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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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."

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.

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.