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Internal Controls
Embedding Risk Management: Easier, Faster, Better
Matthew Leitch | October 1, 2003
Risk management workshops, while touted as good practice, often fail to motivate employees to truly reduce risk. Matthew Leitch explains how the process of embedding can make a real impact.
Captives
Another Kind of Captive Growth: Risk Retention Groups Increase
Michael R. Mead | October 1, 2003
Abandoned in the soft market, risk retention groups (RRGs) are on the rise, offering form, rate, claims, taxation, and admitted paper benefits. Michael Mead discusses the opportunities and challenges.
Liability Insurance
Known Injury or Damage
Craig Stanovich | October 1, 2003
Craig Stanovich looks at the history behind the provision that coverage ceases for all subsequent CGL policies once certain insureds learn of any continuing injury or damage.
Political Risk
The Role of ADB and Multilateral Development Banks in Addressing Political Risk in Asia
Daniel Wagner | October 1, 2003
Today, it is difficult to tell the difference between "perceived" and "real" political risk, and investors are wary. Daniel Wagner explains how development banks can support access to trade finance.
Intellectual Property
Can I Sue a Foreign Company Whose Only US Presence Is a Well-Insulated Subsidiary?
Sanford Warren | October 1, 2003
What do you do if your patent is infringed by a foreign corporation without a US office? Sanford Warren Jr. discusses the far-from-obvious solutions available to the patentee.
Personal Risk Management
Family Disaster Planning—10 Key Ingredients
Robin Olson | September 20, 2003
Disaster can strike when you're at home, work, school, or in the car. Develop a family disaster plan, communicate it, and stay vigilant.
Mediation
Apology in Mediation: Sorry To Say, It's Much Overrated
Jeff Kichaven | September 1, 2003
Jeff Kichaven explains how far a simple apology—without admission of liability or fault—can go to ease tension and promote goodwill in a mediation or negotiation setting.
Workplace Violence Prevention
A Workplace Violence Prevention Program—An Investment with a Great Yield
James Madero | September 1, 2003
This summer, a number of preventable homicides occurred in American workplaces Dr James Madero offers compelling reasons for workplace violence prevention programs.
Enterprise Risk Management
Practical ERM Applications: Risk Integration
Jerry Miccolis | September 1, 2003
In his enterprise risk management column, Jerry Miccolis explains how to model the integration of risks from various sources, using the insurance industry as an example.
Market Practices
Certificates of Insurance
Peter Polstein | September 1, 2003
Peter Polstein explains why insurance certificates are one of the more dangerous documents that float between insureds, insurers, and a myriad of third parties.
Internal Controls
Embedding Risk Management: Easier, Faster, Better
Matthew Leitch | October 1, 2003
Captives
Another Kind of Captive Growth: Risk Retention Groups Increase
Michael R. Mead | October 1, 2003
Political Risk
The Role of ADB and Multilateral Development Banks in Addressing Political Risk in Asia
Daniel Wagner | October 1, 2003
Intellectual Property
Can I Sue a Foreign Company Whose Only US Presence Is a Well-Insulated Subsidiary?
Sanford Warren | October 1, 2003
Personal Risk Management
Family Disaster Planning—10 Key Ingredients
Robin Olson | September 20, 2003
Workplace Violence Prevention
A Workplace Violence Prevention Program—An Investment with a Great Yield
James Madero | September 1, 2003
Enterprise Risk Management
Practical ERM Applications: Risk Integration
Jerry Miccolis | September 1, 2003
