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Leadership at All Levels
Striving for Excellence: A 15-Year Journey Through the CSEA Awards Process
Tricia Kagerer | May 2, 2025
Follow Tricia Kagerer's path to receive the Construction Safety Excellence Awards (CSEA) Grand Award, and read about the lessons she learned along the way.
Intellectual Property
Online Intellectual Property Issues
Sanford Warren | May 2, 2025
Posting on social media may seem to be a good way to increase your online presence. Sanford Warren warns that this could cost you plenty.
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Managing Escalating Material Substitutions Costs
Cheri Hanes | May 2, 2025
Managing the impact of rising construction costs due to material substitutions is done in four steps: identifying, monitoring, understanding, and risk mitigation. Cheri Hanes explains.
Claims Practices
Lawyer Convicted of Workers Compensation Fraud
Barry Zalma | April 25, 2025
Barry Zalma relates a California case where a jury convicted the plaintiff of 37 felony counts of fraud, but, on appeal, his conviction was partially reversed to the Williamson rule.
Reinsurance
Adventures in Contract Wording: Reasonableness
Larry Schiffer | April 11, 2025
What is reasonable will depend on the specific facts and circumstances of the case. Larry Schiffer explains.
Catastrophe Risk Management
Understanding the Resilience and Recovery of Wildfire Survivors
John E Putnam | April 4, 2025
Focusing on policyholders' complex and changing behavioral health needs following a major disaster is key. John Putnam looks at ways to accomplish this.
Employee Well-Being
Recovery-Supportive Workplaces Strengthen Workplace Safety
Sally Spencer-Thomas | April 2, 2025
Sally Spencer-Thomas discusses how compassion can be a practical business strategy that supports workplace safety.
Intellectual Property
Overcoming Obstacles to Intellectual Property Insurance
Chuck Baxter | March 31, 2025
Managing the risks of intellectual property conflict through insurance makes sense for entities of all sizes and industries. Chuck Baxter examines the coverage.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
A Scary Ghost: FBI Warning Highlights Need for Patch Management
Mark Lanterman | March 28, 2025
Mark Lanterman relates a recent government-issued cyber-security warning and what it means for Americans.
Liability Insurance
CGL—Fire Legal
Craig Stanovich | March 28, 2025
Craig Stanovich explains that policyholders who rent space are presented with exposures that may not be properly handled by standard "fire legal" or "damage to premises rented to you" commercial general liability coverage.
Leadership at All Levels
Striving for Excellence: A 15-Year Journey Through the CSEA Awards Process
Tricia Kagerer | May 2, 2025
Subcontractor Performance Risk
Managing Escalating Material Substitutions Costs
Cheri Hanes | May 2, 2025
Catastrophe Risk Management
Understanding the Resilience and Recovery of Wildfire Survivors
John E Putnam | April 4, 2025
Employee Well-Being
Recovery-Supportive Workplaces Strengthen Workplace Safety
Sally Spencer-Thomas | April 2, 2025
Intellectual Property
Overcoming Obstacles to Intellectual Property Insurance
Chuck Baxter | March 31, 2025
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
A Scary Ghost: FBI Warning Highlights Need for Patch Management
Mark Lanterman | March 28, 2025