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Property Insurance
Breach of Policy Conditions and the "Severability of Interests" Doctrine
Douglas Berry | June 1, 2000
Doug Berry discuses what happens in the event of a breach of one or more property insurance policy conditions involving one insured corporation or insured location.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
First-Party E-Commerce Risks
Michael A. Rossi | June 1, 2000
Mike Rossi examines the gaps in traditional insurance policies with respect to first-party e-commerce risks and discusses some ways to close those gaps.
Reinsurance
Are Punitive Damage Awards Recoverable under Reinsurance Agreements?
Larry Schiffer | June 1, 2000
The reinsurability of punitive damages depends on the reinsurance contract and the public policy of the relevant jurisdiction, with extracontractual obligations clauses (ECOs) offering some coverage despite state restrictions. Larry Schiffer explains.
Time Element
Who's Handling Your Claim? The Professionals Involved in a Business Interruption Claim
Daniel Torpey | June 1, 2000
Learn who your insurers will have on their team handling your company's business interruption claim and who you can recruit to best reciprocate.
Design and Professional Liability
Project-Specific Professional Liability: Who Really Pays for Design Errors?
David Collings | May 1, 2000
David Collings looks at professional liability arising out of project design and construction management services.
Environmental
The US Environmental Liability Insurance Market—Reaching New Frontiers
John Hannah | May 1, 2000
The number and types of environmental insurance markets and products offered has increased dramatically in recent years. This article looks at the trends and events surrounding the market and provides a snapshot of the current environmental insurance marketplace.
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Bringing Order to Chaos: Insurance Issues for E-Commerce Activities
Michael A. Rossi | May 1, 2000
The insurance industry has developed insurance products expressly designed to insure third-party liability and first-party risks related to e-commerce activities. Other insurers counter that new policies are not needed or that it is impossible to underwrite the risks being underwritten by these new policies. Mike Rossi explains.
Additional Insured Issues
Planning Around the "Other Insurance" Clause in the Subcontractor's Policy
Joseph Postel | April 1, 2000
Joe Postel explains how the Illinois Supreme Court decided that when a general contractor's risk transfer plan is thwarted by the subcontractor's other insurance clause, the general contractor can neutralize the subcontractor's other insurance clause simply by making his own liability insurance 'unavailable.'
Risk and Insurance History
How Umbrella Policies Started Part 2: the First Umbrella Forms
Jim Robertson | April 1, 2000
Jim Robertson discusses developments in blanket liability, other concepts that led to the creation of the first umbrella coverage forms, and the development of the American market for umbrellas after 1957.
Political Risk
The Impact of Political Change and How To Protect Your Business against It
Daniel Wagner | April 1, 2000
Daniel Wagner explains that political risk insurance cannot be a panacea for every conceivable political risk that can confront an international trader or investor, but it can help.
Property Insurance
Breach of Policy Conditions and the "Severability of Interests" Doctrine
Douglas Berry | June 1, 2000
Reinsurance
Are Punitive Damage Awards Recoverable under Reinsurance Agreements?
Larry Schiffer | June 1, 2000
Time Element
Who's Handling Your Claim? The Professionals Involved in a Business Interruption Claim
Daniel Torpey | June 1, 2000
Design and Professional Liability
Project-Specific Professional Liability: Who Really Pays for Design Errors?
David Collings | May 1, 2000
Environmental
The US Environmental Liability Insurance Market—Reaching New Frontiers
John Hannah | May 1, 2000
Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance
Bringing Order to Chaos: Insurance Issues for E-Commerce Activities
Michael A. Rossi | May 1, 2000
Additional Insured Issues
Planning Around the "Other Insurance" Clause in the Subcontractor's Policy
Joseph Postel | April 1, 2000
Risk and Insurance History
How Umbrella Policies Started Part 2: the First Umbrella Forms
Jim Robertson | April 1, 2000
Political Risk
The Impact of Political Change and How To Protect Your Business against It
Daniel Wagner | April 1, 2000
