AS W3596 Casualty Contingencies

Fall 2013 Team Project and Case Cometition

Temle !ni"ersity Fo# Sc$ool o% &usiness
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The objective of the group project is to produce a business style research
report about the assigned topic. Each team must deliver its report on time.
You decide when you meet (as little or as often as needed). This project
requires the team to develop an effective process of communicating.
The team must be well organized with responsibilities clearly defined
deadlines set! and follow ups conducted frequently. .ou must re"ie/ your
/ritten aer 0%irst dra%t1 /it$ Fo# &CC( You will provide me with your
second draft with the "o# $%% comments attached. See t$e course sylla2us
%or deadlines(
The topic is:
The Property-Liability Insurance Industry is faced with the challenge
to be more creative in meeting its clients risk management needs.
aving said this you have been hired by a firm to analy!e their
customers privacy e"posure #also known as cyber or network
liability$. %efine and analy!e three ma&or e"posures to loss that the
typical integrated health system' financial services' or
pharmaceutical firm must try to control and finance. Please attempt
to define this e"posure in terms of fre(uency and severity to the e"tent
possible. )nd then recommend a strategy that must include both *isk
+ontrol and *isk ,inancing. Look for your solutions from the
Property-Liability Industry which may also incorporate alternative
risk transfer. -ou may select an integrated health system' financial
services' or pharmaceutical firm for your analysis' or simply discuss
this (uestion as it applies to one of these three industries.
This is &'T simply an academic report to a professor(it is a report on a
current issue that is being dealt with by the )is* +anagement and ,ctuarial
-rofessionals in the .nited /tates and 0nternationally. This is a problem or
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opportunity that is being addressed at the board of directors1 level in all
firms.
The minimum number of written pages for this project fifteen pages.
Each team must wor* independently.
2ith ten teams 0 would e#pect some overlap! but 0 e#pect each team to have
a unique perspective reflecting your *nowledge of this subject! your analysis
and creativity to crafting solutions. There are no single correct answers.
,s e#plained in class! your team project is in two forms3
An 34T35S6738. F99T59T3- researc$ reort. .se any form of
citations that you are comfortable with! but you must be consistent. Your
footnotes tell me how deeply you researched and whether or not you used
'$4E%T05E sources for your research. $e critical of your resources. 6'
&'T believe everything you read especially on the 0nternet.
T$e case cometition will be held in front of judges (actuaries from
industry) on /aturday! &ovember 7! 789: in ,lter ;all beginning at <3:8
,+. You will use -ower-oint for your presentation! but no notes. The
emphasis will be on your verbal and visual summary. $oth team
members must present equally (98 minutes each).
You are &'T required to answer the question fully because your group may
not have all the necessary information. ;owever! you must demonstrate a
high level of ob&ective research. Your findings may include some questions
(and that is '=. $ut you must be prepared to discuss these questions and
e#plain their derivation.
-lease feel free to meet with me as often as you need as you wor* through
this project.
The written paper and case competition is worth a total of 788 points. The
written project is worth 988 points and the case competition 988 points.
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T$e /ritten reort will be evaluated on the quality of your paper3
9. "ocus(e#hibits clarity of ideas
7. %ontent(information and details are specific to the topic information
and details are relevant to your focus or approach to the issue ideas
are fully developed
:. 'rganization(logical order or sequence is maintained paragraphs
deal with one subject logical transitions are made within sentences
and between paragraphs paragraphs are not long and run on
introduction and conclusion are evident
>. /tyle(precise language effective word choice good grammar
variety of sentence structures! types and lengths and no run on
sentences and!
?. +a#imum fifteen pages. ,s in business you will be penalized for
e#ceeding this page limit.
9ral case cometition: Each team has a ma#imum of twenty minutes to
present the case to the panel of judges. $oth members of the team are
required to participate orally in the case presentation. .pon completion of
the presentation! the judges will then question the team for a ma#imum of
ten minutes.
,t the end of the twenty minute presentation period each team will be
stopped whether it has finished or not. ,t that point! the team@s question
period will begin for the stated ten minutes.
The time*eeper will let the teams *now when there are fifteen! ten and five
minutes remaining in the presentation! and then when one minute remains in
the presentation. ,gain! when the time*eeper calls time e#pired you +./T
stop presenting.
T$e case cometition /ill 2e e"aluated based upon the following and will
reflect the quality of your verbal presentation3
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9. %ritical analysis of the case AissueB
7. %reativity of response and recommendations to case problem
:. 0nclusion of relevant research to support response (i.e.! application of
research or information from class wor*)
>. 'verall presentation s*ills (including professional appearance of team
members (e.g. professional attire! etc.)
?. 'rganization and logical flow of presentation and!
C. ,bility to answer judge1s questions fully! critically! and thoughtfully.
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