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Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance
Medical Malpractice Insurance Trends? Chaos!
Charles Kolodkin | September 29, 2001
Premiums are doubling, deductibles tripling, and insurers are abandoning the line. Charles Kolodkin explains why the condition of the market is quite rationale and not surprising.
Design and Professional Liability
You Just Stood There? The Design Professional's Responsibility for Job Site Injuries
Kenneth Slavens | September 22, 2001
What should the design professional do after witnessing unsafe job site practices by the contractor? Ken Slavens explains how different jurisdictions answer that question and what can be done to both prevent injury and protect liability.
Environmental
Mold: The Newest Environmental Hazard
Alan Bressler | September 1, 2001
Obtaining insurance coverage for mold-related problems is difficult, with most insurers relying on pollution exclusions and/or newly added mold exclusions to deny coverage. Kevin Shane and Alan Bressler explain the basics of the problem and offer coverage solutions.
Risk Management Technology
RMIS Applications: Guidelines for Selection and Implementation
Anita Schoenfeld | September 1, 2001
Tillinghast-Towers Perin consultants David Whitesell and Anita Schoenfeld provide key points an organization should consider to ensure that a new information system is properly selected and smoothly implemented.
Workers Compensation Issues
The Workers Compensation Self-Insurance Decision
Christine Fuge | August 1, 2001
Explore the strategic considerations and financial implications of self-insuring workers compensation exposures with IRMI's expert analysis.
Eradicating Sales Call Reluctance
Sales Is a Numbers Game
Frank Lee | August 1, 2001
So, what keeps salespeople from making sales? Frank Lee discusses sales call reluctance and its many facets that can hamper even the best-intentioned salesperson.
Workers Compensation Issues
Is an Unbundled Workers Compensation Program Right for Your Company?
Martin McGavin | August 1, 2001
Most employers assume they must choose between traditional insurance or self-insurance for workers comp. Martin McGavin examines the "unbundling" option, how it works, and its advantages and disadvantages.
Workers Compensation Issues
Statutes of Limitation in Workers Compensation Cases
Jim Pocius | August 1, 2001
States differ with regard to the amount of time they will allow for a claimant to file a workers compensation claim. James Pocius discusses the variation and provides some cost saving tips for risk management.
Property Insurance
What's New in the 2000 Edition ISO Commercial Property Forms: CP 00 30
Linda Robinson | August 1, 2001
These revisions affect 11 coverage forms, all 3 causes of loss forms, 24 coverage endorsements, and a number of schedule endorsements. This article summarizes the changes to the business income and extra expense coverage form (CP 00 30).
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Is Computer Data "Tangible Property" or Subject to "Physical Loss or Damage"?—Part 1
Michael A. Rossi | August 1, 2001
In this article, Mike Rossi and Catherine Rivard traces the evolution of court decisions dealing with the questions of whether computer data is "tangible property" or subject to "physical loss or damage" for purposes of insurance coverage.
Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance
Medical Malpractice Insurance Trends? Chaos!
Charles Kolodkin | September 29, 2001
Design and Professional Liability
You Just Stood There? The Design Professional's Responsibility for Job Site Injuries
Kenneth Slavens | September 22, 2001
Risk Management Technology
RMIS Applications: Guidelines for Selection and Implementation
Anita Schoenfeld | September 1, 2001
Workers Compensation Issues
The Workers Compensation Self-Insurance Decision
Christine Fuge | August 1, 2001
Workers Compensation Issues
Is an Unbundled Workers Compensation Program Right for Your Company?
Martin McGavin | August 1, 2001
Workers Compensation Issues
Statutes of Limitation in Workers Compensation Cases
Jim Pocius | August 1, 2001
Property Insurance
What's New in the 2000 Edition ISO Commercial Property Forms: CP 00 30
Linda Robinson | August 1, 2001
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Is Computer Data "Tangible Property" or Subject to "Physical Loss or Damage"?—Part 1
Michael A. Rossi | August 1, 2001
