Jim Cantore from the Weather Channel addresses the National Tornado Preparedness Summit today in Oklahoma City, OK
Monday, March 12, 2012
National Tornado Preparedness Summit
At the First National Tornado Preparedness Summit today in Oklahoma City, OK. Over 400 attendees; good number of company and IA adjusters; and about 40 expo booths. Looks to be a very good conference. - Steve Brown
Thursday, February 23, 2012
A Wild Day in Weather – February 23, 2012
From earthquakes to snow storms, today has been quite an interesting weather day across the United States. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.0 struck near East Prairie, Missouri this morning around 3:45 a.m. and was felt in as many as 5 other neighboring States: Illinois, Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and Georgia. Later this afternoon, the National Weather Service in Detroit, Michigan issued a winter storm warning for snow and hazardous weather conditions across much of the Great Lakes region through the evening hours of February 24. Gusting winds and snow falls in excess of 4-8 inches could be expected in some areas. This system is expected to affect much of the eastern United States over the next 48 hours. BCMG is in contact with our clients to monitor the situation and is preparing to respond as requested to any claims scenarios arising from these severe weather developments.
Please see our website for contact information and catastrophe Adjuster Registration!
Monday, January 30, 2012
Mobile and Tablet Apps for Claims Adjusters
In the age of the smart phones and tablets, nowadays there is an application for almost anything. Most of the large Insurance companies already offer their customers apps aimed at enhancing the clients' experience. Whether it be locating the nearest body shop or calculating auto estimates, insurance claims adjusters can also make great use of this new technology.
The Computer Sciences Corporation created a family of applications that encompasses many different facets of the insurance business. Specifically, 2 Work for Adjusters is a tablet app that is tailored to the needs of of claims adjusters while out in the field. It offers cataloging systems for notes and photographs and other components of a claims investigation. For more information on 2 Work for Adjusters application, check out the CSC website here.
What are some of your favorite applications that you use in your everyday life and while out in the field? What app would you like to see created to make your life a little easier?
Tuesday, January 17, 2012
Weather Advisory: Kentucky region
With today's severe weather that is moving and has moved through the Kentucky region, BCMG has been asked to place a deployment team on stand-by. CAT adjusters who are licensed and bonded in Kentucky, and interested in working with BCMG should register and contact us through our website www.browncatastrophe.com. We look forward to hearing from you!
Thursday, January 12, 2012
Sketch This!
BCMG President, Steve Brown and Marketing Director, Mary Katherine Brown kicked off the new year with a business development trip to New York City and while walking a few block off Times Square encountered the urban art display partially depicted in this photo. An empty city lot has been covered with a multi-slope, multi-angular roof shingle sculpture designed as a commentary on environmental conservation that only a property adjuster (or roofer) could appreciate. We know that many of you adjusters consider yourselves to be quite the Xactimate “Sketchmeister”, hence the title to this blog submission, “ Sketch this!”
The sculpture, entitled “Desert Rooftops”, by artist David Brooks “employs an absurd abundance of asphalt-shingled rooftops to create a vision of overdeveloped land in a dynamic composition reminiscent of a rolling, dune-like landscape”.
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Season's Greetings and Hot Buttered Rum
BCMG wishes all its employees, clients, and friends a wonderful Holiday Season. For all of you, but particularly our friends up north, here’s a little southern tradition you might want to try to warm yourself up inside.
Season’s Greetings and enjoy!
Hot Buttered Rum
8 cups apple cider
6 tbsp. fresh lemon juice
15 whole allspice berries
10 whole cloves
2 cinnamon sticks, broken into small bits
5 tsp. dark honey
4 tbsp. unsalted butter
2 cups dark rum
Boil first 6 ingredients about 5 minutes. Remove from heat, add butter, stir till melted, strain into 8 warm mugs, and divide rum among them.
Source: Garden & Gun Magazine (Online Edition) http://gardenandgun.com/hot-buttered-rum
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