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Capacity melts by as much as 66 percent in the face of wildfires: California's 2007 wildfire losses have sent utilities scrambling to pay for vastly more expensive liability cover but taxpayers object to rate hikes to cover the increases
What's been described as an "insurance crisis" suffered by Southern California utilities has driven them to petition the California Public...
Risk & Insurance, 11/01/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Right in the teeth: Aon Benfield tracks the impact of the global financial storms
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] When it released its fourth annual insurance risk study during this past September's reinsurance meetings in Monte Carlo,...
Risk & Insurance, 10/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Catching up with supply: thanks to coverage cutbacks and increasing retentions on the part of insureds, there looks to be plenty of capacity in both offshore and onshore energy markets as we head into 2010
summary * Damage from Ike hiked pricing in early 2009, but buyers of offshore energy insurance correspondingly backed off on their purchasing....
Risk & Insurance, 10/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
State fund or slush fund? California's governor and legislature reach out for a $1 billion piece of the state fund
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Everyone had so many positive things to say for so many years about Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger and his efforts to reform...
Risk & Insurance, 10/01/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Biding their time: excess carriers are playing a waiting game, watching the seas for admitted carriers to pull back from coming pain
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A June webinar provided an excellent opportunity for a panel of excess and surplus lines experts to weigh in on market...
Risk & Insurance, 10/01/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
The fat fighters: wellness and weight-loss programs can work, but kicking the calorie habit may be tougher than cigarettes
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As she considers the landscape of American healthcare, Carol Harnett remembers very well one of her "Ah ha!" moments....
Risk & Insurance, 10/01/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Scale: a boon to innovation: the larger the scale, the more latitude and the greater the chance for innovation
You might say big companies and the scale of their operations are the places where innovation goes to die. You can't take the focused, potent ideas...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Exploring the issues of tissues: broker Mark Ware reminds us all that sometimes doing the basics, but doing them very well, is plenty innovative
One of the most vexing enemies of risk management in this day and age and perhaps always is technology and the speed with which it moves. Just...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Raising the cross: a Nebraska insurance restoration company goes to great lengths to restore a rural landmark
It's more than four miles from Junior Bartels' cattle and grain farm to the Zion Lutheran church which dots the countryside a few miles outside of...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication -
Hitting a home run in a great American pastime: building relationships: risk manager doubles builder's risk coverage limit at a 35 percent discount
It's one thing to make a key play in a backyard game of Wiffle ball or Frisbee, with only the family dog watching. But what about pulling off a...
Risk & Insurance, 09/15/09 by Dan Reynolds · More from publication
