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• Training, Certifications Essential To Claims Handling Accuracy and Confidence

  By Ryan Holdhusen  |  February 25, 2013

  With a new storm season approaching, claims adjusters all over the country will be preparing for deployment and must select CE courses carefully.

• From Superfund to Super Coverage: 25 Years of CPL

  By Geoffrey L. Haver  |  February 1, 2013

  Contractors’ pollution liability insurance began as a way to indemnify contractors against Superfund cleanup exposures. Today’s CPL coverage is broad and affordable. Learn how to work with insurers on this essential coverage.

• Listen Up

  By Fritz Koehler,CIC,CRM  |  December 1, 2012

  Successful selling: Hear more than weaknesses.

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  Opinion: Cat Losses and When Building Codes, Design Fail

  By Eduard C. Badiu, P.E.  |  August 28, 2012

  Poor design, structural failures and building codes not being enforced--all of these factors can compound cat losses while creating a minefield of coverage complexities. One construction design professional weighs in.

• Kelly Services: ‘Absolute Zero’ Is the Ultimate Goal

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 20, 2012

  Ask executives at Kelly Services Inc. what the most important aspect of its Workers’ Compensation program is, and they’ll respond with a single word: zero.

• Analysis of a Water Pipe Compression Fitting Failure

  By By Charles C. Roberts, Jr. Ph.D., P.E.  |  March 29, 2012

  Installing compression couplings is serious business, as errors can cause pipe ruptures that result in expensive property claims.

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  Did the Compression Fitting Fail?

  By Charles C. Roberts Jr.  |  March 27, 2012

  To process water damage claims accurately, adjusters must know the basics of why fittings can fail.

• Collapse and Builders Risk Coverage

  By Diana B. Reitz, CPCU  |  February 29, 2012

  Coverage lessons from the Cincinnati Horseshoe construction site accident.

• How CPVC Works and Why It Fails

  By Erick Kirker  |  February 29, 2012

  Leak damage can ultimately result in large-loss claims. It is critical to be able to determine if CPVC pipes and fittings were either the direct cause or a contributing factor in a leakage.

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  Preliminary Analysis: The Cincinnati Horseshoe Casino Floor Collapse

  By Christina Bramlet, PropertyCasualty360.com, By Charles C. Roberts, Jr. Ph.D., P.E.  |  February 6, 2012

  What caused the second-floor collapse at Cincinnati's $400 million Horseshoe Casino project? An engineer renders an initial analysis of what might have happened.

• Up on the Roof: Ohio Investigators Catch Man in Act of Fraud

  By Melissa Stewart  |  October 28, 2011

  A Toledo man's act of fraud was actually caught on camera by the Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation. He's seen leaving his work site to attend a hearing on his case, then later returning to finish the roofing job.

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  Preview: National Asbestos Litigation Conference

  By Catherine Couretas, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 20, 2011

  Accurate asbestos-related claim statistics are not always easy to obtain but an upcoming conference will discuss current figures and settlement strategies.

• Yesterday’s Toys; Today’s Tools

  By Michael P. Voelker  |  June 10, 2011

  Insurers target the needs of both mobile customers and staff in creating a mobile claims technology strategy.

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  Risk Management Critical To Successful Natural Gas Extraction

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 11, 2011

  Natural gas exploration companies and public risk managers have a number of issues to consider—from environmental risks of the extraction process to risk transfer—before embracing the process of hydraulic fracturing.

• Fraud in 2010 - We Remember It Well

  By James Quiggle  |  December 16, 2010

  As we close out 2010, let's review some of the more outrageous workers' compensation cases of the year, as compiled on a blog at the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud.

• The Usual Suspects

  By Frank Scafidi  |  December 1, 2010

  Desperate acts by people who normally would not think of committing insurance fraud have drawn attention to the problem, but are relatively rare compared with the everyday deliberate fraud that takes place across the country.