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Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Valuation of Life Insurers: 2018

Jeff Balcombe | November 30, 2018

Jeff Balcombe provides updates of life insurance company valuations and how interest rates affect the valuation of these businesses.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Implementing Natural Hazard Resilience throughout a Large Organization

Nathan Gould | November 30, 2018

Nathan Gould explains the importance of developing a natural hazard design standard to increase facility and operational resilience.

Property Insurance, Time Element

Property Insurance: Coinsurance

William Austin | November 16, 2018

Coinsurance provisions, prevalent in many policy forms, are often misunderstood. William Austin clears up the misconceptions.

Claims Practices

Infrared Detection of Water Damage

Barry Zalma | November 16, 2018

Barry Zalma discusses a new tool that can be used by claims investigators, remediators, and consultants to detect and help eliminate mold infestations.

Captives

Things To Know about Captive Insurance Companies

Donald Riggin | November 16, 2018

Don Riggin provides a "CliffsNotes"-style understanding of captives and their uses.

Construction Quality

Selecting the Right Subcontractor

Rose Hall | November 16, 2018

Learn how to build a better decision support system to account for bias and hire the right subcontractor from Rose Hall.

Career Advice

An Effective Mentor: A Powerful Career Development Tool

Brenda Powell Wells | November 12, 2018

Part of our career advice series, this article explains how having a mentor can be one of the biggest keys to your success.

Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention

Will this Job Candidate Be Loyal If Hired?

Mike Poskey | November 2, 2018

Ask behavioral interview questions to assess employee loyalty when hiring, advises Mike Poskey.

Construction Quality

Construction Quality and Partner Relationships

Peter Furst | November 2, 2018

Partnering in construction project management is critical, per Peter Furst.

Maritime Law

Shell Offshore v. Tesla Offshore : Questions of Towing

Michael Orlando | November 2, 2018

Mike Orlando looks at a recent case about towing and towing certification and analyzes the case, Shell Offshore v. Tesla Offshore .

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