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Morgan O'Rourke

Improving Your Policy Wording

by Morgan O'Rourke on March 2, 2010 10:15 am

In an exclusive, online-only column, Robert Horkovich and Marshall Gilinsky of Anderson Kill & Olick talk about how a soft market is the perfect time to improve your insurance policies.
Changes to policy wording are most likely to be accepted during soft markets like the one that has existed over the past several years. Although in [...]

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Safe Travels

by Morgan O'Rourke on February 23, 2010 10:59 am

The airline industry gets a lot of bad press, what with the occasional terrorist threat, security hassles and new fees for blankets and the like, but they deserve to get credit for when they’re doing things right. According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), an airline industry trade group, 2009 was the second safest year [...]

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Snow Insurance, Anyone?

by Morgan O'Rourke on February 10, 2010 11:55 am

Most people who know me know that I despise talking about the weather. I know it’s all part of the small-talking social game we all play but I have to think that we could find something better to talk about than statements of the obvious. Yeah it’s hot/cold/raining/snowing. That’s life. Move on.
That being said, I’m [...]

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AKO on Product Recall Insurance

by Morgan O'Rourke on February 3, 2010 11:47 am

Over at the Risk Management magazine website, Joshua Gold of Anderson, Kill & Olick discusses what policyholders need to know about product recall insurance in a special, online-only column.
In the context of product recall insurance coverage, some insurance companies may attempt to avoid coverage for a product recall losses by arguing that there is no [...]

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Leaders to Watch

by Morgan O'Rourke on January 20, 2010 10:40 am

On the heels of their “Top Risks for 2010″ report, the Eurasia Group released its “2010 Leaders to Watch” list, highlighting the world leaders that are expected to make the biggest impact on the world this year. Not surprisingly, considering that U.S./China relations claimed the top spot in the “Top Risks” report, number one and number [...]

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