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By Frank Cacchione |
May 22, 2012
Overall, the insurance industry lags considerably behind other financial services in sorting through the mounds of information they possess to make insightful decisions. The industry should receive an “A” for aspiration, finally embracing the value of analytics and beginning to invest significant resources to the process. At the...
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 8, 2012
Underwriters of property coverage for mining operations identify business interruption as one of their biggest challenges—because severe fluctuations in commodity pricing can make it difficult to accurately gauge the ultimate exposure.
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By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com |
March 7, 2012
The biggest challenge to the mining industry is not the risks, but an inaccurate 50-year-old “pick and shovel” image, according to an underwriting expert.
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By Rick Gilman, APR, CMP |
February 27, 2012
Stop worrying and explore digital ways to store information
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By Mark E. Ruquet |
February 9, 2012
Over $3 billion in losses for the mining-insurance industry has resulted in a decrease of 30 percent of insurance capacity in the line, says a report from Willis Group Holdings.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
February 6, 2012
Over $3 billion in losses for the mining-insurance industry has resulted in the loss of 30 percent of insurance capacity, says a report from Willis Group Holdings plc.
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By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com |
January 9, 2012
Insurance broker Marsh has completed its acquisition of the insurance brokerage business of Alexander Forbes, expanding its foothold in Africa.
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By Robert Regis Hyle, PropertyCasualty360.com |
December 13, 2011
The challenge of being a CIO in 2012 is to avoid the hype of new technology while achieving breakthroughs with older technology such as legacy systems.
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By Jim Kinzie, Kevin M. Bingham, Kim Small |
October 26, 2011
Most P&C insurers across the country are at various stages of upgrading their core claims management systems. A fortunate few have already completed the journey of an information technology (IT) transformation.
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October 13, 2011
In addition to the company profiles featured in the Aug. 22/29 issue of National Underwriter, the risk managers from these award-winning companies participated in a roundtable discussion at the Workers’ Compensation Educational Conference in Orlando. Here’s what they had to say.
