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Continuous Performance Improvement

Could Yours Be the Site of the Next Mass Shooting?

John Pryor | September 20, 2019

Are you prepared for a mass shooting? John Pryor looks at the risks and options involved.

Insurance Agent E and O

More E&O Tips from the Streets in Rhyming Tweets

Brent Winans | September 6, 2019

Brent Winans provides more snappy advice for insurance agents in a sharable form.

Design and Professional Liability

Dissecting the Contractors Professional Liability Policy

Jeff Slivka | September 6, 2019

Jeff Slivka says educated firms protect themselves with contractors professional liability policies. Here's what you should know.

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Valuation of P&C Insurers: 2019

Jeff Balcombe | August 30, 2019

Regardless of the strong recent performance, Jeff Balcombe warns that many factors will present challenges for the industry moving forward.

Reinsurance

Captive Arrangements and Reinsurance

Larry Schiffer | August 30, 2019

Reinsurance plays a critical role in captive arrangements and can manifest in many different forms, per Larry Schiffer.

Agricultural Insurance

Farm/Ag Workers Compensation—Needed or Not?

Casey Roberts | August 19, 2019

Farm/Ag Workers Compensation—Needed or Not? -- Whether required or not, Casey Roberts explains why it's a good idea.

Captives

Elements of Insurance

Hale Stewart | August 16, 2019

There are certain elements that must be present in all insurance transactions. Hale Stewart examines them.

Courts and Coverage

Beyond the Eight Corners: Additional Insureds and Workers Comp

David Knapp | August 16, 2019

Additional Insureds and Workers Comp—David Knapp discusses what happens when the named insured is immune under workers compensation law.

Additional Insured Issues

Additional Insured Coverage: Don't Overlook Auto Insurance

Gregory Podolak | August 16, 2019

Discussing the importance of including auto insurance in the downstream risk transfer for accidents that occur on a construction site involving any form of automobile.

Defense and Settlement

Eight-Corners Rule under Siege

Lyndon Bittle | August 16, 2019

The evolution of the rule continues in Texas. Lyndon Bittle relates the case currently pending in the Fifth Circuit.