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So You Think You Are a Professional: The Judicial Model of an Insurance Producer's Professional Status

Tennessee Supreme Court Deals Blow to "Duty To Read" and Broadens Agent Liability

Third-Party Vendors in Insurance Claims Investigations: A Framework for Evaluation

"Anticoncurrent Causation" Refined by Mississippi Supreme Court

Underwriting and Claims: Time To Become Friends?

The War on Fraud: Pitfalls in Public-Private Partnerships

Are State Insurance Regulators Prepared To Objectively Fight Fraud? A Case Study

Fraud and Abuse or Abuse of Fraud: Do Insurance Antifraud Laws Tip the Scales against Insureds?

Disclosing Policy Limits in Liability Claims: A Landmine for Bad Faith

Insurer's Duty at the Outset of a Personal Lines Claim

Why Insurance Companies Should Bear—Not Manage—Risk

Further Comments on Katrina-Related Coverage Disputes

Hazards of Relying on Computer Technology in Claim Settlements

Insurance Agent Liability in Katrina Litigation

Leonard v. Nationwide Insurance Company: Victory or Trojan Horse for Insurers in Katrina Litigation?

Dissecting Problems in Association Health Insurance Policies

Marketing Health Insurance through "Trusteed Groups"

How To Recognize and Avoid Health Insurance Fraud

Georgia Supreme Court Stalls Motor Club Plans

Probing the Gaps in GAP Insurance

Household, Family, and Other Problems in Homeowners Policy Language

Who Really Lives (or Doesn't) in Your Household?

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