Risk Management Articles
Latest Articles
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.
Insurance Archaeology
Insurance Policy Authentication, Hearsay, and Reconstruction Methodology
2011-04-01 | Douglas Talley
In this third article on insurance archaeology, Doug Talley and Andrew Whitman address secondary evidence.
Insurance Archaeology
Proving the Existence of Past Policies with Secondary Evidence
2011-01-15 | Douglas Talley
While presentation of secondary evidence is important, Doug Talley explains that it alone will not prove that a policy existed.
Market Practices
Claims Administration—The Insurance Service
2010-12-01 | Peter Polstein
Pete Polstein stresses the importance of claims administration.
Current Trends and Issues
Third-Party Vendors in Insurance Claims Investigations: A Framework for Evaluation
2010-11-01 | Tim Ryles
Tim Ryles provides a framework for assessing the conduct of vendors that provide claims services to insurers.
Insurance Archaeology
Judicial Reconstruction of Missing Insurance Policies
2010-09-01 | Douglas Talley
Doug Talley and Andrew Whitman start a series of six articles on insurance archaeology.
Risk Mgmt. and Ins. Higher Education Scene
Risk Management/Insurance Intern Preparation
2009-10-17 | Brenda Powell Wells
Brenda Wells urges you to determine what interns will do and how you'll manage them beforehand.
Current Trends and Issues
Underwriting and Claims: Time to Become Friends?
2009-10-01 | Tim Ryles
Citing commentary and legal developments, Dr. Tim Ryles says the failure to coordinate between underwriting and claims increases risk.
Insurance Archaeology
Proving Standard Policy Language of Missing Insurance Policies
2011-06-01 | Douglas Talley
Catastrophe Risk Management
Insurance Coverage Considerations for Claims Resulting from the Japanese Earthquake
2011-04-01 | Christopher M Brophy
Insurance Archaeology
Insurance Policy Authentication, Hearsay, and Reconstruction Methodology
2011-04-01 | Douglas Talley
Insurance Archaeology
Proving the Existence of Past Policies with Secondary Evidence
2011-01-15 | Douglas Talley
Current Trends and Issues
Third-Party Vendors in Insurance Claims Investigations: A Framework for Evaluation
2010-11-01 | Tim Ryles
Insurance Archaeology
Judicial Reconstruction of Missing Insurance Policies
2010-09-01 | Douglas Talley
Risk Mgmt. and Ins. Higher Education Scene
Risk Management/Insurance Intern Preparation
2009-10-17 | Brenda Powell Wells
