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Articles in Nov, 2004 issue of Risk & Insurance

• The repercussions of Eliot Spitzer's October indictment of Marsh, the world's largest insurance broker
  by Jack Roberts
• Quote of the month
  by John Mathews
• Still no closure on disclosure: ambiguity ensures that the debate about what constitutes proper environmental disclosure goes on and on. Companies can protect themselves from uncertainty with sound environmental insurance policies, a writer argues
  by Peter Gilbertson
• Riding the road to recovery: with more people than ever surviving cancer and heart disease, there is a need to help patients recover from those illnesses, regain strength and return to productivity. Rehabilitation therapists—primarily physical and oc
  by Nancy Rothenberg
• New California WC law: reforms could improve broken system: California is already seeing benefits from the workers' compensation reforms, but it will take proper administration to realize full potential. All eyes will be on Ms. Hoch
  by Lawrence J. McQuillan
• Brutal season churns to a close
  by Roger Crombie
• Beefing up
  by Michael Fitzpatrick
• General liability
• LOMA honors industry leader
• Respondents favor guaranteed coverage
• Niosh study sheds light on bullying and workplace stress: nearly 25 percent of companies who responded in a recent survey said that some degree of bullying had occurred in the previous 12 months
  by Nancy Grover
• Leaves of green
  by Susan Gurevitz
• Zurich dispatches claims experts
• Modern masters of fine art risk
  by Steve Yahn
• Brokers without borders: Assurex Global, a network of commercial insurance brokers, celebrates its Jubilee by insisting on an international perspective and a holistic view of the marketplace
  by Thomas J. Slattery
• Compliance
• Relegating letters of credit to the dustbin: credit insurance and advanced financing are gaining wider favor in global trade, and sound risk management practices are finding favor with U.S. exporters. Banks and underwriters are cheering because the trend
  by Gregory DL Morris
• Stand-alone A-Side D&O purchasing rises
• Hung up on titles?
  by Chris Duncan
• AIRMIC examines outsourcing risk vs. reward: sometimes farming out tasks has unintended consequences, such as the U.K. national rail system that privatized the railroads and saw the number of accidents rise
  by Graham Buck
• Nursed back to health
  by Paula L. Green
• Wise to the ways of the east: a risk manager's inability to recognize the subtleties of manner and words in Asian cultures can torpedo the best business relationship and cost his or her company plenty of money
  by Paula L. Green
• New California WC law: more pain atop an already massive headache: a reform bill, nicknamed 'House of Horrors'" leaves many an expert scratching their heads on questions of implementation
  by Darrell DeMoss
• Regulators urge AIG probe
• Speaking of national security
  by Len Strazewski
• Fighting a war of independence: small brokers, who operate in partnership with independent brokers of similar size to compete for large and midsize commercial accounts, lay claim to significant advances in recent years. The big brokers, however, reassert
  by Thomas J. Slattery
• RMIS
• Ceded premiums rise 16 percent
• Gearing up for the new calculus: as the European Union prepares for a risk-based approach to capital allocation, discussions turn to a single set of regulations
  by Graham Buck
• Who will manage employee health?
  by Peter Mead
• Crossing borders with trade credit insurance
  by Daniel Riordan
• Correction
• Red storm rising
  by Frank X. Altiere
• Property/casualty
• ACORD receives award
• Trustees ponder the question of trust
• Securing remote access: with the transition to dial-up access to the Web, IPSec VPN technology arrived on the scene as a way for agents, or field-based employees, to access the company network and data. Now, SSL VPN is emerging as a strong challenger to t
  by Tom Starner
• Claims
• Vermont registers 700th captive
• Fighting fat critical to disability
  by Peter Rousmaniere
• The low-down on back pain: low back pain has become an epidemic in industrialized companies. The annual cost of treatment and workers' lost productivity are in the billions of dollars. People suffering from low back pain usually end up in surgery or on re
  by Jane Derebery
• Benefits