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Who Pays for Securities Actions? Directors? Insurers?

Michael Klausner, professor of Business and Law at Stanford Law School, has collected data on securities actions, including how many actually are dismissed, how many are settled, and who pays if there is a settlement? Klausner answers these questions at this year’s Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s (PLUS) D&O conference.

The Evolution of D&O Coverage and Investigations

Director and officers liability coverage continues to evolve. Susanne Murray, an executive vice president for Alliant Insurance Services, knows all about this evolution in her work focusing on executive risk liability exposures. In her interview at the recent Professional Liability Underwriting Society’s D&O conference, Murray discusses the evolution of D&O, beginning with how policies are responding to investigations – formal and informal, third party and internal.

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Farmers’ Paul Quinn Discusses the Role of Social Media in Disaster Communication

Paul Quinn, assistant vice president of claims communications for Farmers Insurance, discusses the development of the company’s catastrophe response playbook, social media’s impact on claims communications during a catastrophe and the importance of education in disaster preparedness.

Investigating and Evaluating Hail Damage Claims

In this Forensic Guide podcast, Jerry Mercer, vice president of the property construction division for Rimkus Consulting Group, discusses issues relating to the evaluation of hail damage for both residential and commercial buildings.

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Driving Under the Influence of Marijuana

Marijuana use is at its highest level among eighth to 12th graders in 30 years, according to a Liberty Mutual and Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD) study.

One in five (19 percent) teen drivers reports that they have driven under the influence of marijuana. In fact, marijuana influence is significantly more prevalent among teen drivers than alcohol, as compared to the 13 percent of teens surveyed who report that they have driven after drinking.

The study highlights that many teens don’t consider marijuana use as a distraction to their driving. More than one-third (36 percent) of teens who have driven after using marijuana say the drug presents no distraction. Among the teens who say they have driven after drinking, 19 percent of them believe alcohol use does not present a driving distraction.

The story generated a number of comments among readers.

Robert says:

This study seems to be only about attitudes. In order to determine whether marijuana use affects driving, the only scientific basis is a double blind study pitting users under the influence and not under the influence in driving tests.

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