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Design and Professional Liability
Contractors Professional Liability—A Market Update
Jeff Slivka | May 10, 2014
Jeff Slivka discusses changes in coverage, the insurers selling, and the contractors buying this coverage.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
The M&A Market for P&C Insurers: 2014
Jeff Balcombe | May 1, 2014
Jeff Balcombe discusses the mergers and acquisitions environment of the property and casualty insurance industry and outlines recent market trends.
Disability and Disability Insurance
Industry Best Practices in Benefits Integration
Marcia Carruthers | May 1, 2014
Marcia Carruthers shows how focusing on enhanced integration will help you achieve your risk and benefits goals.
Construction Safety
A Safety Value Proposition
Peter Furst | May 1, 2014
Rather than being an add-on activity, safety should become part of the mainstream activities of the company, Peter Furst advises.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Guidance for Managing Cyber Security Risks
Melissa Krasnow | May 1, 2014
California's attorney general recently published steps to stay cyber secure which are elaborated on by Melissa Krasnow.
Wrap-Up Programs
Top Wrap-Up Dos and Don'ts—Preconstruction
Richard Resnick | May 1, 2014
Quick, essential tips for those interested in OCIPs and CCIPs. Rich Resnick looks at the phase before the shovel touches the ground.
Courts and Coverage
Burden of Proof in Coverage Litigation—Part 3
Brent Cooper | April 26, 2014
Brent Cooper discusses who has the burden of proof to prove an exception to an exclusion and to show that the person claiming coverage is insured.
Leadership at All Levels
Setting Priorities as a Time Management Tool
Lisa Harrington | April 1, 2014
Managing your commitments in terms of deadlines and priority can make you more effective Lisa Harrington explains.
Environmental
Building Owner Not Barred by "Waiver of Subrogation" Clause from Seeking Damages against Contractors for Diesel Leak Harming "Nonwork" Property
Kent Holland | April 1, 2014
An AIA waiver of subrogation does not limit the owner's right to seek recovery for contractors' damage to non-work. Kent Holland relates a recent case.
Market Practices
Looking at HOA Risks
Peter Polstein | April 1, 2014
Pete Polstein looks at home owners' association and master association entity risks.
Design and Professional Liability
Contractors Professional Liability—A Market Update
Jeff Slivka | May 10, 2014
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
The M&A Market for P&C Insurers: 2014
Jeff Balcombe | May 1, 2014
Disability and Disability Insurance
Industry Best Practices in Benefits Integration
Marcia Carruthers | May 1, 2014
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Guidance for Managing Cyber Security Risks
Melissa Krasnow | May 1, 2014
Leadership at All Levels
Setting Priorities as a Time Management Tool
Lisa Harrington | April 1, 2014
Environmental
Building Owner Not Barred by "Waiver of Subrogation" Clause from Seeking Damages against Contractors for Diesel Leak Harming "Nonwork" Property
Kent Holland | April 1, 2014