our leakage assessment service which takes into consideration these emerging sources of leakage in an outcome based audit method.
• The assessment report which we provide contains not only the findings of the audit, but also a root cause analysis of each deficiency identified, and recommendations as to actions which you can take to control all of the identified sources of leakage.
Vale Consulting Services can assist you in analyzing and controlling leakage on property, casualty, worker’s compensation, and litigation management. Please contact us for further information at [email protected].
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Dallas, Texas – Cunningham Lindsey announced the expansion of Oriel Services in the US. The expansion will leverage the solid reputation of the Oriel brand in Australia and UK, and specifically build the Oriel Managed Repair services segment in the US. Leading the expansion of Oriel’s Managed Repair Services is Dan Cassara, President, and Patrick Phillips, Executive Vice President of Oriel Managed Repair.
Oriel assists insurers and property owners by serving as an independent-third-party resource to control costs and reduce repair times through hands-on management of the process. Under the leadership of Dan and Patrick, Oriel will expand the managed repair services across the US, and will be offered on both a standalone and as an additional service to Cunningham Lindsey’s diversified services platform of loss adjusting, forensic engineering, building consultancy, training and forensic accounting services.
“This expansion of Oriel supports our ongoing service diversification strategy and naturally complements the recent launches of FAS Global, inTrust, and Sergon brands into the US,” said David Repinski, Chief Executive Officer of Cunningham Lindsey, Americas. “I have known Dan for several years, and he and Patrick have a successful track record of building managed repair businesses and growing them. I am excited about what their team will achieve by leveraging Oriel’s success to meet the demand for managed repair services in the US market.”
Dan Cassara brings more than 15 years’ experience in the claims industry, and has served in numerous executive management roles over the last 12 years, including CEO, COO and Vice President of Sales and Marketing. He is a proven leader in achieving results, delivering superior service quality and building winning teams. Dan is also a published author of several articles on business strategy, and has an MBA in Business Operations.
Patrick Phillips brings 16 years of experience in implementing strategic plans and utilizing technology to ensure organizations maximize efficiencies and maintain competitive advantage. Patrick has served in several executive management roles, including most recently as Chief Information Officer and Chief Technology Officer for a leading disaster restoration company. Patrick holds an MBA in Technology Management from Westminster College, where he also serves as Adjunct Professor in operations management.
