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Insured vs. Self-Insured for State Insurance Programs
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Issue Date: September 2017
Author: Collins, Stephen S.
Umbrella Policy Endorsements
Do They Say What They Mean and Mean What They Say?
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Issue Date: August 2015
Author: Schultz, Marilyn L.
Flood — The Forgotten Peril
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Issue Date: July 2013
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
Whose Ox Is It, Anyway?
Insurance Coverage as it Related to "Occurrence"
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Issue Number: Volume 17, No. 3
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2011
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
The Way We Were ...
Problems with Defined Benefit Plans
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Issue Number: Volume 17, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter, 2011
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
The Cost of Producer Due Diligence Versus the Cost of Litigation
Insurance Due Diligence
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Issue Number: Volume 17, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2010
Author: McAleer, Charles, III
Ali Baba
The Claims Process after a Catastrophic Loss
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Issue Number: Volume 16, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2010
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
Expert Witness Consulting and Its Relationship to Research, Service and Teaching
Issue Number: Volume 16, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2009
Author: Warfel, William J., Ph.D., CPCU, CLU
To Be or Not To Be: That is the Question
Forming Captive Insurance Companies
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Issue Number: Volume 15, No.4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2009
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
Down the Rabbit Hole:
An Underwriter Looks at AIG
Underwriting Financial Risk
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Issue Number: Volume 15, No.3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2009
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
When Zombies Walk the Night
Asbestos Claims and Insurance Claims Run-Off
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Issue Number: Volume 15, No.2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2009
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
What to Do Until the Doctor Gets There
Well Control Insurance Coverage
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Issue Number: Volume 15, No.1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2008
Author: Carson, Robert L., Jr., CPCU, ARM
Duty to Advise
Bad Faith and Claims Handling
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Issue Number: Volume 14, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2008
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
Turn Out the Lights, the Party's Over ...
The Problem with Mortgage Insurance
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Issue Number: Volume 14, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2008
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
Fairy Tales Can Come True
The Pollution Exclusion and Environmental Impairment Liability
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Issue Number: Volume 14, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2008
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Six Degrees of Separation
Financial Failure's Effect on D & O Insurance and EPL
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Issue Number: Volume 14, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2007
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Rethinking the Flood Exclusion: Further Comment on Katrina-Related Coverage Disputes
Flood Insurance Disputes
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Issue Number: Volume 13, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2007
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
Contingency Planning
Planning for a Catastrophic Loss
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Issue Number: Volume 13, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2007
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D., CPCU, FACFE
Watch Your Back
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Issue Number: Volume 13, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2007
Author: Carson, Robert L., Jr., CPCU, ARM
Pension Protection Act: A New Opportunity for Risk Management
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Issue Number: Volume 13, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2006
Author: Winfree, Derwood K., CLU, CEBS
The MacArthur Saga
Insurance Coverage for Asbestos Litigation
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Issue Number: Volume 12, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2006
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
The Duty to Prepare
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Issue Number: Volume 12, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2006
Author: Hinckley, Christa Meyer
Post-Katrina
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Issue Number: Volume 12, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2006
Author: Puelz. Amy V., Ph.D. and Puelz, Bob, Ph.D.
How Quickly We Forget
Catastrophe Insurance Claims and Coverage Issues
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Issue Number: Volume 12, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2005
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Bad-Faith Remedies and Insurer Responses
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Issue Number: Volume 11, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2005
Author: Puelz, Robert, Ph.D., Ch.F.C., CLU
The Starr In Their Crown
AIG and C.V. Starr
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Issue Number: Volume 11, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2005
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
The Convergence of Contracts and Coverage: Compatibility or Catastrophe
Insurance Contracts, Coverage, Costs and Claims
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Issue Number: Volume 11, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2005
Author: Carson, Robert L., Jr., CPCU, ARM
Oh, Those Four Little Words!
Insurance Market Services Agreements
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Issue Number: Volume 11, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2004
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Risk Transfer? Maybe, Maybe Not
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Issue Number: Volume 10, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2004
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Captivating Premiums
The Proliferation of Captive Insurance Companies
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Issue Number: Volume 10, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2004
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, ARM
Lloyd's — A Shakespearean Tragedy
The London Market and Lloyd's
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Issue Number: Volume 10, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter, 2004
Author: Jackson, Michael D.
Rewards to Be Made by Claim …
Insurance Claims in the London Market
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Issue Number: Volume 10, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2004
Author: Stern, David
Illusory Insurance Trusts and the Deceptive Marketing of Health Insurance
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Issue Number: Volume 10, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2003
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
Top Ten Worst Excuses for Buying Lousy Insurance
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Issue Number: Volume 9, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2003
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
The Care and Feeding of Expert Witnesses
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Issue Number: Volume 9, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2003
Author: Bogart, John T.
Credibility GAAP: In Fact It's a GAAS. But It's Not, "All Right."
The Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Issue Number: Volume 9, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2003
Author: Bendure, Donald W., CPCU, RPLU, ARM
Reinsurance: A Petri Dish for Disputes
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Issue Number: Volume 9, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2002
Author: Biehl, George J., Jr.
Terrorism, A Form of Modern Warfare
Terrorism Insurance Coverage
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Issue Number: Volume 8, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2002
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D.
Universal Life Litigation: Unraveling an Unbundled Product
Distinguishing Universal Life Insurance from Whole Life Insurance
Issue Number: Volume 8, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2002
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
The ART of Self-Insurance
Issue Number: Volume 8, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2002
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
Jam Today, Tomorrow or Yesterday?
Environmental Impairment Liability or Pollution Legal Liability
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Issue Number: Volume 8, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2001
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Welcome to Alice's World
Insurance Policy Limits
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Issue Number: Volume 7, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2001
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Value-Added with Quantitative Analysis
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Issue Number: Volume 7, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2001
Author: Puelz, Amy v., Ph.D.
A Risk Management Approach to Land-Use Planning
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Issue Number: Volume 7, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 2001
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D.
Cyber Risk: An uncommon education on organizational and network exposures not ready for TV or governmental PRIME TIME
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Issue Number: Volume 7, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 2000
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
A Hard Day's Night
Policy Cancellation in a Tough Insurance Market
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Issue Number: Volume 6, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 2000
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Punitive Damages and the Risk Manager
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Issue Number: Volume 6, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 2000
Author: Launie, Joseph J., Ph.D.
Sophisticated Lady
Insurance Policies as Contracts
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Issue Number: Volume 6, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1999
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Reinsurance: The Invisible Insurers
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Issue Number: Volume 5, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 1999
Author: Bogart, John T.
What's New in Who(m) to Sue?
Insight into Lloyd's of London
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Issue Number: Volume 5, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 1999
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Year 2000 — My Search for Answers
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Issue Number: Volume 5, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 1999
Author: Jolstad, Olie
Are We Y2OK?
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Issue Number: Volume 5, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 1999
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
The Filed Rate Doctrine: A Trojan Horse for Insurers?
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Issue Number: Volume 5, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1998
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
Insurance and the Millennium Bug
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Issue Number: Volume 4, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 1998
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Risk Management Gives New Meaning to Integration
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Issue Number: Volume 4, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 1998
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
1998! Where Do We Go From Here?
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Issue Number: Volume 4, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 1998
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
The Death Spiral: It's Time To Kill It
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Issue Number: Volume 4, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1997
Author: Ryles, Tim, Ph.D.
Merger Mania
Major Insurance Broker Mergers
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Issue Number: Volume 3, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 1997
Author: Bendure, Donald W., MBA, CPCU, RPLU, RF, ACI
Excess and Surplus Lines — The Exciting Insurance Market! The Role of the Surplus Lines Market in Property / Casualty Insurance
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Issue Number: Volume 3, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 1997
Author: Bogart, John T.
Ambiguous Is As Ambiguous Does
Insurance Policy Language
Issue Number: Volume 3, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 1997
Author: Hughes, Robert H., CPCU, ARM
Is Big Brother Becoming a Reality?
Reinsurance and Retrocession
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Issue Number: Volume 3, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1996
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Analysis of the Risk-Funding Decision
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Issue Number: Volume 3, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1996
Author: Puelz, Amy v., Ph.D.
The Era of Life Insurance Disillusionment
Universal Life Insurance and Vanishing Premiums
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Issue Number: Volume 2, No. 4
Issue Date: Third Quarter 1996
Author: Puelz, Robert, Ph.D.
Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?
The Insurance Cycle
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Issue Number: Volume 2, No. 3
Issue Date: Second Quarter 1996
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Policyholders Win Coverage Case Against Lloyd's of London
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Issue Number: Volume 2, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1995
Author: Flanagan, Timothy
More Holes in the Parachute
General Liability Policy Defenses
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Issue Number: Volume 2, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1995
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Holes In The Parachute
Common Insurance Company Affirmative Defenses
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Issue Number: Volume 1, No. 2
Issue Date: First Quarter 1995
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM
Will The Parachute Open?
Avoiding Insurance Coverage Nullification Through Litigation
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Issue Number: Volume 1, No. 1
Issue Date: Fourth Quarter 1994
Author: Hughes, Robert N., CPCU, ARM