Jeremiah Kiefer Property Insurance is Expensive and Will Only Get More Expensive: Deal With It (Literally) Now, hear me out. This certainly isn't what anyone residing in catastrophe-prone states like Florida, California, Texas, Louisiana, Colorado and Friends wants to hear, but it is a fact. Don’t just tak... Industry Technology Aug 26, 2024
Darin Bradley Property Insurance Market in Florida: A Look at Recent Trends and Future Sustainability The property insurance market in Florida has been a topic of intense discussion in recent years, marked by a mix of challenges and fleeting relief. As we move through 2024, it’s crucial to reflect on ... Industry Aug 26, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Predict and Prevent, or Bust For those who haven't been paying attention, Deft has aggressively pivoted from a firm historically focused solely on complex post-loss matters to one centered on a claims handling model that begins a... Industry Jul 17, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Preparing for the Storm: Lessons from Hurricane Otis As an insurance professional who come this time each year lives with the reality that a hurricane could strike resulting in weeks, if not months, of personal entrenchment while leading Deft's overall ... Industry Jun 18, 2024
Darin Bradley Maximizing Efficiency Through Collaboration As we navigate the facets of complex insurance loss claims, the importance of collaboration with contractors cannot be overstated. By working together, we can ensure that our processes are efficient, ... Industry Technology Jun 18, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Keep Up or Get Out of the Way: AI is Here to Stay Artificial intelligence (AI) remains grossly underutilized in property insurance underwriting and claims, largely due to a lack of engagement and expectations for explicit out-of-box usage instruction... Industry Technology May 14, 2024
Darin Bradley Pioneering Efficiency in Claims Management Greetings Team, It's time for another exciting update on the development of the Deft Dashboard, our revolutionary solution poised to transform the landscape of claims management. Since our last commun... Industry Technology Apr 17, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Deft at a Crossroads Deft is at a crossroads influenced largely by my own extensional crisis of owning an independent adjusting firm while passionately motivated by predicting and preventing losses from occurring through ... Industry Apr 15, 2024
Darin Bradley Unlocking Efficiency: Deft's Journey to Revolutionize Claims & Risk Management Greetings Team, With a slower claim volume nearly nationwide, we continue to navigate through the current landscape of the insurance industry and our commitment to innovation remains unwavering. At De... Industry Technology Mar 15, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer It Won't Be Slow Forever It won't be slow forever. While there are a few exceptions within our overall consultant network, we realize that most of you are slower than you would like. While predictable in a year that follows a... Industry Mar 15, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer 2024 Early Macro Trends: Setting The Stage After having attended several conferences and sat in on several industry forums since the start of 2024, I'm discouraged by the macro trend in the property insurance space. If I'm correct about what I... Industry Feb 24, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Online Security: Don't Get Left Behind While I dedicated a few paragraphs to cyber security in 2023, I feel it necessary to use this platform to double down on the subject as we begin the new year. There are very few things in life moving ... Technology Jan 27, 2024