Articles from Risk & Insurance (October 1, 2009)

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Title	Author	Type	Words
A cure for hospitals: the dirty little secret of hospitals is that, despite the hygiene practiced within their walls, they harbor nasty infections. Fortunately, antidotes exist for risk managers.	Fajen, John; Hanna, Kim		2119
ACE Group.			62
Aon Corp.			90
Aon eSolutions.			42
Aon Investment Consulting.			48
Benefits.			36
Biding their time: excess carriers are playing a waiting game, watching the seas for admitted carriers to pull back from coming pain.	Reynolds, Dan		1480
Bring 'em on? The Obama administration will make the world safer. The stand-alone terrorism insurance market is open for business. The terror risk is thus solved for corporate risk managers, right?	Brodsky, Matthew		1347
Chrysler claims defects.			90
Complexities of re. reporting: at the end of the day, captive management's decision whether to cap loss and premium deficiency reserves requires judgment along with auditor and regulator approval.	Mrotek, Kyle; Jacobson, Mike		1211
Credit alternative.			31
Directory.		Directory	11989
Don't forget to implement a post-training plan.			59
EEOC sues UPS.			173
Excess Starr.			51
Faber & Dumas.			57
Fleet risk.			59
Highway contracting.			30
Lawmaker seeks info.			70
Lloyd's.			59
Multi-language Console.			37
New platform.			43
Nonprofit D&O.			33
Nonprofit information.			40
Open mike: Mike Riney, president and CEO of REM Ltd., looks back on a 30-year career in the claims business.	Tuohy, Cyril	Interview	2229
Premium abuse crackdown.	Rousmaniere, Peter		574
Ready, set, advise! Aon/Albert G. Ruben's new worldwide marketing guru says the entertainment insurance biz must adapt to a more advisory role as Hollywood becomes increasingly cost conscious.	Gazica, Erin		1124
Reinsurers' surplus up.			123
Risky standards.	Mandel, Chris		553
Rotters through and through.	Crombie, Roger		602
Safety National.			38
Six strategies to combat claims fraud.			138
State fund or slush fund? California's governor and legislature reach out for a $1 billion piece of the state fund.	Reynolds, Dan		1320
Swallowing the cow.	Makomaski, Joanna		561
Terrorism risk assessment in a complex, changing world.			87
The contractual risk checklist.			56
The fat fighters: wellness and weight-loss programs can work, but kicking the calorie habit may be tougher than cigarettes.	Reynolds, Dan		1681
The naked and the dying.	Tuohy, Cyril		234
The perils of social media.	Vowinkel, Patricia		588
The sweet spot: aligning benefits with patient-centered care.			62
Training claim reps for medical bill review: training and retraining of medical bill review personnel and claim professionals is a pressing issue for insurance carriers in the era of the tightened federal standards and electronic billing.	Iacobacci, Michele		1324
Transparency of evidence: evidence-based medicine gains momentum for cutting into the worst cases of workers' comp fraud, but is it enough?	Tuckey, Steve	Cover story	3963
Upcoming events.		Calendar	417
User friendly charts.			50
Wells Fargo Insurance Services of Minnesota Inc.			45
When vacancy is unwelcome: vacant buildings offer open invitation to vandals and mother nature.	Bauroth, Charlie; Gilbreath, Tanya		1608
Willis HRH.			68