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Additional Insured Issues
Whose Contract Is It Anyway: Gilbane Decision Requires Contractual Privity
Gregory Podolak | May 11, 2018
New York's high court recently weighed in on contractual privity. Gregory Podolak relates the Gilbane case.
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
How To Avoid Blind Spots When Hiring
Mike Poskey | May 11, 2018
Paul Siegel relates a case where, to prove employment discrimination, plaintiffs must show the comparator's misconduct be nearly identical to their own.
Insurance Agent E and O
Avoiding E&O in Excess and Surplus Lines
Brent Winans | May 11, 2018
Brent Winans provides recommendations that may save your agency from a costly E&O claim.
Current Trends and Issues
Fair Claims versus the Property Insurance Mortgage Clause
Tim Ryles | May 4, 2018
Tim Ryles examines the property insurance mortgage clause and the problems it presents to the mortgagee.
Insurance Careers
Be Proud You Are a Risk Professional
Brenda Powell Wells | May 4, 2018
The important role insurance plays in protecting people and property is why risk professionals should be proud of their work.
Liability Insurance
Contractual Liability and the CGL Policy
Craig Stanovich | April 27, 2018
Craig Stanovich updates his treatise on what is meant by contractual liability and how coverage actually works.
Personal Risk Management
Personal Cyber-Security Planning Guide
Kurt Thoennessen | April 27, 2018
Cyber Security—Not Just for Big Business—Assess your personal risk of cyber crime, and learn some ways to handle it from Kurt Thoennessen.
Workers Compensation Issues
Integrated Disability Management
Joe Galusha | April 20, 2018
Integrated Disability Management—Joe Galusha discusses return-to-work issues and well-constructed physical demands assessments.
Construction Quality
Construction Quality, Diversity, and a Barrel Sauna
Rose Hall | April 20, 2018
Using an example, Rose Hall shows why it takes a diverse set of skills, values, and thought processes to complete projects well.
Professional, D and O, and Fiduciary Liability
Nuts and Bolts of Representations and Warranties Insurance
John Black | April 13, 2018
RWI is a commonplace tool in dealmaking. John Black Jr. describes how they work.
Additional Insured Issues
Whose Contract Is It Anyway: Gilbane Decision Requires Contractual Privity
Gregory Podolak | May 11, 2018
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
How To Avoid Blind Spots When Hiring
Mike Poskey | May 11, 2018
Current Trends and Issues
Fair Claims versus the Property Insurance Mortgage Clause
Tim Ryles | May 4, 2018
Professional, D and O, and Fiduciary Liability
Nuts and Bolts of Representations and Warranties Insurance
John Black | April 13, 2018