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Current Trends and Issues
Noneconomic Costs of Flood Insurance in a Regulatory Minefield
Tim Ryles | June 1, 2018
Tim Ryles looks at the history and controversy surrounding federal programs and the noneconomic costs of flood insurance.
Defense and Settlement
Settlement Relationships—Insurer, Insured, and Defense Counsel
Lyndon Bittle | May 25, 2018
Is defense counsel a "sub-agent" of the insured client? Lyndon Bittle relates the case.
Builders Risk Insurance
Builders Risk: New AIA Requirements
Steven Coombs | May 25, 2018
Steve Coombs summarizes the major changes and provides tips to those who arrange builders risk policies.
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Trends in the Valuation of Agents and Brokers: 2018
Jeff Balcombe | May 25, 2018
Jeff Balcombe discusses the impact of economic and industry conditions and demographic trends.
Regulation and Compliance
An Insurer's Framework To Hire outside Counsel
Aaron Lunt | May 11, 2018
Aaron Lunt offers advice on when to hire outside counsel, especially for regulatory compliance issues.
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
How To Avoid Blind Spots When Hiring
Mike Poskey | May 11, 2018
Paul Siegel relates a case where, to prove employment discrimination, plaintiffs must show the comparator's misconduct be nearly identical to their own.
Construction Safety
Construction Safety Opportunities and Challenges
Peter Furst | May 11, 2018
Construction Safety Opportunities and Challenges—There's a lot of useless information out there. Peter Furst provides a realistic view.
Additional Insured Issues
Whose Contract Is It Anyway: Gilbane Decision Requires Contractual Privity
Gregory Podolak | May 11, 2018
New York's high court recently weighed in on contractual privity. Gregory Podolak relates the Gilbane case.
Insurance Agent E and O
Avoiding E&O in Excess and Surplus Lines
Brent Winans | May 11, 2018
Brent Winans provides recommendations that may save your agency from a costly E&O claim.
Current Trends and Issues
Fair Claims versus the Property Insurance Mortgage Clause
Tim Ryles | May 4, 2018
Tim Ryles examines the property insurance mortgage clause and the problems it presents to the mortgagee.
Current Trends and Issues
Noneconomic Costs of Flood Insurance in a Regulatory Minefield
Tim Ryles | June 1, 2018
Defense and Settlement
Settlement Relationships—Insurer, Insured, and Defense Counsel
Lyndon Bittle | May 25, 2018
Valuation of Insurance Organizations
Trends in the Valuation of Agents and Brokers: 2018
Jeff Balcombe | May 25, 2018
Employee Hiring, Development, and Retention
How To Avoid Blind Spots When Hiring
Mike Poskey | May 11, 2018
Additional Insured Issues
Whose Contract Is It Anyway: Gilbane Decision Requires Contractual Privity
Gregory Podolak | May 11, 2018
Current Trends and Issues
Fair Claims versus the Property Insurance Mortgage Clause
Tim Ryles | May 4, 2018
