Evaluating master trust insurance programs

Article Abstract:

Real estate professionals have been promoting the development of master trust property programs to obtain consistent treatment in the areas of substandard properties, liability limits, deductibles, coverages and property valuation clauses. The benefits of such programs include lessening overhead ratios within the trust unit, averting claims of disrimination between trusts on insurance issues and accomplishing the trustee's fiduciary duties in the area of insurance adequacy.

Analysis, Real estate, Real property, Life insurance trusts

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Applying system dynamics to insurance issues

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Systems thinking is a means of understanding intricate problems through the arrangement of complicated systems into manageable parts. The different parts of a system are analyzed and relationships with other parts are determined through systems dynamics, a specific type of systems thinking. Systems dynamics uses computers and conventional problem-solving methods especially useful to persons with limited analytical skills.

Management, Insurance industry

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Suburban burglaries, alarms, and loss exposures: lessons for the insurance industry

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Homeowners can avail of premium discounts on property insurance if they install effective burglar and fire alarm systems in their houses. The discounts, however, are not a motivating factor in the purchase of alarms. Results of a survey of three suburban residential areas show that homeowners purchase burglar alarms to prevent burglaries and avail of the built-in fire alarms.

Usage, Prices and rates, Burglar alarms, Burglary protection

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