According to the Department of Labor, wage and hour class actions currently outnumber all types of employment discrimination class actions combined. The retail sector has been the hardest hit, but no sector is immune. To better understand this epidemic and effectively manage increased risks of wage and hour claims, join a panel of experts for an Advisen Wage and Hour Webinar on Wednesday, June 16, at 11:00 AM EDT.
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Where do you go for reliable, independent information about insurance and risk management costs and purchasing trends? How do you know that you are buying the optimal insurance program for your company at competitive prices? The RIMS Benchmark Survey is the definitive resource regarding Total Cost of Risk, including data on premiums, limits and retentions across commercial insurance lines, as well as in-depth information on retained losses and risk management administrative expenses for US and Canadian companies.
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Advisen also offers three other distinct FPN editions each day. Environmental FPN showcases stories about pollution and contains in-depth coverage of the Gulf Oil disaster, including articles about Transocean, BP, offshore drilling, water contamination, and the latest in EPA settlements. Healthcare FPN focuses on medical malpractice verdicts and settlements, healthcare claims, and provides a general oversight of the health industry. FPN Europe consists of the top 15 stories impacting Europe, the UK and the Lloyd's Market.
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Wholesale brokers make their retail clients more effective and appear as experts with Advisen. Benchmarking, Policy Form Comparisons, and Large Loss data make their sales and placements more powerful and sticky. With increased competition for the E&S premium dollar, more effective retail brokers will return for repeat business, and that leads to more profitable wholesale transactions.
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Technology continues to transform the ways people conduct business and interact with one another. But with each innovation comes new risks. Ranging from copyright infringement to "textual harassment" to data security breaches that put sensitive financial records into the hands of criminals, cyber liability exposures grow with every new application of information technology. To better understand the rapidly expanding risks posed by computer technology and the Internet to companies of all types and sizes, join a panel of experts for a free Advisen webinar, Cyber Liability: Reining in IT and Internet Risks, sponsored by Swett &
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Struggling to see the wording differences between two or more forms? Ahead of your upcoming renewals, compare conditions, definitions, exclusions and topics across our collection of 3,500 forms. The whole display exports to Microsoft Word, and you can easily compare wordings side-by-side with the click of a mouse. To view gaps between carriers or how a new form differs from an older version, Advisen simplifies this process and saves you hours. Advisen v8.0 now contains Endorsements, too.
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Technology continues to transform the ways people conduct business and interact with one another. But with each innovation comes new risks. Ranging from copyright infringement to "textual harassment" to data security breaches that put sensitive financial records into the hands of criminals, cyber liability exposures grow with every new application of information technology. To better understand the rapidly expanding risks posed by computer technology and the Internet to companies of all types and sizes, join a panel of experts for a free Advisen webinar, Cyber Liability: Reining in IT and Internet Risks, sponsored by Swett &
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We have made exciting additions to our information and analytics platform and our service offerings! Stop by Booth 1319 at the RIMS 2010 Conference and Exhibition to learn how Advisen can make your job easier and more productive with policy endorsements - now a part of our policy comparison tool - and enhanced insurer price benchmarking. See a demonstration of the Workers Compensation Tool Kit, a web-based best practice scoring, benchmarking and improvement program that streamlines the workers' compensation cost containment process. RIMS members are invited to see the latest improvements to the RIMS Interactive Benchmark Toolkit.
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We have made exciting additions to our information and analytics platform and our service offerings! Sop by Booth 1319 at the RIMS 2010 Conference and Exhibition to learn how Advisen can make your job easier and more productive with policy endorsements, now a part of our policy comparison tool, and with enhanced insurer price benchmarking. See a demonstration of the Workers Compensation Tool Kit, a web-based best practice scoring, benchmarking and improvement program that streamlines the workers' compensation cost containment process. RIMS members are invited to see the latest improvements to the RIMS Interactive Benchmark Toolkit.
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Is your risk management team spending too much time organizing data for a submission rather than focusing on crafting the proper justification for reduced premiums and improved terms? Do you wish you were able to generate the type of reports that CFOs, CEOs and Board members would be interested in reading? Do you wish risk management were involved in supply chain risk and acquisition risk assessment proactively rather than after the fact? Advisen's Executive Management Reports, and Detailed Analysis of Third Party Organizations provide you with the best recipe to ensure the highest quality submissions, executive management and board reports, and analysis of third party organizations. Read here to learn about the key ingredients:
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Technology continues to transform the ways people conduct business and interact with one another. But with each innovation comes new risks. Ranging from copyright infringement to "textual harassment" to data security breaches that put sensitive financial records into the hands of criminals, cyber liability exposures grow with every new application of information technology. To better understand the rapidly expanding risks posed by computer technology and the Internet to companies of all types and sizes, join a panel of experts for an Advisen webinar, Cyber Liability: Reining in IT and Internet Risks, sponsored by Swett &
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Advisen version 8.0 is providing its customers with more value by adding two new features, which will have a substantial impact on growth for insurance professionals. Advisen advances the capabilities of its policy comparison tool by including endorsements, as well as its benchmarking tool with analysis on a layer by layer basis. Advisen is showcasing both of these tools at RIMS through informative focus groups.
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Today at 11am EDT, join ACE's Scott Meyer, Willis' Ken Ross, Willkie Farr & Gallagher's Michael Young and the D&O Diary's Kevin LaCroix for a webinar sponsored by ACE to discuss developments in securities litigation and the D&O market. The session will review Advisen's analysis of 2010 securities litigation and discuss the larger implications for underwriters, brokers and risk managers.
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As a Director at a US public company, are you concerned with your liability exposure? How do you quantify your potential risk or track the same factors that underwriters use to gauge their potential D&O liability? Advisen now offers a new custom Company Director Report that assembles data ranging from corporate governance scores to the D&O limits similar companies carry. Before you attend your next Board of Directors meeting, review the Advisen Company Director Report on your company. This report also helps prospective Board members ask better questions.
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As profits of insurance companies start to rise while insurance industry jobs are still in decline, it is clear that the industry is doing more with less. Once you factor in that D&O premiums have fallen to 2002 levels, according to Advisen's ADVx pricing index, it becomes even more important for insurance companies to recognize the types of risks that will provide the most favorable loss ratio and keep them the most profitable.
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