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From DuPont Teflon to nanotechnology

Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure, are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as those tasks are when examining well-known exposures, assessing risk becomes doubly daunting when faced with previously …

New Markets

Non-Standard Medical MalpracticeNuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services has broadened its non-standard medical malpractice insurance to virtually all physicians specialists — plastic/cosmetic surgeons, emergency room physicians, lasik surgeons, orthopedics, etc. — except for obstetrics and bariatric surgeons. Dollars: Limits of …

News Currents

Oklahoma’s legislative session shifts into gear Lawsuit reform, uninsured drivers are among issues to be debated. The bill-filing deadline for the Oklahoma Legislature passed Jan.19, 2006, and the session opens Feb. 6. At the close of the filing process, the …

Editor’s note: This recurring feature examining insurance coverage decisions was compiled by the New York-based law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP and edited by insurance lawyer Kevin T. Merriman. Savage v. Burton (Okla. App. Nov. 15, 2005) Son-in-law did not …

New Markets

New Markets Oklahoma Commercial Auto Nuts & Bolts: RISC Inc. is rolling out a new commercial auto market in Oklahoma. Coverage highlights include: Service vehicles of all types; waste disposal; salvage and recycling operations; oil lease operators and oilfield contractors; …

Insurance-related measures filed in Oklahoma Legislature after Jan. 1, 2006, for 2006 Regular Session

HB2375 Insurance; surplus lines HB2392 Requirements for pharmacy benefits managers HB2398 Health Insurance Purchasing Groups HB2584 Health care insurance premiums; law enforcement officials HB2642 Insurance; prohibiting the use of credit information for certain purposes HB2649 Insurance; Health Savings Act; definitions; …

New Markets

New Markets Nuts & Bolts: NAS Insurance Services has broadened its non-standard medical malpractice insurance to virtually all physicians specialists – plastic/cosmetic surgeons, emergency room physicians, lasik surgeons, orthopedics, etc. – except for obstetrics and bariatric surgeons. Dollars: Limits of …

People Bob Amado, president of Colemont’s Northern California offices, has retired, effective Jan. 1, 2006. Doris Barnett has been named his successor. Amado joined Colemont in 1997 and was instrumental in growing the company’s offices in San Francisco, Sacramento and …

Emerging Risks

Anticipating and assessing risk, along with defining and assigning value to units of exposure, are basic components of an insurance underwriter’s job. Challenging as those tasks are when examining well-known exposures, assessing risk becomes doubly daunting when faced with previously …

Experts Predict Devastating Ariz. Wildfire Season

Dry conditions this year and heavy moisture last year could combine to make Arizona’s imminent wildfire season the most devastating yet, experts told Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano at a roundtable discussion. While Arizona wildfires have either struck in the high …