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Risks emerging.		Apr 1, 2012	260
Broker gallops into the equine space: goal is to "lead with equine," then leap into clients' other areas of insurance needs.		Apr 1, 2012	495
Brokers announce slew of appointments: Mercer realigns U.S. regions and announces new leadership appointments.		Apr 1, 2012	458
Weaponized social media: logging into explosive territory individuals have the power to hit back against the world's largest companies ... and win.		Apr 1, 2012	1761
Commodity price risk: back to where we started: as the U.S. prepares to become an exporter of natural gas for the first time because of vast reserves, electricity users may well find pricing going up, not down.		Apr 1, 2012	1577
The great risk manager shuffle: as the economy improves, we can only expect the risk manager merry-go-round to heat up as they jump at more opportunities, and the revolving door continues to spin that much faster.		Apr 1, 2012	1499
Going big with the data: companies need master data management strategies in this new era of massive data, where actuaries want to be able to query processing among a billion rows of information in less than 24 hours.	Interview	Apr 1, 2012	1459
Enterprise risk management is necessary, vital: corporations benefit from enterprise risk management, even if the exact return isn't all that clear.		Apr 1, 2012	411
Pull the trigger.		Mar 1, 2012	281
A further deepening of advocacy: after 40 years, the time has come for CICA to take a stand and spend more time advocating on behalf of its members. Will it lose its original reason for being?		Mar 1, 2012	1396
Choices multiply for RIMS attendees: from breakfasts to lunches, from cocktail receptions to private dinners, risk managers have networking options beyond the exhibit floor at the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.'s annual conference.		Mar 1, 2012	1524
When the heavens opened up: just when risk managers and claims adjusters were getting a handle on the risks of concentration of suppliers in the wake of last year's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, the lesson was learned once more when monsoon flooding ravaged industrial portions of Thailand.	Interview	Mar 1, 2012	1558
It's a good time to form a captive: but hurry, because by the time prices in the traditional market rise again in earnest, it will be too late.		Mar 1, 2012	440
Celebrating the Power of the Broker[R] issue.		Feb 1, 2012	284
Top 10 U.S. court awards in 2011 and their impact in 2012: Willis Group publishes a roundup of far-reaching U.S. court decisions and their impact on insurance lines in 2012.		Feb 1, 2012	553
A critical link in the chain: brokers step up in all sorts of ways and help their clients through a year of huge losses for the insurance and reinsurance industries.	Cover story	Feb 1, 2012	2940
The commission system is here to stay: risk managers are not only comfortable with that arrangement, they like it.		Feb 1, 2012	461
Consumed with risk.		Dec 1, 2011	282
Pillars of education under pressure.		Dec 1, 2011	139
Ski resorts facing higher workers' comp costs.		Dec 1, 2011	148
Rethinking civilian nuclear reactors.		Dec 1, 2011	109
Self-insureds to drop health plans: the unpredictability of healthcare costs leaves too many unknowns.	Reprint	Dec 1, 2011	382
Program administration business totals $17.5 billion in gross written premiums.		Dec 1, 2011	434
Lighter headwinds buffet brokers: third-quarter earnings for the major insurance brokers were in line with expectations of mid-single-digit organic growth in commissions and fees.	Reprint	Dec 1, 2011	538
Benefits in numbers: what third-quarter numbers tell us about the broker buying spree of benefits firms.	Reprint	Dec 1, 2011	374
2012: A bang-up year for risk managers: in an election year, rates will continue to drop and the status quo is a given.		Dec 1, 2011	444
Reinsurance stagnant in Middle East and North Africa: premiums drop in the region, but brokers still looking for business.	Reprint	Nov 1, 2011	456
The show must go on: the 20th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference[R] & Expo takes place Nov. 9-11 in Las Vegas.		Nov 1, 2011	1457
Renewing an alternative: Tennessee upgrades its captive law, providing new choices for insureds looking for a domicile in the Southeast. The changes in the Volunteer State are for real, insiders said.		Nov 1, 2011	1357
Workers' comp: 100 years of a fraying quilt: the system has left us with a creaky patchwork of different laws and regulations, all of them rife with abuse.		Nov 1, 2011	420
Not buying it.		Oct 15, 2011	267
Breaking new ground in safety and prevention: Ground Zero offers experts a unique opportunity to test new ideas and procedures in keeping workers safe.	Reprint	Oct 15, 2011	385
20 years of claims management: future claims management success demands redefining flexibility and responsiveness across a multiplicity of platforms.		Oct 15, 2011	1147
A searing indictment: U.S. report faults BP and its subcontractors for the Deepwater Horizon disaster, despite the companies' well-documented safety and prevention procedures.		Oct 15, 2011	1377
Time to raise rates: gas companies aren't paying nearly enough to cover the risks of extraction from shale deposits.		Oct 15, 2011	445
Lessons from Irene.		Oct 1, 2011	264
Leading with intensity: Seraina Maag, CEO of XL Insurance North America's property and casualty division, is at home in a world without walls.	Cover story	Oct 1, 2011	2104
Thomas on transparency: third-party administrators will continue to thrive, but sharing revenue with vendors without telling clients remains a sore spot.	Interview	Oct 1, 2011	1557
A different dawn: the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices Ltd. has a full slate as the organization introduces its new executive director, and meets for the first time following passage of reinsurance reform.		Oct 1, 2011	1313
The viral spiral of the data breach: computer break-ins are real and costing U.S. businesses billions of dollars a year, even robbing us of our identities.		Oct 1, 2011	413
Creativity and execution on display: risk innovators deliver results with breadth and depth.	Cover story	Sep 15, 2011	2363
Innovation: think small, stay steady, Hang back: risk managers and their insurance partners should put their trust in the art of incremental improvement.		Sep 15, 2011	421
We will always remember in September.		Sep 1, 2011	260
Wholesalers battered from all sides: mergers among wholesalers, shrinking excess-and-surplus lines premium volume, and a new stringency by retailers make for some tougher times in the wholesale brokerage business.	Reprint	Sep 1, 2011	519
Selling carriers on rebuilding Ground Zero: a risk manager makes it her mission to secure the insurance capacity necessary for reconstruction, leaving her mark on the most important reconstruction project in the United States.		Sep 1, 2011	1590
Concentrating on the cargo: the concentration of cargo on tomorrow's huge container ships is rewriting the rules of ocean-marine transport.		Sep 1, 2011	1954
Heave that apprenticeship model overboard: wrenching changes in the marine market are good for the industry.		Sep 1, 2011	416
They told us so: long before a discipline called risk management, before anyone had figured out there was profit to be made from safety and prevention, prior generations warned us with clues.	Cover story	Jul 1, 2011	2666
Dialing into captive profits: corporations look to extended warranties and live to extend peace of mind to buyers because the premium collected is often way out of whack with the risk.		Jul 1, 2011	1158
The Osborne identity: a Scotsman jumps headlong--and by "absolute accident"--into the captive insurance business, turning the study of alternative risk into a thriving career.		Jul 1, 2011	1460
Embrace your CAT models: catastrophe models may only scratch the surface, but they're as close as any of us will ever get to the real thing.		Jul 1, 2011	429
In the name of a Lord.		Jun 1, 2011	220
Endorsing a state-based regulatory system: the Federal Insurance Office is seen as a first step in federal efforts to encroach on the industry. Industry leaders of Marsh and CNA Financial sound off.	Reprint	Jun 1, 2011	544
Initial results point to a manufacturing defect in some older 737 passenger jets: safety board eyes rivets in plane's skin as the reason for depressurization.		Jun 1, 2011	274
All Insurance is local: buyers seeking an admitted multinational insurance program ought to wrap themselves in a local blanket.		Jun 1, 2011	448
Political revolutionary risk: emerging from the left, the right, and the center: political risk never went away, but the ripples of faraway regimes are felt here at home, which is now everywhere.		May 1, 2011	1416
Aging workers: old and gray in the way or leading the way? As a generation turns over, employees face a two-pronged challenge. One comes from the workers' comp and disability coverage. Another comes courtesy of the employment-practices liability angle.		May 1, 2011	1425
Risk managers need to stay inside the box: there's no better way to slay 'mission creep' than to hunker down inside your box.		May 1, 2011	382
Known and lesser known facts about the industry: from what we don't know, to what we know, to what we think we know; a shory journey through the latest insurance industry statistics.	Reprint	Apr 1, 2011	395
Oh, the irony of insuring the very rich: for the ultrarich, personal assets often take a back seat to corporate assets.		Apr 1, 2011	272
Fielding questions: CNA's Timothy J. Szerlong delves into the resurgence of the carrier and its efforts to deepen its reach into the middle market.	Interview	Apr 1, 2011	1500
RIMS 2011: the risk management bug: breaking news events lead to hot topics on the agenda in Vancouver, as more than 10,000 risk managers convene for the Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc.'s largest annual gathering.		Apr 1, 2011	1363
Pile on the coverage with your next renewal: with rates this soft, there's no reason not to pick up extra business interruption at renewal.		Apr 1, 2011	440
Stormin' mad.		Mar 1, 2011	304
Egypt causes price spike for political risk insurance; expert sees a "pause" in the marketplace for political risk insurance as carriers scramble to reassess Middle East exposures.	Reprint	Mar 1, 2011	477
Vote for your chief country risk officer: a chief risk officer at the national level could help get a handle on a country's risks holistically and even anticipate crises before they happen.	Reprint	Mar 1, 2011	399
Rate of descent: the global aviation market faced a soft market last year and any hardening was limited to the airline side in the fourth quarter. And still, the capacity continues to flow.		Mar 1, 2011	1923
Raising the bar: industry veteran recasts Willis North America's claims, risk control and analytics services.	Interview	Mar 1, 2011	1450
Awaiting a bellwether decision: the U.S. Supreme Court in the Walmart sex discrimination case will broaden or narrow the scope of all future class-action litigation.		Mar 1, 2011	1447
Parked captives are worth the upkeep; in a soft market, it's up to risk managers to find new ways to make use of their captive.		Mar 1, 2011	451
Operations man gets his chance: Victor Krauze, the talent behind the integration of Willis and Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs, steps up to CEO and chairman of Willis North America.	Reprint	Feb 1, 2011	789
Maintaining the relationship: risk managers shouldn't have to give up their broker relationship at the expense of growth.		Feb 1, 2011	422
Hatch at the helm: claiming the rewards of new opportunity at Zurich, North America, Steve Hatch sails into his most important role yet.	Interview	Dec 1, 2010	1229
Going postal ... all the way to the bank: reaching out to doctors with a simple letter and a postage stamp cuts narcotics prescriptions and reduces the payment on the claim by several thousand dollars.		Dec 1, 2010	1385
2011: a wish-not list: here's a look at what risk and insurance managers don't want going into 2011.		Dec 1, 2010	391
A whole other league.		Nov 1, 2010	281
Tool maker snaps into action: after hitting a plateau five years ago, Snap-on workers' comp and disability managers power up again with new tools to whittle down the number of claims.		Nov 1, 2010	1973
It's a full house: a half-dozen regulators from key states and dozens of worker's comp and disability managers, consultants and experts will pack the house at the 19th Annual National Workers' Compensation and Disability Conference[R] & Expo in Las Vegas.		Nov 1, 2010	1408
Alive (and thriving) at five: the survival of Integro Insurance Brokers revealed the need for a brokerage that focused on the most complex corporate risks.	Interview	Nov 1, 2010	1444
Bob Clements, industry giant, dead at 77: Clements never stopped leading and funding insurance carriers and brokers.	Reprint	Oct 15, 2010	467
The Hartford regains its footing: the venerable carrier emerges from the mortgage crisis with more focus and a long-term strategy built on cross-selling.	Cover story	Oct 15, 2010	2689
Solar storms are mere spin: solar storms are a phantom menace way out of proportion to the perceived threat.		Oct 15, 2010	403
Divided over ERM.		Oct 1, 2010	269
Hot summer for benefits brokers: goal is to position themselves for healthcare changes.	Reprint	Oct 1, 2010	494
Taking command: the CEO of the nation's largest independent third-party administrator looks to growth in high-value complex claims and the unbundled medical management services market.	Interview	Oct 1, 2010	1469
The time has come to link up, tune in, and face it: carriers and brokers, you, too, need to push ahead with social network recruiting.		Oct 1, 2010	567
'Big Five' in the black, deliver in tough times: brokers scratch out gains--some just barely--in the second quarter.	Financial report	Sep 15, 2010	624
Judge finds in favor of Native American risk pool: is broker guilty of a quick "in-and-out," or was demand too weak for risk pool's TEIP program?		Sep 15, 2010	425
Playing both sides of risk and innovation: commercial insurance buyers, blessed with a wealth of new products to choose from and an industry bubbling with new ideas, face a sector slow to change.	Cover story	Sep 15, 2010	2023
Innovation: industry serves itself before serving customers: in their quest for survival, carriers and brokers develop products and services to help themselves.		Sep 15, 2010	368
Vive La Belle Epoque.		Sep 1, 2010	247
Study: pharmacy costs in workers' comp jump 6.5 percent in 2009: average wholesale drug price increases and higher drug utilization rates fuel the pharmacy cost increase.		Sep 1, 2010	556
Filling the vacancy vacuum: empty buildings mean opportunity for a new class of hybrid product in commercial insurance.		Sep 1, 2010	384
In the minds of risk managers, a disconnect among the privately held and publicly traded: when it comes to service or awareness, risk managers perceive brokerage shops to be in different camps. The divide is no accident.		Sep 1, 2010	1107
Sporting a slight spring in their step: reinsurance buyers land in Monte Carlo with an upper hand in their contract negotiations with reinsurers.		Sep 1, 2010	1450
Tossing premium to the wind: insuring wind energy projects has little pricing precedent and loss history. actuaries should just walk away.		Sep 1, 2010	488
Wholesale brokers on fire: new entrants, mergers point to fluidity, confidence in the wholesale brokerage marketplace.		Jul 1, 2010	729
The makings of a bipartisan: for many attendees at the annual conference of the Vermont Captive Insurance Association, it will be their first crack at meeting VCIA President Richard Smith.		Jul 1, 2010	1305
Soft markets: benefit no one: when insurance prices are soft, everyone's watching the bottom line at the expense of service and product development.		Jul 1, 2010	412
Wooing the young: from captive insurance trade groups to wholesale brokers, insurance woos a new demographic.		Jun 1, 2010	572