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Companies Fight Against Texting and Driving
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Businesses that offer employer-paid cell phones are creating their own policies against texting while driving.
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Distribution Titan Builds Underwriting Specialty Powerhouse
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Patrick G. Ryan, chairman and CEO of Ryan Specialty Group, turns to the underwriting side of his new house.
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The Class of 2011
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A new flight of branded opioids, designed to lessen abuse, hit the market in 2011.
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If a Tree Falls, Who's to Blame?
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Cash-strapped cities and municipalities are less focused on the upkeep of trees, but when large branches come crashing down, the damage can be severe.
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The Sky Is Not Falling
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Although geo-political risks are leading to uncertainty around the world -- and fluctuations in the American stock market -- fear not, say experts.
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Obesity Reigns Supreme
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While one study finds that two in five people will be obese by 2030, another says that just leveling off obesity rates could save billions.
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Another Round?
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Can insurers survive another round of workers' compensation reform in California?
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Jury Award Highlights Host of Food Industry Issues
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Seven people were hurt in the 2009 explosion at a Slim Jim factory and last month's $14.6 million verdict for survivors raises a host of issues for risk managers.
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The Fashionable Engineers
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Can there be such a thing as a fashionable insurance company? Johnston, R.I.-based FM Global just might be one now -- if there is one.
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Plumeri Weighs in on Contingent Commissions
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Willis Group Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO Joseph J. Plumeri says Willis is accepting contingent commissions in its North American employee benefits business.
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RIMS 2012 Report: RISK PAC Gets Political
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With election season here, RISK PAC flexes its political muscle as it awaits FIO report on insurance modernization.
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Tornados Could Be Most Expensive in Texas History
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Damage from the tornados that touched down in Dallas-Fort Worth in early April could rise to $500 million.
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Time for Risk Managers to Take Action
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Risk managers and C-suite executives differ in how they view the profession, according to a Marsh/RIMS survey.
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Following the "Pink Slime" Trail
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The power of social media and the speed of traditional media could be responsible for the bankruptcy of AFA Foods and a popular but false report that a governor was being indicted.
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Covering Foreign Correspondents
Two recent deaths in Syria add to the already substantial toll of journalists killed in 2011 in the line of duty.
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