Little insurance coverage is available to protect business against fallout from the swine flu outbreak, and risk managers need to be aware of how to minimize potential infections among staff and compensate if the worst-case scenario comes to pass.

Even when the term is defined in policies, sometimes the difference between being covered or not comes down to, "It depends on what the meaning of the word 'occurrence' is."

Brace yourself for a big "gulp" moment. Today's mail -- or perhaps the sheriff -- has delivered a subpoena for you to appear for a deposition in five weeks. You'll be grilled about a claim you handled four years ago.

I get to work with lots of different organizations. I help build collaboration portals, Internet portals, and knowledge management portals. I help integrate their portals with other applications so