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Personal Risk Management

Managing the Nanny Risk

2004-04-01 | Jack Hungelmann

In this personal risk management column, Jack Hungelmann looks at the exposure created by the hiring of a nanny rather than using a nanny service, and offers possible solutions.

Personal Risk Management

Personal Risk Management: An Overview

2004-03-01 | Jack Hungelmann

In this new personal lines column, Insurance for Dummies author Jack Hungelmann outlines 16 commitments agents should make to provide quality services to their clients.

Personal Risk Management

Family Disaster Planning—10 Key Ingredients

2003-09-20 | Robin K Olson

Disaster can strike when you're at home, work, school, or in the car. Develop a family disaster plan, communicate it, and stay vigilant.

Workers Compensation Issues

Workers Compensation and Medicare Conflict over Settlements Update

2003-08-01 | Jim Pocius

There are few new wrinkles with regard to new guidances. Medicare will now allow an offset of costs and fees expended to acquire Medicare approval. Jim Pocius explains.

Environmental

Insured Fixed-Price Contracts as a Means to Quantify Costs and Obtain Funds to Clean Up Contaminated Sites: the Kenosha Model

2003-04-01 | Michael O Hill

Using the Kenosha model, Michael O. Hill discusses why insured fixed-price contracts (IFCs) are often the best way to quantify and obtain cleanup funds.

Workers Compensation Issues

Illegal Employment Contracts Will Not Protect Employer with Regard to Compensability of Workers Compensation Injuries

2003-04-01 | Jim Pocius

Jim Pocius examines situations where employers have attempted to limit workers compensation benefits to their employees, and the courts' response.

Personal Lines Insurance

Wedding Insurance: A Savvy Purchase?

2003-03-01 | Robin K Olson

Spring brings not only flowers, but weddings too. Wedding insurance should be purchased far in advance, before any expenses are incurred. Rob Olson examines the product and the providers.

Workers Compensation Issues

The Impact of TRIA on Workers Compensation Insurance

2003-02-18 | Christine Fuge

With the passage of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act of 2002, the landscape of workers compensation insurance has been forever altered. IRMI assesses the ramifications.

Environmental

Managing Environmental Liabilities through Contracts

2003-01-01 | Jeff Slivka

There are real and perceived environmental hazards or contamination routinely found at construction sites. In this article, Jeff Slivka explores less common provisions for managing environmental risk through contracts.

Environmental

Environmental Insurance Changes the Game for Commercial Lenders

2002-12-01 | Alan Bressler

Environmental insurance not only protects the lender's interests but helps facilitate the commercial loan process. Alan Bressler and Dan Peltz explain.

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