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Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Trends in the Valuation of the Insurance Industry: 2008
Jeff Balcombe | August 1, 2008
Jeff Balcombe looks at how the weak economy, soft market conditions, and deterioration in the credit markets are limiting the growth of insurers.
Litigation Management
Litigation Best Practices—Lessons from Risk Manager of the Year
Michael Boutot | August 1, 2008
Michael Boutot interviews the Business Insurance Risk Manager of the Year who provides some yardsticks and takeaways to improve litigation management processes and outcomes.
Courts and Coverage
Event Data Recorders: Balancing the Benefits and Drawbacks
Brent Cooper | August 1, 2008
EDRs are in more modes of transportation than ever. Brent Cooper looks at the legislation and case law on the issue of privacy versus public safety.
Property Insurance
Key Considerations When Buying Builders Risk Coverage
Jay Levin | August 1, 2008
Jay Levin explains why precise coverage terms and conditions should be reflected in the construction documents and reviewed in detail by all.
Liability Insurance
The Future Is Now: When Eventual Indemnity Obligations become Present Defense Obligations
Steven Rawls | August 1, 2008
Steve Rawls relates a case erasing the distinction between an insurer's duty to indemnify and its duty to defend.
Property Catastrophe Risk and Capital Markets Risk Transfer
Donald Riggin | August 1, 2008
Don Riggin discusses the barriers to frequency losses being traded in the capital markets.
Reinsurance
Where Has Traditional Reinsurance Gone?
Larry Schiffer | August 1, 2008
Alternatives to traditional reinsurance have gained significant momentum. Larry Schiffer looks at these options.
Employment Practices
Downsizing Risk Management: RFOA as an Affirmative Defense
Paul Siegel | August 1, 2008
Paul Siegel examines the Supreme Court's recent decision in Meacham v. Knolls Atomic Power and provides practical advice to employers facing layoffs.
Property Insurance
Insurance Property Valuation and Loss Settlement Clauses—Important Considerations
William Austin | July 1, 2008
William Austin says appropriate property risk management goes well beyond simply the identification of perils that may cause damage, destruction, or interruption of operations.
Maritime Law
Consistent Dispute Resolute Clauses Needed in Maritime Contracts
Michael Orlando | July 1, 2008
Michael Orlando explains how inconsistent arbitration clauses in charter parties and bills of lading inevitably lead to piecemeal dispute resolution.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Trends in the Valuation of the Insurance Industry: 2008
Jeff Balcombe | August 1, 2008
Litigation Management
Litigation Best Practices—Lessons from Risk Manager of the Year
Michael Boutot | August 1, 2008
Courts and Coverage
Event Data Recorders: Balancing the Benefits and Drawbacks
Brent Cooper | August 1, 2008
Liability Insurance
The Future Is Now: When Eventual Indemnity Obligations become Present Defense Obligations
Steven Rawls | August 1, 2008
Employment Practices
Downsizing Risk Management: RFOA as an Affirmative Defense
Paul Siegel | August 1, 2008
Property Insurance
Insurance Property Valuation and Loss Settlement Clauses—Important Considerations
William Austin | July 1, 2008
Maritime Law
Consistent Dispute Resolute Clauses Needed in Maritime Contracts
Michael Orlando | July 1, 2008
