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Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Panel Interviews: Success Lies in the Preparation and Strategy
Mike Poskey | May 1, 2013
As with any interview, care taken in planning the interview will often affect your success in several ways—the panel's and/or your interviewer competence and interest, the quality of the information obtained, and the candidate's perceptions of the interviewers and your organization. Keep in mind, candidates will also be making observations, forming impressions, and making important choices.
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Seven Steps To Increase Employee Retention
Mike Poskey | May 1, 2013
Mike Poskey discusses why each step is critical to the overall success of an overall employee retention plan.
Property Insurance
Utility Service Interruption: Another Aspect of Supply Chain Exposures
William Austin | April 1, 2013
William Austin explains why supply chain risk management must include exposure analysis for interruption of all utilities.
Courts and Coverage
Courts Address the Contractual Liability Exclusion—How Far Does It Go?
Brent Cooper | April 1, 2013
Brent Cooper looks at Texas cases addressing the breadth of the exclusion and the resulting uncertainty.
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Inquiring Leaders Want To Know: The Skill of Asking the Right Questions
Mike Poskey | April 1, 2013
Asking open-ended questions can help inspire employees and increase their contribution to your firm's success. Mike Poskey explains.
Claims Practices
Insurer's Lawyer's Advice Not Privileged
Barry Zalma | April 1, 2013
In Washington state, it appears that all lawyers and litigants are equal except for insurers and their lawyers, who are less equal than all others are.
Current Trends and Issues
Risk Purchasing Groups: A Fictitious Grouping for Illusory E&O Coverage?
Tim Ryles | March 8, 2013
Too much state regulation may stifle innovation for errors and omissions (E&O) policies, warns Dr. Tim Ryles, but too much flexibility may foster deception.
Reinsurance
Follow-the-Fortunes: Reasonableness Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Larry Schiffer | March 2, 2013
Reasonableness is the catchword in analyzing the scrutiny brought to post-settlement reinsurance allocations, per Larry Schiffer.
Construction Liability Insurance
The Elusive "Pollution" Definition in the CGL Policy
Mark Bell | March 1, 2013
Owners, contractors, and subcontractors need to understand what their policies cover, advises Mark Bell.
Construction Safety
Fundamentally, Safety Is a People Problem—An Overview
Peter Furst | March 1, 2013
Stop focusing on your accident statistics, recommends Peter Furst, and look at the elemental aspects of the organization.
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Panel Interviews: Success Lies in the Preparation and Strategy
Mike Poskey | May 1, 2013
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Seven Steps To Increase Employee Retention
Mike Poskey | May 1, 2013
Property Insurance
Utility Service Interruption: Another Aspect of Supply Chain Exposures
William Austin | April 1, 2013
Courts and Coverage
Courts Address the Contractual Liability Exclusion—How Far Does It Go?
Brent Cooper | April 1, 2013
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
Inquiring Leaders Want To Know: The Skill of Asking the Right Questions
Mike Poskey | April 1, 2013
Current Trends and Issues
Risk Purchasing Groups: A Fictitious Grouping for Illusory E&O Coverage?
Tim Ryles | March 8, 2013
Reinsurance
Follow-the-Fortunes: Reasonableness Is in the Eye of the Beholder
Larry Schiffer | March 2, 2013
Construction Liability Insurance
The Elusive "Pollution" Definition in the CGL Policy
Mark Bell | March 1, 2013
Construction Safety
Fundamentally, Safety Is a People Problem—An Overview
Peter Furst | March 1, 2013
