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Title: If it's not signed, it's not Reinsurance'!
Authors: Richard Davies, Lance R. Finley, Barry Golub, Marilyn Laughlin, Pamela Parkos
Volume: 5  Number: 1  Issue: Fall 1997  Page: 44
Abstract:  The NAIC "nine-month" rule requires the cedent and reinsurer to both sign a reinsurance contract within nine months of the effective date; otherwise, retroactive accounting treatment will be required.
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Title: Impact of Current Legal and Regulatory Developments on Insurance Companies' Environmental Liabilities, The
Authors: Douglas E. Gladstone, Lynne M. Miller
Volume: 2  Number: 4  Issue: Summer 1995  Page: 24
Abstract:  Environmental impairment liability insurance and environmental pollution have been topics which have affected nearly every major property and casualty insurer in the United States. In this article, the authors examine the factors which have an impact on potential litigation and governmental action.
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Title: In–House Counsels’ Suggestions For Managing The Arbitration Process
Authors: David S. Brodnan, Mark C. Kareken, James G. Sporleder, Martin P. Cillick
Volume: 13  Number: 1  Issue: Winter 2006  Page: 55
Abstract:  This article discusses issues that arise in the management of reinsurance arbitrations, including those related to the selection of panel members, the applicable procedures to be followed, and consolidation of multiple arbitrations. The article also addresses practical considerations regarding the umpire selection process in the context of reinsurance arbitrations as well as suggestions for containment of costs.
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Title: Increased Reinsurance Litigation and Its Implications
Authors: Sanford E. Balick
Volume: 4  Number: 2  Issue: Winter 1997  Page: 1
Abstract:  Within the last several decades litigation involving reinsurance matters seems to have increased in the United States. Using data from several sources, the author demonstrates that the increase has accelerated in the past ten years, and provides several reasons for this increase.
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Title: Industry Standards: A Common Ground For Business Success
Authors: Rick Gilman
Volume: 10  Number: 2  Issue: Spring 2003  Page: 29
Abstract:  Data standards for the insurance industry have become a necessary device for seamless business transactions among business partners. Cross-industry support and implementation of standards will assist in making the insurance industry's goals of efficiency and cost savings more achievable.
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Title: INEX - An Emerging Global Risk Alternative
Authors: Jeffrey P. Leman, CPCU
Volume: 7  Number: 1  Issue: Winter 2000  Page: 17
Abstract:  Following an uneven period of evolution, INEX (the former Illinois Insurance Exchange) has begun to emerge as a dynamic and energetic marketplace which is ready, willing, and able to assume an important role in the handling of sophisticated insurance and reinsurance transactions which will be characteristic of the new millennium.
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Title: Insurance Archaeology: A Strategic Tool for the Reinsurance Industry
Authors: Sheila Mulrennan
Volume: 2  Number: 4  Issue: Summer 1995  Page: 1
Abstract:  The author examines the problems with developing a valid picture of what insurance coverage's exist for a particular risk. She provides an example of the complexity of developing an accurate picture of coverage.
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Title: Insurance Company Run-Off and Reorganization Special Task Force Report
Authors: Prepared for The Connecticut Department of Insuran
Volume: 13  Number: 4  Issue: Fall 2006  Page: 27
Abstract:  Approximately five hundred United States companies are insolvent and in run-off while approximately four hundred solvent companies are in run-off. The law and regulation of insurance has not kept pace with the emerging phenomenon of solvent companies in run-off. In light of this reality, Susan F. Cogswell, Insurance Commissioner of the State of Connecticut, established a task force to study the need for laws regulating run-off companies, and the feasibility of establishing such laws. This report was submitted by the task force on April 20, 2006.
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Title: Insurance Data and Intellectual Property Issues
Authors: Alan Wickman
Volume: 6  Number: 4  Issue: Summer 1999  Page: 7
Abstract:  This paper provides a timely overview of the legal, political and practical implications of intellectual property concepts as they apply to insurance data collection and use.
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Title: Insurance Fire Marks -- Bygone Safeguards Against Loss by Fire
Authors: Robert Gift Mullins
Volume: 3  Number: 4  Issue: Summer 1996  Page: 45
Abstract:  Fire marks appeared in England in the 17th century and in America in the 18th century following the formation of the first fire insurance companies. The marks identified structures that were insured. Today, these colorful marks, some rare, are collected and traded.
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Title: Insured Filed for Bankruptcy: What's Next for the Insurer?, The
Authors: Eric L. Routman, Jason D. Altman
Volume: 6  Number: 3  Issue: Spring 1999  Page: 28
Abstract:  This article analyzes provisions of the U.S. Bankruptcy Code of particular interest to insurers relative to claims and insurance coverage. The insurer must remain cognizant of the effect of the insured's bankruptcy on pending claims and declaratory judgment actions involving insurance coverage. The decision to oppose a motion to lift a stay, or move to have the bankruptcy or federal district court abstain from a claim or declaratory judgment action could have far reaching effects on the insurer's exposure.
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Title: Intergrating Catastrophe Modeling Into Underwriting
Authors: David R. Langdon, Kathy Bell
Volume: 14  Number: 4  Issue: Fall 2007  Page: 1
Abstract:  As property reinsurance costs rise in catastrophe-prone areas, primary insurers are responding by integrating catastrophe modeling and mapping tools into their underwriting processes.
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Title: IRMA Will Transform the Relationship Between Reinsurers and Receivers
Authors: John N. Gavin
Volume: 14  Number: 1  Issue: Winter 2007  Page: 15
Abstract:  After extensive negotiations, the NAIC adopted a Model Act (IRMA) that would transform the relationship between reinsurers and receivers of ceding insurers. The below article discusses, first, changes that most directly focusing on reinsurance – i.e., the provisions of IRMA that deal with continuation or termination of reinsurance, the transfer of reinsurance, reinsurers’ payment of claims, and other matters directly dealing with reinsurance. Second, the article discusses other changes in IRMA – e.g., asset recovery provisions, set-off provisions and other provisions – that may affect reinsurers.
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Title: Is it the End for McCarran Ferguson? An EC Roadmap for Consideration
Authors: Patricia A. Sullivan, Marc S. Voses
Volume: 15  Number: 1  Issue: Winter 2008  Page: 1
Abstract:  Since 1944, the insurance/reinsurance industry in the United States has been exempt from federal antitrust enforcement as a result of the McCarran-Ferguson Act. This exemption has been increasingly criticized, particularly as recent catastrophes have resulted in public scrutiny of the insurance industry. The article compares this reactive and somewhat emotionally driven debate with the examination by the European Commission of insurance industry practices and their potential anticompetitive impact. The authors conclude that the European Commissions inquiry provides a roadmap for the resumption of the debate in the United States.
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Title: Issues in Arbitration: Selected Legal Concepts For Non-Lawyers
Authors: Charles W. Fortune, Shannon D. Leger
Volume: 14  Number: 3  Issue: Summer 2007  Page: 23
Abstract:  Issues in Arbitration: Selected Legal Concepts for Non-Lawyers is a compilation and brief summary of key legal principles that may arise in the reinsurance arbitration setting, including certain rules of legal procedure and common rules of evidence. As an introductory guide, the purpose of this article is to provide non-lawyer arbitrators with a basic understanding of legal concepts such as jurisdiction, due process, discovery and privilege that often become issues during the arbitration process.
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Title: Issues in the Reinsurance of Excess Policies
Authors: K. Scott Norris
Volume: 2  Number: 3  Issue: Spring 1995  Page: 15
Abstract:  The author examines the use of blanket excess policies. He explains the problems associated with cessions of blanket excess insurance policies to property proportional treaties and how excess losses are allocated to the risks involved in a catastrophe claim under a blanket occurrence form.
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