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Ask the Experts: The advantages of a group excess program

December 18, 2009 Bruce MacDougall Leave a comment

A Group Excess Liability program is a master umbrella policy issued to the sponsoring organization or employer that provides additional coverage to participants.

Atul Gawande on…risk management

October 29, 2009 Phil Edmundson Leave a comment

atul-gawandeI recently heard Atul Gawande, a brilliant doctor at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston and an acclaimed writer, speak about Risk Management. Well, he did not mention those two words but that was my takeaway.

Gawande has been writing about issues in Health Care for many years. At the Harvard Club discussion, he spoke about the tracking and scheduling of items in the building of a large new office tower in Boston. Unlike with the building methods of a hundred years ago, one no longer can entrust the constuction process to the mind of one person, not even the most experienced master builder. Read more…