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Smarter Insurance Shopping
Cheaper premiums are ripe for the picking, and increasing numbers of companies are switching insurance carriers. Here's how savvy CFOs and risk managers can gauge whether they're getting a fair deal. August 11, 2005
Keeping an Eye on Third Parties
Outsourcing the management of workers' comp programs poses hidden perils. August 1, 2005
A Refresher Course in Workers' Comp
A scathing audit of the workers' compensation system in a Florida school district spotlights the need for tighter employer scrutiny of outsourcers. July 14, 2005
Where Workers' Compensation Goes Wrong
Padded bills, murky disclosures, and controls gaps are among the possible perils when self-insured employers outsource the management of their workers' comp programs; ''I'm saving myself to death," says one manager. June 9, 2005
Infinite Risk?
The abuse of finite insurance uncovered at AIG and other insurers may be just the tip of the iceberg. June 1, 2005
Insurer Terrorism
Property/casualty carriers predict dire insurance shortfalls if Congress fails to pass another backstop law. Finance chiefs and risk managers should be skeptical. May 12, 2005
Managing the Risk Manager
Challenged to ask brokers about contingency-fee payments, corporate insurance buyers dropped the ball. Finance chiefs would be wise to take a fresh look at the coziness of that relationship. April 28, 2005
Finite Insurance: Beyond the Scandals
The troubles at AIG have thrust insurance that doesn't transfer risk into the spotlight. But used correctly, finite coverage can help finance executives to manage hard-to-quantify risks, clinch a merger deal, and even produce better-quality earnings. April 14, 2005
Buying Bias Coverage: Risk Doesn’t Discriminate
As the frequency and severity of discrimination lawsuits mount, experts counsel small and mid-size companies to take a second look at employment practices liability insurance. March 31, 2005
Risks and Benefits: D&O's Moral Peril
The WorldCom and Enron settlements could trigger directors to demand that CFOs and risk managers buy greater amounts of higher-quality insurance. January 13, 2005