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• The Land of Loss Prevention

  By Bryant Rousseau, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 20, 2012

  When people think of the work done at insurance companies, they probably picture actuaries and underwriters sitting at desks and crunching numbers. But at some insurers, research labs, staffed by highly trained scientists and engineers, play a vital if rarely seen role in discovering ways to reduce losses caused by...

• 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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  Hartwig: U.S. Insurers Should Look at ‘New Trajectory of Growth’

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 13, 2012

  The insurance industry “needs to not just ride the rising tide" of rate increases but rather focus on new drivers of today's economic recovery in order to tap growth opportunities, says a leading industry observer.

• D&O, EPL Insurers Smell Trouble After High Court Rulings

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  Management liability insurers may smell trouble ahead in the wake of two U.S. Supreme Court rulings delivered on Tuesday—one increasing securities litigation potential and the other easing the process of bringing certain types of employment cases.

• Perfectly Modeled

  By David Pagoumian  |  August 6, 2010

  Find out how catastrophe modeling has come of age during these tumultuous times and how you can use sophisticated new tools to help your customers manage property exposures in an increasingly risky world.

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  Garbage Piling To Top Of Priority Heap

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com, Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 19, 2010

  Have you seen the animated movie Wall-E? One of the remaining robots on the planet is assigned the task of collecting, crushing and stacking mountains ...