Latest Risk Management Headlines

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Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s Names Burke CRO

Jul 5 2012 // Mitsui Sumitomo at Lloyd’s has appointed Martin Burke as Chief Risk Officer. He has worked within the Lloyd’s and company markets for 15 years, most recently serving as Finance Risk Manager within the...

Mathewson Joins Lockton Risk Management Team in St. Louis, Missouri

Jul 5 2012 // Lockton St. Louis announced the addition of Jim Mathewson, senior vice president, to its Risk Management team. In his new position, Mathewson will be responsible for working directly with clients to provide strategic...

Agents Seek Diversified Role in Group Health/Benefits Arena

Jul 2 2012 // In recent years, a growing number of independent property/casualty agencies have begun offering group health/benefits services to their clients. In interviews with Insurance Journal, agency executives in the Northeast...

Business Transitions More Risky for Lawyers: Study

Jun 29 2012 // The practice of business transactions presents greater professional liability risk for attorneys than many other areas of practice, a new analysis revealed. A new study based on claims from CNA’s Lawyers Professional...

Study from CNA Analyzes Lawyers Professional Liability Claims

Jun 29 2012 // The Risk Control unit of CNA insurance companies has released a study that takes a look at lawyers and the practice of business transactions, a diverse area that often involves drafting and negotiating agreements and...

Moody’s Cuts Ratings of 15 Global Banks

Jun 22 2012 // Ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service downgraded 15 of the world’s biggest banks on Thursday, lowering credit ratings by one to three notches to reflect the risk of losses they face from volatile capital...

Business Moves – Midwest

Jun 18 2012 // strong>Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., Grossman & Associates Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has acquired Grossman & Associates Inc. in Beachwood, Ohio. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in...

Business Moves – South Central

Jun 18 2012 // Southport Lane, Lonestar Holdco, Dallas National Southport Lane, a New York-based private equity firm, through its subsidiary Lonestar Holdco LLC, will acquire Dallas National Insurance Co., a Texas based property and...

AIG’s Chartis Launches Hospitality and Leisure Industry Practice Group

Jun 5 2012 // AIG’s property/casualty division Chartis announced the launch of its hospitality and leisure industry practice group, which will provide specialized insurance and risk management products for the hotel, amusement,...

William Gallagher Exec Joins First Niagara Risk Management in New York

Jun 4 2012 // First Niagara Risk Management, the Buffalo, N.Y.-based insurance brokerage subsidiary of First Niagara Bank, appointed Kirk Jensen as managing director and senior executive. Jensen’s 25-year career in the insurance...

Wharton School Launches Risk and Insurance Program

Jun 4 2012 // The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said on May 21 that it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge...

University of Pennsylvania Launches New Risk and Insurance Program

May 23 2012 // The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said this week it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on...

Cooper Gay Promotes Dalton to Head of Risk Management

May 17 2012 // London-based Lloyd’s broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, the UK half of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC], announced that Peter Dalton has been appointed Head of Risk Management, with immediate effect. Dalton...

Best Affirms Travelers and Subs ‘A+’ Ratings

May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Travelers Companies, Inc....

Minnesota Agents Group to Administer Risk Management Program

May 7 2012 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that the agents association will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Risk...

Regulation, Reputational Risk Top Concerns of Risk Managers: Lloyd’s

Apr 30 2012 // A heightened focus on insurance regulation as well as exposures related to reputational risk are top concerns for insurance executives today, reports a new survey. Nearly a third of executives responding to a survey...

IronHealth, The Sullivan Group to Offer Obstetrics Risk Management Services

Apr 26 2012 // IronHealth, Ironshore’s specialty healthcare unit, has entered into an agreement with The Sullivan Group, an international healthcare risk management and patient safety organization, to help clients manage risk...

AIR Offers Supply Chain Risk Service

Apr 18 2012 // AIR Worldwide (AIR) has expanded its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) products to help quantify, mitigate, and manage the risk associated with the impact of catastrophes on supply chain networks. AIR’s new...

Travelers Updates Risk Management Tool with Risk Analyzer Dashboard

Apr 18 2012 // To help business insurance customers find loss prevention opportunities and more efficiently analyze their loss experience, Travelers launched a new dashboard within e-CARMA, the company’s risk management information...

AIR Expands Cat Risk Engineering Program for Supply Chain Risk Quantification

Apr 18 2012 // AIR Worldwide announced that it has “expanded its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) solutions to help quantify, mitigate, and manage the risk associated with the impact of catastrophes on supply chain...