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Market Practices
Risk Assessments and Peer Reviews
Peter Polstein | December 1, 2007
Whether conducted in-house or by an outside consultant, a risk and insurance review is a good idea. Peter Polstein explains.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Property/Casualty Insurer Valuation Insights
Jeff Balcombe | November 1, 2007
Jeff Balcombe provides greater insight property and casualty insurer valuation and the market's current pricing.
Courts and Coverage
The Measure of "Reasonable" Defense Costs in Independent Counsel Situations
Brent Cooper | November 1, 2007
In independent counsel situations, who determines what costs are reasonable? Brent Cooper and Dana Harbin peruse state positions.
Environmental
Epoxy Fumes Are Unambiguously Excluded from Coverage as "Pollutants" under the CGL Total Pollution Exclusion
Kent Holland | November 1, 2007
Kent Holland relates a case on the CGL total pollution exclusion and the definition of "pollutants," "discharge," "dispersal," "seepage," "migration," "release," and "escape."
Captives
Captive Insurance Exit Strategy
Michael R. Mead | November 1, 2007
Mike Mead warns that ending the use of a captive is not so simple as ceasing to do business with it or funding its operations.
Liability Insurance
Insurance Law and Exclusion (m): It's Not Broken If You Can Fix It
Steven Rawls | November 1, 2007
Insurance Law and Exclusion (m) Steve Rawls discusses cases addressing the impaired property exclusion in the commercial general liability insurance policy.
Captives
Has the IRS Lost Its Collective Mind?
Donald Riggin | November 1, 2007
The recently proposed IRS regulations for single-parent captives are a step in the wrong direction. Don Riggin explains.
Political Risk
Effective Transactional Risk Management
Daniel Wagner | November 1, 2007
Daniel Wagner explains transactional risk and why it is an essential part of the risk management process in the international business arena.
Intellectual Property
Trade Secret Protection: Good Risk Management
Sanford Warren | November 1, 2007
Sanford Warren advises taking precautions, both offensive and defensive, to protect your trade secrets and those of others.
Property Insurance
Demystifying Appraisal: The Scope and Nature of Insurance Appraisals
Jay Levin | October 1, 2007
Jay Levin examines appraisals, addressing their use, benefits and limitations, jurisdictional differences, and review issues.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Property/Casualty Insurer Valuation Insights
Jeff Balcombe | November 1, 2007
Courts and Coverage
The Measure of "Reasonable" Defense Costs in Independent Counsel Situations
Brent Cooper | November 1, 2007
Environmental
Epoxy Fumes Are Unambiguously Excluded from Coverage as "Pollutants" under the CGL Total Pollution Exclusion
Kent Holland | November 1, 2007
Liability Insurance
Insurance Law and Exclusion (m): It's Not Broken If You Can Fix It
Steven Rawls | November 1, 2007
Intellectual Property
Trade Secret Protection: Good Risk Management
Sanford Warren | November 1, 2007
Property Insurance
Demystifying Appraisal: The Scope and Nature of Insurance Appraisals
Jay Levin | October 1, 2007
