Expert Commentary

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

The M&A Market for P&C Insurers: 2014

Jeff Balcombe | May 1, 2014

Jeff Balcombe discusses the mergers and acquisitions environment of the property and casualty insurance industry and outlines recent market trends.

Disability and Disability Insurance

Industry Best Practices in Benefits Integration

Marcia Carruthers | May 1, 2014

Marcia Carruthers shows how focusing on enhanced integration will help you achieve your risk and benefits goals.

Construction Safety

A Safety Value Proposition

Peter Furst | May 1, 2014

Rather than being an add-on activity, safety should become part of the mainstream activities of the company, Peter Furst advises.

Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance

Guidance for Managing Cyber Security Risks

Melissa Krasnow | May 1, 2014

California's attorney general recently published steps to stay cyber secure which are elaborated on by Melissa Krasnow.

Courts and Coverage

Burden of Proof in Coverage Litigation—Part 3

Brent Cooper | April 26, 2014

Brent Cooper discusses who has the burden of proof to prove an exception to an exclusion and to show that the person claiming coverage is insured.

Leadership at All Levels

Setting Priorities as a Time Management Tool

Lisa Harrington | April 1, 2014

Managing your commitments in terms of deadlines and priority can make you more effective Lisa Harrington explains.

Environmental

Building Owner Not Barred by "Waiver of Subrogation" Clause from Seeking Damages against Contractors for Diesel Leak Harming "Nonwork" Property

Kent Holland | April 1, 2014

An AIA waiver of subrogation does not limit the owner's right to seek recovery for contractors' damage to non-work. Kent Holland relates a recent case.

Market Practices

Looking at HOA Risks

Peter Polstein | April 1, 2014

Pete Polstein looks at home owners' association and master association entity risks.

The Myth of Risk Management

Donald Riggin | April 1, 2014

While it is impossible to manage risk, Don Riggin opines that it is possible—and necessary—to finance it.

Intellectual Property

Texas Adopts the Uniform Trade Secrets Act

Sanford Warren | April 1, 2014

Sanford Warren says that this law provides more certainty to businesses, while bolstering trade secret protection.