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Personal Lines Insurance

Managing Personal Automobile Insurance Risks Following Death

Jack Hungelmann | April 18, 2008

Jack Hungelmann illustrates the coverage pitfalls facing the survivors of the deceased's personal auto policy.

Claims Management

An Insurance Claims Management Retrospective

April 1, 2008

William Quinn Jr. takes a look at the claims management experience, then (1950s) and now (2000s).

Property Insurance

Pollution Events—An Insured Peril in Property Insurance?

William Austin | April 1, 2008

William Austin illustrates why risk management professionals must continually test insurance coverage prior to a loss event.

Current Trends and Issues

Why Insurance Companies Should Bear—Not Manage—Risk

Tim Ryles | April 1, 2008

Tim Ryles shows why insurers may best serve their customers by not proffering risk management services to their insureds.

Construction Defect Coverage

Defective Construction as an Occurrence: Witnessing the "Occurrence" Farewell Tour?

Patrick Wielinski | April 1, 2008

Explore the intricate litigation surrounding "occurrence" and "property damage" definitions in CGL policies through expert analysis and case reviews.

Construction Safety

Construction Risk Management: Avoiding the Incompetent Worker

TJ Lyons | March 1, 2008

Letting an incompetent person oversee work on your construction project is a recipe for disaster. T.J. Lyons explains.

Construction Safety

Construction Risk Management: Recognizing Incompetent Workers

TJ Lyons | March 1, 2008

Keeping an incompetent person on your construction project is a major mistake. T.J. Lyons explains ways to avoid it.

Liability Insurance

I Did Not Expect That! The CGL Exclusion for Expected or Intended Injury

Craig Stanovich | March 1, 2008

Craig Stanovich highlights what is and what is not excluded by the commercial general liability (CGL) insurance policy's Exclusion a.

Design and Professional Liability

Owners Protective Professional Indemnity Insurance

Jeff Slivka | March 1, 2008

Jeff Slivka and Tony Polini discuss the OPPI policy as a more desirable option for owners than the alternatives currently available to them.

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Valuation Insights: Life and Health Insurers

Jeff Balcombe | March 1, 2008

Jeff Balcombe provides insight into the valuation of life and health (L&H) insurers and the market's current pricing of these businesses.