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            Issue
May 1, 2006
             Cover Story
Digging Into The Work Fatality Puzzle
By Peter Rousmaniere
It's not so easy to figure out what the most dangerous jobs are, despite what those Top 10 lists say. The key is piecing together the fatality puzzle at your particular work sites, for your particular workers. MORE
Also: Mining Safer Than It Used to Be Despite Deaths

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A Question Of Execution
By Mindy W. Toran
The success of consumer-directed health plans depends on how they are implemented and how their benefits are communicated to employees. MORE

Brokering Catastrophe
By Matthew Brodsky
CAT models once were black-box technology reserved for reinsurers, insurers and the biggest brokers. Now more brokers of all sizes use them to help current clients, and attract new ones. MORE
Also: '04+'05='06 Models

Headed for A Clash
By Tom Starner
Insurance accounting managers face a bewildering contradiction: protect the privacy of data with tighter rules, even as wireless networks liberate the transmission of information. MORE

States of Change
By Joshua Clifton
Workers' compensation claims frequency has been coming down steadily, but medical costs are still on the rise, all but obliterating the possibility of getting ahead. Some states are using aggressive strategies to rein in costs. MORE

Choosing the Right Track
By Mindy W. Toran
Diane Fandrich never envisioned herself working for an insurance company when she graduated from college. But 20 years later, that's exactly where she ended up. MORE

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Enterprise Risk
A senior consultant examines the common pitfalls and uncommon solutions of trying to sell your C-Suite on enterprise risk management.

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Airlines
Risk managers in the airline industry have a tough job, made more difficult by higher oil prices and prickly labor relations. Add to that risks related to aircraft accidents, and airline executives deserve some credit for keeping their airplanes aloft at all. Looming beyond the near-term horizon is the expiration of government-sponsored commercial war-risk insurance for U.S.-based airlines on August 31. If the date is not extended, airlines will have to look for coverage in the private market. Click above to read more on this industry, or view the industry risk table.

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