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• The Nation’s Natural Resources

  By Ken Brownlee  |  May 1, 2013

  Minerals and other natural resources have made America a rich nation. To continue to thrive, these resources (and their associated risks) must be handled with care.

• Top Secret

  By Robert Regis Hyle  |  May 1, 2013

  Insurance companies are naturally protective of proprietary information, but the industry as a whole suffers when carriers are unwilling to share information that organizations such as ACORD can use to establish industry-wide standards. That scenario is playing out once again in the telematics space.

• Setting Telematics Data Standards Proves Challenging for ACORD Working Group

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 12, 2013

  Insurers are feeling protective about their plans to deal with the influx of data from telematics systems that some believe will be a game changer in how personal auto policies are and will be underwritten.

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  Energy Insurance: Meet the Experts Slideshow

  By PC360 Staff  |  March 1, 2013

  For producers and carriers looking for opportunities in the energy sector, one word sums up where a lot of the growth is occurring: alternative. Click to read the perspectives of several of the top minds on Energy insurance and the forward edge of alternative energy.

• D&O Rates Rising for Small-and-Midcap Businesses: Marsh

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360  |  February 25, 2013

  Small-to-midcap businesses will be prone to rising primary coverage rates in the D&O market in 2013, led by increased litigation and regulatory scrutiny, says Marsh.

• Hires and Promotions at All Risks, Aon, Wells Fargo and More - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  December 13, 2012

  New program endorsement from Chubb, Caldwell and Partners acquired Midlands Holding Corp. from PMA Captial Corp., Georgia Agency Partners Inc. added four new partner agencies, Willis North America relocated its Cleveland office.

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  Technology, Claims Segmentation Enhance Fraud Detection

  By Janine Johnson  |  December 6, 2012

  To adapt faster than the fraudsters, carriers must commit to vigilant detection at every stage of the insurance life cycle.

• Adapting Faster Than the Fraudsters

  By Janine Johnson  |  November 30, 2012

  As the fraud battlefield continues to shift, carriers must employ cutting-edge tools and make fraud fighting integral to every point in the insurance transaction.

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  Maturing ECM Technology Tested by Increase in Data

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 28, 2012

  Enterprise Content Management (ECM) has evolved over the years as the terminology has changed. Imaging paper documents gave way to document management, which in turn has grown into ECM.

• NAPSLO Notebook: Scene & Heard

  By Bryant Rousseau and Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 22, 2012

  NATIONAL UNDERWRITER had two reporters on site in Atlanta Oct. 8-10 at the National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices’ (NAPSLO) annual convention: Editor-in-Chief Bryant Rousseau and Chad Hemenway, senior editor, markets. Here are their reports from the show floor, along with comments from several NAPSLO board members on what...

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  U.S. Companies Spend Most on Liability Insurance, Led by Services Industry

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 19, 2012

  Companies shopping in the $237 billion U.S. commercial-insurance market are purchasing liability products more than any other type of coverage, a recent study shows.

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  Upgrading Your ECM: More and Different Content Creates New Problems

  By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 17, 2012

  With more and different information being collected each second by insurance carriers and the methods in which that content is being collected also changing rapidly, many insurance carriers are looking closely at their enterprise content management (ECM) systems and the upgrades that may be needed.

• High-Risk Jobs: Private WC Cover Is Pricey, but Possible

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 15, 2012

  Even when an employer commits to a culture of safety, some jobs are just too dangerous to control all the inherent risks.

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  NAPSLO Notebook: Scene & Heard

  By Bryant Rousseau and Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 12, 2012

  National Underwriter Property & Casualty had two reporters on site at The National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Office (NAPSLO) Annual Convention in Atlanta: Editor-in-Chief Bryant Rousseau, and Chad Hemenway, senior editor, markets. Here are their impressions of the convention.

• Customer Data are There: Are You?

  By Gregory A. Maciag  |  October 1, 2012

  Customer care today is a whole new ballgame. Customers have better access to more information, and that results in new desires and very specific needs.

• ‘Power’ Player: FM Global’s Mark McAdams

  By Shawn Moynihan, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  September 17, 2012

  Mark McAdams, high-hazard occupancy specialist for FM Global, maintains its underwriting requirements for power generation, mining and service interruption. McAdams spoke with NU about some of the common exposures for companies in the power-generation industry and the underwriting considerations that come into play with high-voltage risk.