In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on Checks and Balances – An Insurance Regulation Overview: Property-casualty insurance is heavily regulated at the state level; this is particularly true for personal lines and for workers’ compensation. Generally speaking, state regulators have oversight of market…
Marketing strategy expert witnesses may opine on market analysis, market barriers, market research, and market share. Here, marketing strategy experts at the American Marketing Association (AMA) and ReadyTalk offer Web Event Best Practices: Best Practice #2: Define the Audience & Deliver Value, Not a Sales Pitch Clearly articulate the target…
In 7 Habits of Highly Successful Surveys, marketing experts at Vovic Corporation offer these ideas on writing objective questions: Remember the adage “Garbage in, Garbage out”. Poorly worded questions will lead to suspect results and erroneous conclusions. Respondents should not be able to determine where you stand on any topic,…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on commercial property insurance: Commercial property policies cover buildings and the organization’s property, and include a type of coverage known as “business interruption” designed to help a company continue operating if it is put out of its…
Wrongful death expert witness Barry Gustin, MD, MPH, FAAEP, writes on de-escalating the toxicologically altered aggressive individual: Toxicologists when reviewing cases are often faced with a subject in question that had altered mental status as a consequence of the effects of illicit substances. In this setting, dealing with aggressive patients…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes on liability claim costs: Liability claim costs generally are broken down into two categories: 1) special damages, which include the claimant’s out-of-pocket expenses and lost wages; and, 2) general damages, which cover compensation for pain and suffering…
Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. For instance, biotechnology is applied to improve or facilitate cellular processes such as energy metabolism, gene transfer between unrelated species, or the engineering of enzymes for…
In A Law and Finance Analysis of Hedge Funds, finance expert Douglas Cumming, Associate Professor and Ontario Research Chair in the Schulich School of Business at York University, describes the paper on hedge funds he wrote with Na Dai, SUNY at Albany: This paper empirically analyzes the impact of hedge…
Biotechnology means any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use. For instance, biotechnology is applied to improve or facilitate cellular processes such as energy metabolism, gene transfer between unrelated species, or the engineering of enzymes for…
In Insurance 101 – Property – Casualty Basics, the American Insurance Association writes: The property casualty insurance industry provides protection from risk in two basic areas: protection for physical items, such as houses, personal possessions, cars, commercial buildings, and inventory (property), and protection against legal liability (casualty). Property insurance is…