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Claims Management

Technology and Claims: Blessing or Curse?

2008-08-01

RMIS Review Editor David Tweedy takes a look at the advantages and disadvantages of technological progress in claims management.

Environmental

Pollution Legal Liability Market Update

2008-07-01 | Jeff Slivka

Jeff Slivka expects to continue to see an expanded need for PLL insurance. Markets, coverage types, and trends are provided.

Claims Management

Third-Party Administrators: Quality versus Price

2008-06-01

The wise consumer will analyze the quality indicators first and then compare price when selecting a TPA. Glenn Brown explains.

Catastrophe Risk Management

Facility Damage Evaluation Following Major Disasters

2008-05-10 | Nathan C Gould

Dr. Nathan Gould explains why an effective facility evaluation plan should include the preparation of a Post-Disaster Facility Inspection Manual.

Claims Management

An Insurance Claims Management Retrospective

2008-04-01

William Quinn Jr. takes a look at the claims management experience, then (1950s) and now (2000s).

Environmental

"Suits" under a 1973 CGL Insurance Policy

2008-02-01 | Richard J Scislowski

ISO did not define "suit," so courts were divided, particularly in pollution cleanup cases. Rich Scislowski explains.

Environmental

Common Law Exceptions to the 1973 "Owned Property" Exclusion

2008-01-01 | Richard J Scislowski

Courts poked so many holes in the exclusion that it hardly excluded anything. Rich Scislowski explains the ISO solutions.

Environmental

Epoxy Fumes Are Unambiguously Excluded from Coverage as "Pollutants" under the CGL Total Pollution Exclusion

2007-11-01 | Kent Holland

Kent Holland relates a case on the CGL total pollution exclusion and the definition of "pollutants," "discharge," "dispersal," "seepage," "migration," "release," and "escape."

Catastrophe Risk Management

Defining the Characteristics of a PML Study

2007-03-01 | Nathan C Gould

A seismic/extreme wind risk assessment requires an understanding of how the risk assessment and loss data will be utilized. Dr. Nathan Gould explains.

Environmental

Pollution Exclusion Bars Coverage for Damage Caused by Dirt and Rocks

2007-03-01 | Kent Holland

Kent Holland looks at the trend of courts upholding the CGL pollution exclusion, even when the "pollutant" is a naturally occurring substance rather than a man-made chemical.

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