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Claims Management

Is Self-Administration Ever the Right Answer?

November 1, 2008

Glenn Brown explores the decision-making process along with the risks, possible rewards, and challenges of administering your own claims.

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Credit Crisis and Insurance Companies

Jeff Balcombe | November 1, 2008

Jeff Balcombe discusses the impact of the recent economic turmoil on the valuation of companies operating in the insurance industry.

Construction Safety

Construction Blasting Fundamentals

Peter Furst | November 1, 2008

Peter Furst provides the basics on commercial explosives, blast physics, rock properties, construction blast design and techniques.

Personal Lines Claims

Personal Lines Property Loss Adjusting—Achieving Excellence

Elise Farnham | October 1, 2008

The steps involved to achieve claims closure involve knowing the policy, the contract, textbook answers, and alternatives. Elise Farnham explains.

Mediation

Nix Your Mediator's Prospective Waiver of Liability

Jeff Kichaven | October 1, 2008

Jeff Kichaven says it's important to hold your mediators to the same standards as you hold your lawyers.

Enterprise Risk Management

Critical Role for the Chief Audit Executive: Aligning Risk Assessment

Mark Layton | October 1, 2008

Mark Layton explains why today a frank assessment of the true risks a company faces is crucial.

Liability Insurance

Coverage Trigger: Getting It Right for the Right Reason

Steven Rawls | October 1, 2008

Steve Rawls shows why an injury-in-fact or actual injury trigger is the only trigger theory he believes is supported by the CGL policy.

Property Insurance

Hurricanes, Tropical Depressions, and Floods—Oh My!

William Austin | October 1, 2008

William Austin examines coverage needs and expectations that must be addressed pre-loss—not after the loss event through litigation.

Courts and Coverage

Injury-in-Fact Coverage Trigger—HO Policy View

Brent Cooper | October 1, 2008

Brent Cooper looks at Don's Building Supply and its application to the Texas Homeowners Insurance Policy HO-B.

Claims Practices

The Examination under Oath

Barry Zalma | October 1, 2008

Barry Zalma explains why this is an important tool to help insureds prove their loss or to allow an insurer to examine the proofs of loss to avoid potential fraud.

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