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Preventing equipment losses in Commercial Market businesses

May 7 2012, 3:06 PM ET

The phrase "cause of loss" refers to an incident or event that can result in loss or damage to property including breakdown of machinery and equipment. This report, from Zurich's Risk Engineering department, details the types of losses most likely to occur in the Commercial Markets business segment to help provide businesses some guidelines in preventing or mitigating the costs of these types of losses. This includes businesses comprising various industry segments, including: manufacturing, commercial real estate, financial institutions, wholesale/distribution and construction contractors.

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Emma Johnson

Emma Johnson is a New York based journalist who specializes in business, finance and money. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, MSN Money, Wired and Forbes. She is a contributing writer to Success magazine.

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Roger Brunner

Executive Vice President, Casualty and Property Group, Specialty Products, Zurich Global Corporate in North America

Roger Brunner is responsible for the Zurich Specialty Products Casualty and Property portfolio of businesses in North America. His roles have ranged from the creation of a new global function (Proposition Development), to leading a broad array of businesses in North America.

Larry Collins

Vice President E-Solutions, Risk Engineering, Zurich Services Corporation

Larry Collins leads a team that provides electronic services to tens of thousands of on-line customers. He has appeared on TV, spoken on a number of panels and published several articles and white papers on Security and Privacy related risk issues.

Cass Kuhlke

SVP - Line of Business Manager, Machinery Breakdown, Zurich Global Corporate in North America

Cass Kuhlke is responsible for managing the Machinery Breakdown underwriting of corporate businesses, written as part of Large Property accounts, Monoline B&M and Equipment Breakdown reinsurance assumed.

Peter Linn

Vice President, Risk Engineering & Customer Management, Zurich Services Corporation

Peter Linn is the North American national head of sales and distribution of Risk Engineering services, and the North American leader of Casualty, Marine, and Business Development teams and line of business technical directors.

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