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Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance

Third-Party Liability E-Commerce Risks and Traditional Insurance Programs

2000-08-01 | Michael A Rossi

Mike Rossi aims to help you better understand how to review an insurance program with respect to e-commerce risks, as well as to evaluate the need for special e-commerce insurance policies.

Employment Practices

Nonunion Employees Gain Right to Representation during Investigatory Interviews

2000-08-01 | Paul Siegel

This article discusses a recent National Labor Relations Board decision holding that nonunion employees have the right to representation during an interview that might lead to disciplinary action and its potential impact on the workplace.

Professional, D and O, and Fiduciary Liability

Online Underwriting Information for D&O Liability Insurance

2000-07-01 | Robert A Bregman

The availability of online financial and other important data has made D&O underwriters less dependent on paper submissions, allowing them to make faster, more accurate assessments that ultimately benefit both parties to an insurance transaction. This article reviews some of the sources of this data and how it is used.

Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance

Integrated Health Care Delivery Systems' Challenges

2000-06-10 | Bonnie Boone

Bonnie Boone highlights some of the important issues that must be considered in managing health care delivery risks and structuring their insurance programs.

Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance

First-Party E-Commerce Risks

2000-06-01 | Michael A Rossi

Mike Rossi examines the gaps in traditional insurance policies with respect to first-party e-commerce risks and discusses some ways to close those gaps.

Cyber and Privacy Risk and Insurance

Bringing Order to Chaos: Insurance Issues for E-Commerce Activities

2000-05-01 | Michael A Rossi

The insurance industry has developed insurance products expressly designed to insure third-party liability and first-party risks related to e-commerce activities. Other insurers counter that new policies are not needed or that it is impossible to underwrite the risks being underwritten by these new policies. Mike Rossi explains.

Healthcare Professional Liability Insurance

Long-Term Health Care Professional Liability ... Where Are We Now?

2000-03-31 | Bonnie Boone

Bonnie Boone looks at the current professional liability market for long-term health care, including events leading up to this stage and causes of the problems with this coverage line. In addition, advice is offered for insurers and risk managers interested in this class of business.

Professional, D and O, and Fiduciary Liability

Key Coverage Options under Employment Practices Liability Policies

2000-03-01 | Robert A Bregman

Bob Bregman provides the six key options that any purchaser of employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) policies should consider before buying coverage.