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Captive Domiciles

Updated MI-Michigan Captive Insurance Forms [35135] ?

Whom to contact, etc.

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Catastrophes

Updated Catastrophe Modeling [20932] ?

Attempts to define the risks involved in terms of mathematical probabilities

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Checklists

Updated Property Values Checklist [pdf] [34319] ?

To be used for insurance coverage and risk management analysis

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Climate Change

Updated Energy and Climate Security [31203] ?

Avoiding lock-in of carbon-intensive investments

Updated Global Insurance Industry - Responding to Climate Change [pdf] [31201] ?

This paper makes eight recommendations to the global insurance industry

Updated NAIC Climate Change and Global Warming (EX) Task Force [35871] ?

NAIC analysis of the impact of climate change on insurance

Updated NAIC Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey [pdf] [35870] ?

Annual reporting required by insurers on how they are handling the risks posed by climate change

Updated NAIC Insurer Climate Risk Disclosure Survey [pdf] [35520] ?

The surveys must be submitted in the state where the insurance company is domesticated

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Construction

Updated Excavation Accident Bulletin [16773] ?

Descriptions of recent accidents related to underground excavations

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Coverage Issues

Updated Mobile Equipment vs. Automobiles [16152] ?

Certain categories of vehicles qualify as “mobile equipment” rather than automobiles

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Environmental

Updated Chinese Drywall Worries [36919] ?

Thousands of lawsuits pending in several states

Updated Mold & EIFS [pdf] [26653] ?

Exterior Insulation & Finish Systems (EIFS) can create trapped moisture resulting in mold growth

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EPL

Updated Employers Liability - Risks [35274] ?

Laws continually expand employment practices liability

Updated EPL: Restaurant Industry [35276] ?

Why restaurants need employment practices insurance coverage

Updated EPL: Underwriting Guessing Game [35275] ?

The apparent inconsistencies in the way underwriters quote Employment Practices Liability (EPL)

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ErrorsOmissions

Updated A/E Practice Notes [19534] ?

Risk management information for more effective architects/engineers practice management

Updated A/E Risk Management Essays [19533] ?

Professional liability risk management articles for architects and engineers

Updated Design Professionals - Insurance Coverages [39369] ?

An Introduction to Typical Liability and Property Insurance Coverages for Design Professionals

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Forms

Updated Personal Property Inventory Form [pdf] [23823] ?

Designed for homeowners

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Green Insurance

Updated Green Insurance Offerings [35509] ?

Insurers are steadily taking climate change into account when developing or adding to insurance offerings

Updated Greening Your Insurance [35507] ?

More insurers offer green coverage

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Liability

Updated Claims-Made Policies [pdf] [26846] ?

The in's and out's of claims-made policies

Updated Claims-Made Policies: The Basics [35273] ?

A comparison of claims-made and reported form

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Management

Updated Mergers, Acquisitions, and Downsizing: Risk Manager's Role [33371] ?

Article explains the risk manager role in due diligence when a merger, acquisition, or downsizing occurs

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Privacy

Updated GLBA Subtitle B: Fraudulent Access to Financial Information [13341] ?

Full text of 15 U.S.C. § 6821-6827

Updated Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act Privacy Act - Compliance [13339] ?

Complaince documents from the FTC

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Product Liability

New Aircraft Products Liability [39667] ?

Most umbrella and excess liability policies have exclusions for aircraft products

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Property

Updated Data Loss as Property Damage [13519] ?

Data breaches expose businesses while highlighting need for coverage

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Public Liability

New County Government Employee Safety and Health Handbook [pdf] [39488] ?

Example of a safety program for county government employees

New Municipality Safety Program - Samples [39519] ?

A sample safety program for municipalities

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Rating Agencies

Updated TheStreet Ratings [12412] ?

Issues financial safety ratings on life, health and annuity, P&C insurance companies (fees)

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Risk Financing

Updated Finite Risk Reinsurance: A Definitive Explanation [28665] ?

Outlines the characteristics of this form of reinsurance

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Special Event Risk

Updated Risk Management Guidelines for Special Events [doc] [36474] ?

A sample special events risk management policy

Updated Winery Special Events [36478] ?

Wineries risks rise when events move beyond tastings

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