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Current Trends and Issues
Insurer's Duty at the Outset of a Personal Lines Claim
Tim Ryles | September 1, 2008
Tim Ryles explains why insurers have an affirmative duty to advise first-party insureds of their rights and obligations under an insurance policy.
Surety
Killer Bond Forms and Contract Provisions—Part 3
Marilyn Klinger | August 16, 2008
Marilyn Klinger delves further into coverage limitations, when the obligee completes, waiving defenses, subdivision bonds, and more.
Personal Risk Management
Risk Management for Weddings
Jack Hungelmann | August 16, 2008
Weddings bring with them special risks not always covered by auto, home, or even umbrella policies. Jack Hunglemann explains.
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.
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.
Claims Management
Technology and Claims: Blessing or Curse?
August 1, 2008
RMIS Review Editor David Tweedy takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of technological progress in claims management.
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.
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.
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.
Current Trends and Issues
Insurer's Duty at the Outset of a Personal Lines Claim
Tim Ryles | September 1, 2008
Litigation Management
Litigation Best Practices—Lessons from Risk Manager of the Year
Michael Boutot | August 1, 2008
Liability Insurance
The Future Is Now: When Eventual Indemnity Obligations become Present Defense Obligations
Steven Rawls | August 1, 2008
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Trends in the Valuation of the Insurance Industry: 2008
Jeff Balcombe | August 1, 2008
Employment Practices
Downsizing Risk Management: RFOA as an Affirmative Defense
Paul Siegel | August 1, 2008
