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Editor's Choice Stories
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Generation X Is Not Ready for Retirement
Good thing they've got a few more years to get their act together.
Four Separate Deaths in Same Day on the NYC Subway Highlight Train Risks
With millions using public transportation every day, safety is key. But is enough being done to ensure riders of trains, trolleys, subways and buses will get from point A to point B without becoming injured, or worse?
Is a Modern-Day Noah's Ark Possible?
Keeping people safe in times of catastrophe or danger is an art as well as a potentially attractive business venture.
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Rig Owner May Be Spared Billions in Gulf Oil Spill (Newsday)
Farmers Plant Wheat for Prospect of High Insurance Payouts for Failed Crops (Wall St. Journal)
Study: 7 Percent of People Carry HPV in Mouths (LA Times)
Conoco Says It's Reached a Deal for China Spill (Associated Press)
Cruise Lines Use Law and Contracts to Limit Liability (New York Times)
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Risk & Insurance Editors' Spotlight
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R&I One: Jan. 31, 2012
In this issue: a modern-day Noah's Ark?; Gen X not ready for retirement; rig owner may be spared billions in Gulf oil spill; cruise lines use law and contracts to limit liability; and more. 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 |
Roger Crombie's Past Columns
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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
Silent Cal: A Tough Sell
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How do you sell insurance in a nonverbal world?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
The Ups and Downs of Volatility
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The pendulum of regulation and government oversight has quickly swung from the lighter end of the spectrum to the heavier end -- and there are no signs of it moving back toward the middle.MORE |
David M. Wong's Past Columns
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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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