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Current Trends and Issues

Resources for Identifying Standards of Conduct for Insurance Producers

2012-10-01 | Tim Ryles

Tim Ryles looks at occupational standards of entry and retention, and relevant ethical codes.

Current Trends and Issues

So You Think You Are a Professional: the Judicial Model of an Insurance Producer's Professional Status

2012-05-01 | Tim Ryles

The judicially imposed standard of care, writes Tim Ryles, cheapens the role of insurance providers.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Catastrophic Chemical Industry Losses—Structuring Coverage and Maximizing Recovery

2012-01-01 | Christopher M Brophy

Maximizing insurance coverage after a catastrophic loss is especially complex for chemical producers. Chris Brophy elaborates.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Building the Right Builders Risk Policy

2011-10-01 | Christopher M Brophy

Construction catastrophes can doom a business. Christopher Brophy explains how builders risk insurance, properly designed, can save the firm.

Insurance Archaeology

Proving Renewal Policy Language of Missing Insurance Policies

2011-09-24 | Douglas Talley

Using standard industry forms and secondary evidence, Doug Talley explains that missing insurance policies can be reconstructed.

Risk Mgmt and Ins Higher Education Scene

Truly Understanding Millennials

2011-09-01 | Brenda Powell Wells

Insurance and risk management higher education scene is filled with Millennials, but what do they bring to the table? (IRMI.com article).

Current Trends and Issues

Tennessee Supreme Court Deals Blow to "Duty to Read" and Broadens Agent Liability

2011-07-01 | Tim Ryles

In a recent case detailed by Dr. Tim Ryles, agents are labeled experts and are held to a higher standard.

Risk and Insurance History

The History of Proximate Causation

2011-07-01 | Richard J Scislowski

Sir Francis Bacon, Sir Isaac Newton, and Aristotle can provide guidance on how courts have viewed causation under first-party property policies.

Insurance Archaeology

Proving Standard Policy Language of Missing Insurance Policies

2011-06-01 | Douglas Talley

Doug Talley shows how a policyholder can prove the policy language of a missing policy using standard industry forms.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Insurance Coverage Considerations for Claims Resulting from the Japanese Earthquake

2011-04-01 | Christopher M Brophy

Assessing the impact and coverage is no simple task. Chris Brophy elaborates.