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		<title>Insanity: Claim&#8217;s Departments Can&#8217;t Expect Different Results Without Changing Their Organizations</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/05/09/insanity-claims-departments-cant-expect-different-results-without-changing-their-organizations/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/05/09/insanity-claims-departments-cant-expect-different-results-without-changing-their-organizations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[My SPOT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cost Savings]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Quality]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe I care too much about our industry or am just frustrated by the lack of attention to quality claims handling, but this is annoying. Why should claims make up half of the most frequent market conduct issues for the Property &#038; Casualty industry as listed by Wolters Kluwer for the 5th straight year? As part of their review they track and analyze the results from state market conduct examinations. As with their prior studies, claims issues continue to dominate the list of state concerns.  In my latest post I analyze the last 5 years of the Wolters study and find an upsetting trend - nothing is changing.  This is a challenge to claims organizations to improve! Check it out.]]></description>
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		<title>Listening: The Most Under-Utilized Skill in Negotiation</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/03/22/listening-the-most-under-utilized-skill-in-negotiation/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/03/22/listening-the-most-under-utilized-skill-in-negotiation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 15:12:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Hudgins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mediation & Settlement]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nancy Hudgins is back with great advise about a skill claims folks can use to help improve their skills as a negotiator: Listening.  It is certainly easy to implement and won't cost a claims organization anything. Take a read and tell us what you think.]]></description>
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		<title>What Would Steve Jobs Do In A Claims Organization?</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/03/15/what-would-steve-jobs-do-in-a-claims-organization/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/03/15/what-would-steve-jobs-do-in-a-claims-organization/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:48:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOT on Ops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Operations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Innovative Thinking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Process]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Strategic Planning]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So what would Steve Jobs say about our claims industry? Well, having heard about his reputation I think I will leave what he would say out of this post. Regardless, I think Mr. Jobs would see an industry with tremendous opportunities to innovate and improve the way they deliver and manage claims services. In our most recent post, we explore a claims world in as it may be in the world of a master of product design and marketing.]]></description>
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		<title>Negotiation Strategy: Going to the Balcony</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/02/13/negotiation-strategy-going-to-the-balcony/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/02/13/negotiation-strategy-going-to-the-balcony/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 21:21:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Hudgins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mediation & Settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOT on Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes taking a break from the heat of negotiations is a good way to jump start the process. In our latest post from contributor Nancy Hudgins, The Claims SPOT explores ways to cool those emotions in a heated claims negotiation. Take a look and tell us how you would react?

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		<title>Getting More in Your Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/01/24/getting-more-in-your-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2012/01/24/getting-more-in-your-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:01:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Hudgins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Book Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediation & Settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOT on Legal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look at Contributor, Nancy Hudgins review of the Stuart Diamond book on negotiation. We can always use ideas on how to improve negotiations and these look like some good ones.
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		<title>Why Don&#8217;t Claims Organizations Track Claims Through The Process The Way UPS Tracks A Package?</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/12/28/why-dont-claims-organizations-track-claims-through-the-process-the-way-ups-tracks-a-package/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/12/28/why-dont-claims-organizations-track-claims-through-the-process-the-way-ups-tracks-a-package/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 16:13:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Bad Faith]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Commentary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOT on Costs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today as a customer you can track your packages from the moment they leave the store to the second they arrive at your door. During that time you can see where they are in the process.  Truly amazing.  Why can't claims organizations do the same thing? How much better would a claim be if we could track it through the system in the same way UPS can track a package. Something to think about when reading the latest from theClaimsSPOT.
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		<title>2 Problems To Prevent Before They Get Out Of Control: The Lily Pads Revisited</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/12/07/2-problems-to-prevent-before-they-get-out-of-control-the-lily-pads-revisited/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/12/07/2-problems-to-prevent-before-they-get-out-of-control-the-lily-pads-revisited/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 19:55:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Closing Files]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Invoices]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Waiting to the last minute can be a costly venture. In out latest post we tell the story of the farmer who waited to clear those innocent lily pads from his pond.  He kept going on to what he thought were more important things.  Unfortunately he waited to long and the lily pads took over the pond and cost him a lot more to clear. We all have lily pads we don't want to clear from our desks.  It's time to look for them and clear them off before they strangle the life out of your pond....I know a little poetic but read on and you will get the idea.

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		<title>Want To Really Save Money In Mediation?  Here’s The Secret: Practice Your Negotiations</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/11/17/want-to-really-save-money-in-mediation-heres-the-secre-practice-your-negotiations/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/11/17/want-to-really-save-money-in-mediation-heres-the-secre-practice-your-negotiations/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Nov 2011 13:10:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nancy Hudgins</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mediation & Settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Negotiation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPOT on Issues]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Resolutions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Settlement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediation Techniques]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Like most things in life, the more you practice the better you will get at it.  Try and practice negotiations wherever you are and you will become a better claims negotiator.  Take a look at our latest post from Nancy Hudgins on the art of practicing your negotiations.
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		<title>2 Company Types And Their Approach To Claim Audits: The Have To&#8217;s And The Wants To&#8217;s </title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/11/09/2-company-types-and-their-approach-to-claim-audits-the-have-tos-and-the-wants-tos%c2%a0/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/11/09/2-company-types-and-their-approach-to-claim-audits-the-have-tos-and-the-wants-tos%c2%a0/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Best Practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Claims Auditing]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New Ideas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Companies can choose to audit because they have to or choose to audit because they want to. Companies that want to audit are destined to provide better customer service, happier employees, and improved results. Our latest post asks the question: Which company are you?]]></description>
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		<title>Military Service, Leadership &amp; Claims: A Conversation With CNA&#8217;s George Fay, Executive Vice President, Worldwide P&amp;C Claims</title>
		<link>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/10/20/military-service-leadership-claims-a-conversation-with-cnas-george-fay-executive-vice-president-worldwide-pc-claims/</link>
		<comments>http://theclaimsspot.com/2011/10/20/military-service-leadership-claims-a-conversation-with-cnas-george-fay-executive-vice-president-worldwide-pc-claims/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:01:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marc Lanzkowsky</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[George Fay (EVP Worldwide P&C Claims- CNA)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Inside SPOT]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[George Fay]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As part of our continued series, and in conjunction with Claims Advisor magazine, we add to our Inside SPOT interviews of leaders in the claims industry.  These articles have been previously printed in Claims Advisor as part of their Executive Concerns. George Fay, Executive VP of P&#038;C Claims for CNA.  Mr. Fay has a very interesting background as a Military Investigator. How he brought that to the claims world makes for yet another example of how diverse our industry is. Please enjoy and comment on this interesting article. ]]></description>
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