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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.
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.
Corporate Fraud Prevention
Reducing the Opportunity To Commit Fraud
Scott Langlinais | March 1, 2008
Scott Langlinais says while checks and balances are important, they cannot prevent fraud—segregated processes compliment ethical behavior.
Enterprise Risk Management
Chief Audit Executives and Risk Management Silos
Mark Layton | March 1, 2008
Mark Layton explains how CAEs can play a vital role in bridging silos and improving their firms' risk intelligence capabilities.
Property Insurance
New York Awards Consequential Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith
Jay Levin | March 1, 2008
Jay Levin relates a property case forcing insurers to fulfill their promise not only to pay for covered losses, but to do so in a timely fashion.
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.
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.
Property Insurance
Pollution Events—An Insured Peril in Property Insurance?
William Austin | April 1, 2008
Current Trends and Issues
Why Insurance Companies Should Bear—Not Manage—Risk
Tim Ryles | April 1, 2008
Construction Defect Coverage
Defective Construction as an Occurrence: Witnessing the "Occurrence" Farewell Tour?
Patrick Wielinski | April 1, 2008
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Valuation Insights: Life and Health Insurers
Jeff Balcombe | March 1, 2008
Corporate Fraud Prevention
Reducing the Opportunity To Commit Fraud
Scott Langlinais | March 1, 2008
Enterprise Risk Management
Chief Audit Executives and Risk Management Silos
Mark Layton | March 1, 2008
Property Insurance
New York Awards Consequential Damages for Insurer's Bad Faith
Jay Levin | March 1, 2008
Liability Insurance
I Did Not Expect That! The CGL Exclusion for Expected or Intended Injury
Craig Stanovich | March 1, 2008
Design and Professional Liability
Owners Protective Professional Indemnity Insurance
Jeff Slivka | March 1, 2008
Construction Safety
Construction Risk Management: Avoiding the Incompetent Worker
TJ Lyons | March 1, 2008
