Terrorism Insurance and Captives: a Catch-22?
Paris. Syria. Nigeria. Istanbul… New York. Over the past years, global terrorism has become ‘legitimate.’ Terror attacks and other shows of violence proved at one time to be almost detached, abstract,...
View ArticleRisk Mitigation: Lessons from the Erin Andrews Case
Who is Really at Fault? No one was ready for the calamitous events that would begin to unfold in 2008. Not Erin Andrews, not her stalker Michael David Barrett, and certainly not the owners of the...
View ArticlePollution Liability Insurance: How to Handle a Toxic Crisis
Learning from Deepwater Horizon It still invokes a kind of sick feeling when you hear the words ‘Deepwater Horizon.’ For months, BP grappled with the fact that its Korean-built deep sea oil rig...
View ArticleThe Internet of Things: Risks in Manufacturing
A New Industrial Revolution Manufacturing was a dirty job. But hands eventually gave way to machines. Between 1760 and 1840, The Industrial Revolution ushered in a new era in manufacturing and sought...
View ArticleAs Strong as Concrete: Construction Insurance with a Captive
Construction Insurance in the Wake of a Recession It’s a collective nostalgia…photographs with guys, dirty-faced hanging out on high beams; the hard hats, the grit…the pride. For decades, construction...
View ArticleTurning the Tide: Combating Uncertainty in Healthcare Reform with Captive...
The American healthcare system is, by anyone’s standards, in a state of flux. “Repeal and replace” is still the mantra among most Republican leaders, as they seek an alternative to former President...
View ArticleCaptive Insurance Lessons from a NYC Institution: Dean & Deluca
Would a Captive Insurance Company Have Made the Difference? For decades, tourists and native New Yorkers alike flocked to Dean & Deluca maintaining a type of reverence for the upscale grocery...
View ArticleThe Truck Driver Shortage: Real or Not?
According to the American Trucking Association (ATA), there is a real and profound truck driver shortage happening right now in the United States, especially in the long-distance sector. However, the...
View ArticleCan Mass Shootings Be Covered by Captive Insurance?
In the wake of the tragic and sobering mass shooting events in El Paso, Gilroy, and Dayton, questions loom within the business community; one being, can mass shootings be insured? Those with some...
View ArticleCaptive Insurance: Mitigating #MeToo-Related Reputational Risk
We’ve heard the names–Weinstein, Spacey, Rose, and Lauer. These and hundreds of other celebrities and captains of industry were accused of varying levels of sexual misconduct. They are big names that...
View ArticleCaptive Insurance: Mitigating International Trade Disputes
Political unrest, trade disputes, and tariffs on U.S. goods--for many, these and other issues can be relegated to ‘sensational’ news stories, where businesses remain in large part, unaffected. But for...
View ArticleWeathering the Storms of Regulatory Risk
Going rogue. Paving the way. Being a change agent…For many entrepreneurs, establishing themselves as brazen, smart, and transformative innovators is the thing (other than profit) that elicits success....
View ArticleWhen the Sky Wreaks Havoc: Mitigating Loss with Captive Insurance
Arguably so, the American public harbored a deep fear in the years since Hurricane Katrina. It was for good reason--it was no holds barred in the media. News teams CNN, FOX…they put away their...
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