So, I was looking through a bunch of financial statements today. The statements appeared to not be in any order. It would have 2003, then 2004, then 2005, but within it the months were all scattered. Finally, it hit me - they were ordered alphabetically. April, August, December, February, January, July, June, March, May, November, October, September. It makes no sense, yet that's the way it is. Since I'm crosschecking it vs. something else, I'm working backword - November, October, th...

Well, this was certainly a big deal to me. I've never been out of the office, or really dealt with any insureds in a meaningful way. But this time, I went out on a document gathering mission. To their credit, this insured was very cooperative and had everything basically laid out for us. We're shipping a box home and have left orders for them of what to copy for us. I've gotten a lot of time with the boss this week, which is a good thing. He's a great guy, very smart, knows about stuf...

I love my job. Every once in a while, while going through a file, I will come across something that I think is extremely important, that might make our case. Then, I show it to a superior and say, "Look what I found!" I think my instincts are pretty good with this stuff, but sometimes I'm just way off. It's very rewarding, though, to bring to their attention something that really throws the case off, like a pre-existing injury in a accident case, or rounds of golf on a GHIN card while s...