Jeremiah Kiefer RESILIENCY BEGINS WITH PROPERTY-LEVEL EDUCATION: “LESSONS” FROM THE LOS ANGELES WILDFIRES The wildfire catastrophe that unfolded in Southern California over the past week makes it difficult to focus this month’s article on anything else. Even in Florida, every meaningful conversation I’ve ... Industry Technology Jan 17, 2025
Jeremiah Kiefer Market Trends: An Insurance Professional’s View of the Property Insurance Landscape Introduction Deft’s formation nearly a decade ago was predicated on the hypothesis that independent claims adjusting in the property and casualty middle markets was facing significant headwinds. These... Industry Technology Dec 20, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Building for Certainty: Educate, Fortify, Recover & Repeat I’d like to briefly preface this month’s "From the Fox Den" message for context. Due to limited bandwidth while focusing on Deft’s obligations related to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, I was unable to ... Industry Technology Nov 20, 2024
Jeremiah Kiefer Network Opportunity Squares by the Number of Nodes Metcalfe’s Law posits that the value of a network is proportional to the square of its number of nodes. This concept holds whether you're defining network value in terms of access to new opportunities... Industry Technology Sep 20, 2024
Darin Bradley Shrinkflation in the Property Insurance Market: Short-Term Relief or Long-Term Concern? Florida, one of the most hurricane-prone states in the U.S., has been grappling with a severe property insurance crisis. What used to be an industry adjusting to natural disasters and market volatilit... Industry Technology Sep 20, 2024
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
