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Editor's Choice Stories
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Untreatable Tuberculosis Baffles Doctors
Public-health officials and insurers are trying to figure out how to handle the deadly virus.
Federal Flood Insurance Program Gets Extension
As experts argue that private insurers should supplement the initiative, the National Flood Insurance Program rolls along.
Tipping Point: Cruise Ships Set Sail Close to the Edge
More than five times as high above the water line as it is below the water line, the Costa Concordia reveals how modern ship design push the boundaries of safety.
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Strongest Solar Storm Since 2005 Hitting Earth (Yahoo! News)
Obama Rejects Pipeline from Canada to Texas (USA Today)
BP May Double Oil Spill Pay-Out (Financial Times)
Safety Probe Clears Chevy Volt (Wall St. Journal)
Swiss Re Names Michel Lies CEO (Bloomberg Businessweek)
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Risk & Insurance Editors' Spotlight
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R&I One: January 24, 2012
In this issue: untreatable tuberculosis baffles doctors; federal flood insurance program gets extension; solar storm hits Earth; Obama rejects pipeline; new CEO at Swiss Re; BP may double oil spill pay-out; and more.
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Features
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12 Executives to Watch in 2012
We picked this list of executives to watch from among U.S. commercial insurance and reinsurance companies. Brokerage, risk management, third-party administrator, pharmacy benefit management and insurance trade group executives were not considered. These 12 execs were chosen mainly because we know they face crucial challenges and decisions in 2012 and their moves and strategies likely will be closely watched by others in the commercial insurance industry. See the list here.
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Taking Control of Claims
Occupational health nurse used a variety of measures, including teamwork and collaboration, to upgrade claims management at Big Lots on-site clinics.
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Divided Over the College Price Tag
Is tuition experiencing a bubble and threatening the pillars of higher education? Or is that talk premature, particularly with increased government aid to students.
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Web Extras
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Stay Informed and Mind the Gap
Companies face Internet marketing-related legal claims that their commercial general liability insurance policies no longer cover.
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Web Extras
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Consumed With Risk
At the 20th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability ConferenceŽ & Expo in Las Vegas last month, workers' comp experts were consumed by just how addicted workers have become to prescription painkillers.
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POINT: 2012: A Bang-Up Year for Risk Managers
In an election year, rates will continue to drop and the status quo is a given.
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COUNTERPOINT: 2012: Another Challenging Year for Risk Managers
From workplace risks to global finance, 2012 is going to be another tough year for risk managers.
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Columnists
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Workers' Comp By Peter Rousmaniere
How Many Injured Workers Die from Opioids?
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Conventional claims operations have helped sweep the opioid issue under the rug.MORE |
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Roger's Soapbox By Roger Crombie
Jolted by Joe Biden, our Veep
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Joe Biden has been messing with me. Yes, that Joe Biden, the hair-plugged vice president of those there United States. This is a Christmas story for all those insurance people who will fly home for the holidays, or who fly anywhere, ever.MORE |
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Risk Management By Joanna Makomaski
Just Enough Information
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A Boeing 767 airliner carrying 231 passengers from Newark, N.J., made an emergency landing on its belly at the Warsaw, Poland, airport in November after an unprecedented landing gear failure. MORE |
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Risk Innovation By Christopher E. Mandel
ERM Alive and Well
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As I write this, I'm flying home from two intensely satisfying days at the inaugural RIMS Enterprise Risk Management Conference subtitled, "Where risk meets innovation." As the name would imply, I needed to be there. MORE |
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The Law By Douglas Cameron
The Right to Maximize Property Insurance Coverage
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Frequently, two or more coverages with specific, differing limits or sublimits will overlap and apply to a single property loss. Insurance companies seek to cap their obligations by confining the loss to the coverage with the lowest limit. Policyholders, however, have the right to order their insurance claim to maximize their recovery.MORE |
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Brokerage By Michael G. Manes
The Power of Change and the Change of Power
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In the new world where everyone has options, success rests in your ability to adapt to change and attract the brightest employees, the best policyholders and the most reliable carriers.MORE |
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Technology By Patricia Vowinkel
A Network Liability Puzzle
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Are insurers facing a losing battle on the cyberinsurance front? In the last year, hackers scored some big victories, pulling off a number of high-profile attacks. Think Sony, Epsilon, Citibank, the Pentagon, Lockheed Martin and RSA just to name a few.MORE |
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Strategy By David M. Wong
How Can We Be Apple, Not IBM?
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The role of talent and luck in achieving great success. MORE |
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Special Reports
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Claims
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In-Depth Series
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Workers' Compensation
In this three part series we look at issues of a safer workplace, how employee benefits affect the employer and future trends and their effect on employers.
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Industry Risk Report
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Utilities
After the Japan meltdown, political pressures intensify in some countries to abandon nukes. Utilities face shutdown risks even as underwriting remains profitable for insurers.
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