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Valuation of Insurance Organizations
The Value of Insurance Customer Relationships or Policies
Jeff Balcombe | May 1, 2010
Jeff Balcombe provides a conceptual framework for valuing customer-related intangible assets.
Construction Safety
Construction Project Risk Management
Peter Furst | May 1, 2010
Peter Furst reviews the basics of project management the elements, players, and relational model.
Employment Practices
Second Circuit Applies New Supreme Court Standard for Retaliation Claims
Paul Siegel | May 1, 2010
The Second Circuit provides guidance to employers seeking to comply with state and federal antiretaliation provisions. Paul Siegel explains.
Environmental
CGL Policy Held To Cover Oil Spill Cleanup Costs
Kent Holland | April 1, 2010
Kent Holland examines a case where the exception to the pollution exclusion makes common law pollution damages covered.
Corporate Fraud Prevention
Five-Step Approach to Fraud Detection: #2 Know the Symptoms of Occurrence
Scott Langlinais | April 1, 2010
In his Five-Step Approach to Fraud Detection, Scott Langlinais provides a template to help firms detect and control fraud.
Captives
Direct Procurement Revisited
Michael R. Mead | April 1, 2010
Captives: Learn the laws both where you do business and where you issue evidence of coverage, advises Michael Mead.
Property Insurance
Crime—Getting More Out of the Policy
William Austin | April 1, 2010
Crime exposures, forms, triggers, and limits are tricky. William Austin explains how to enhance coverage.
Personal Risk Management
Insuring "Zipcars"
Jack Hungelmann | April 1, 2010
Car-sharing may be good for the environment, but Jack Hungelmann warns it can raise personal auto insurance concerns.
Liability Insurance
The Impaired Property Exclusion
Craig Stanovich | April 1, 2010
Exclusion m. of the CGL policy is routinely cited but often misunderstood. Craig Stanovich illustrates how it applies.
Environmental
An Update on Chinese Drywall Claims
Rodney Taylor | April 1, 2010
Rod Taylor reviews the current status of these claims, examining factors relevant to the cases being heard in federal and state courts.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
The Value of Insurance Customer Relationships or Policies
Jeff Balcombe | May 1, 2010
Employment Practices
Second Circuit Applies New Supreme Court Standard for Retaliation Claims
Paul Siegel | May 1, 2010
Corporate Fraud Prevention
Five-Step Approach to Fraud Detection: #2 Know the Symptoms of Occurrence
Scott Langlinais | April 1, 2010
