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Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Cyber Liability Insurance Issues for Large Companies
Michael A. Rossi | November 1, 2003
Mike Rossi takes a look at how large firms are covering their e-business and cyber activity risks and what to look for in the broad-based/multiline policies now available in the market.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Tech E&O Insurance—A Primer for Risk Managers
Michael A. Rossi | November 1, 2003
Mike Rossi answers some questions that are commonly asked by many risk managers about tech errors and omissions insurance: What is it? Why do I need it? How does it work?
Reinsurance
Understanding the Business-Covered Clause in a Reinsurance Contract
Larry Schiffer | November 1, 2003
Larry Schiffer explains the two generic types of reinsurance coverage—losses-occurring-during and risks or policies-attaching contracts—their importance, complicating factors, and hybrids.
Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance
The Government Weighs in: What's Causing Increased Medical Malpractice Premium Rates
Charles Kolodkin | October 18, 2003
The General Accounting Office recently completed an extensive study of the medical malpractice insurance industry and the factors that have caused premium rates to increase.
Corporate Aviation
Private Aviation: Being an Additional Insured
Adam Webster | October 11, 2003
Private air charters pose many risk management and insurance challenges for clients. In this new corporate aviation column, Adam Webster discusses what to watch out for.
Catastrophe Risk Management
Performance Based Seismic Design
Nathan Gould | October 1, 2003
Dr. Nathan Gould explains Performance Based Seismic Design—what it is, how it works, and why it is the seismic design methodology of the future.
Internal Controls
Embedding Risk Management: Easier, Faster, Better
Matthew Leitch | October 1, 2003
Risk management workshops, while touted as good practice, often fail to motivate employees to truly reduce risk. Matthew Leitch explains how the process of embedding can make a real impact.
Captives
Another Kind of Captive Growth: Risk Retention Groups Increase
Michael R. Mead | October 1, 2003
Abandoned in the soft market, risk retention groups (RRGs) are on the rise, offering form, rate, claims, taxation, and admitted paper benefits. Michael Mead discusses the opportunities and challenges.
Liability Insurance
Known Injury or Damage
Craig Stanovich | October 1, 2003
Craig Stanovich looks at the history behind the provision that coverage ceases for all subsequent CGL policies once certain insureds learn of any continuing injury or damage.
Political Risk
The Role of ADB and Multilateral Development Banks in Addressing Political Risk in Asia
Daniel Wagner | October 1, 2003
Today, it is difficult to tell the difference between "perceived" and "real" political risk, and investors are wary. Daniel Wagner explains how development banks can support access to trade finance.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Cyber Liability Insurance Issues for Large Companies
Michael A. Rossi | November 1, 2003
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Tech E&O Insurance—A Primer for Risk Managers
Michael A. Rossi | November 1, 2003
Reinsurance
Understanding the Business-Covered Clause in a Reinsurance Contract
Larry Schiffer | November 1, 2003
Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance
The Government Weighs in: What's Causing Increased Medical Malpractice Premium Rates
Charles Kolodkin | October 18, 2003
Internal Controls
Embedding Risk Management: Easier, Faster, Better
Matthew Leitch | October 1, 2003
Captives
Another Kind of Captive Growth: Risk Retention Groups Increase
Michael R. Mead | October 1, 2003
Political Risk
The Role of ADB and Multilateral Development Banks in Addressing Political Risk in Asia
Daniel Wagner | October 1, 2003
