Expert Commentary

Reinsurance

The "Secret" World of Reinsurance

Larry Schiffer | March 1, 2015

Is confidentiality preserved when going into court to confirm an arbitration award? Larry Schiffer discusses the issues.

Use Content To Serve Consumers as an Expert Resource

Timothy O'Brien | February 6, 2015

Tim O'Brien offers helpful information to better understand a variety of personal risks and enable risk advisers to provide a differentiated and more valuable client experience.

Builders Risk Insurance

Builders Risk: Tunnels and Underground Projects

Steven Coombs | February 1, 2015

Steve Coombs explains why builders risk insurance involving underground work is one of the most difficult types of projects to underwrite.

Valuation of Insurance Organizations

Earn-Outs in Insurance Industry Merger and Acquisition Transactions

Jeff Balcombe | February 1, 2015

Earn-outs can benefit both buyers and sellers. Jeff Balcombe provides the details.

Construction Safety

Applying Systems Thinking to Safe Operations

Peter Furst | February 1, 2015

Focusing on construction worker training is one way to eliminate losses Peter Furst advocates focusing on the systems instead.

Design and Professional Liability

Who Can Opine on the Design Professional's Standard of Care?

Kenneth Slavens | January 31, 2015

What makes one an expert? Ken Slavens looks at a recent New Jersey case that examines the like-licensed requirement.

Disability and Disability Insurance

Is Extreme Productivity the New Normal?

Marcia Carruthers | January 31, 2015

Many firms seek to squeeze more productivity out of fewer workers. Marcia Carruthers explains how this can backfire.

Insurance Agent E and O

Independent Agents: Pay Special Attention to Your "Special Relationship" Clients

Brent Winans | January 17, 2015

Brent Winans provides a general overview of the duties of insurance agents as established by state laws.

Claims Practices

Eight-Corners Rule Defeats Right to Defense

Barry Zalma | January 1, 2015

A court rules there's no accident when a person is shot in the head at close range. Barry Zalma relates the case.

Captives

Captive Stories: The Genesis of Risk Shifting and Risk Distribution

Donald Riggin | January 1, 2015

Don Riggin digs deep to discuss a 1941 ruling that an annuity and an insurance policy produced no insurance risk.