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Reinsurance

Insurer Insolvency and Reinsurance

2004-07-01 | Larry Schiffer

What happens to the reinsurance covering insurance policies when the insurer goes insolvent? Larry Schiffer discusses the issues, including recent case law.

Reinsurance

Follow-the-Fortunes Updated

2004-04-01 | Larry Schiffer

In an update of a 2001 article, Larry Schiffer examines how some new reinsurance cases have interpreted the follow-the-fortunes doctrine in environmental and asbestos contexts.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Managing Extreme Wind (Hurricane) Losses

2004-03-01 | Nathan C Gould

Dr. Nathan Gould discusses extreme wind hazards, historical loss exposure, and a methodical engineered approach to effectively manage/reduce wind losses.

Reinsurance

Up-Front about Reinsurance

2004-01-01 | Larry Schiffer

The fronting relationship can cause confusion. In this article, Larry Schiffer explains the basics of fronting and why it may be necessary for licensing, rating, pooling, or regulatory reasons.

Market Practices

Excess Follow Form versus Umbrella

2003-12-01 | Peter Polstein

Peter Polstein takes a look at excess insurance by addressing coverage terms and conditions, and negotiations.

Reinsurance

Understanding the Business-Covered Clause in a Reinsurance Contract

2003-11-01 | Larry Schiffer

Larry Schiffer explains the two generic types of reinsurance coverage—losses-occurring-during and risks or policies-attaching contracts—their importance, complicating factors, and hybrids.

Captives

Another Kind of Captive Growth: Risk Retention Groups Increase

2003-10-01 | Michael R Mead

Abandoned in the soft market, risk retention groups (RRGs) are on the rise, offering form, rate, claims, taxation, and admitted paper benefits. Michael Mead discusses the opportunities and challenges.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Performance Based Seismic Design

2003-10-01 | Nathan C Gould

Dr. Nathan Gould explains Performance Based Seismic Design—what it is, how it works, and why it is the seismic design methodology of the future.

Market Practices

Certificates of Insurance

2003-09-01 | Peter Polstein

Peter Polstein explains why insurance certificates are one of the more dangerous documents that float between insureds, insurers, and a myriad of third parties.