Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Grey to Serve as VP of Risk Management at Gibraltar Group
Aug 17 2011 // Lubbock, Texas-based risk and insurance consulting firm The Gibraltar Group has added Pepper Grey as vice president of risk management. With more than 25 years of risk management and claims experience, Grey will oversee...
Argo Launches Risk Management Program for Grocers
Aug 15 2011 // TheU.S. grocery and retail specialty division of Argo Insurance, a member of Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has launched a large general liability deductible and self-insured retention (SIR) risk management...
Amerisure Employee Wins International Risk Management Award
Aug 9 2011 // Michigan-based Amerisure Mutual Insurance Co. announced that Nancy J. Fournier, corporate insurance coordinator, was named International Risk Management Professional of the Year by the International Association of...
S&P Revises Outlook on Platinum to Negative; Affirms Ratings
Aug 8 2011 // In an announcement that received slightly less notice than the downgrading of the U.S.’ ratings from ‘AAA’ to ‘AA+’, Standard & Poor’s also announced that it has revised its outlook...
Waffle House Serves Up Lessons in Risk Management
Aug 1 2011 // What can Waffle House teach about disaster preparedness and risk management, especially in the wake of this spring’s devastating tornadoes? Plenty, says a supply chain expert at Olin Business School, Washington...
EU Doesn’t Need More Corporate Governance Rules Say Risk Managers
Jul 26 2011 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has told the European Commission that it should start with “implementation and robust enforcement” of existing EU corporate governance rules on...
Anderson Joins Atlanta’s OnPoint Underwriting
Jul 22 2011 // Atlanta-based insurance program administrator OnPoint Underwriting has appointed Marc Anderson as its vice president of Risk Services. In conjunction with a team of claims advocates, loss control and legal resources,...
What the Waffle House Can Teach About Managing Supply Chain Risk
Jul 19 2011 // What can Waffle House teach about disaster preparedness and risk management, especially in the wake of this spring’s devastating tornadoes? Plenty, says a supply chain expert at Olin Business School, Washington...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Work Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 18 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jul 4 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
Collaborative Expectations
Jul 4 2011 // Adivsen surveyed 300 risk managers from a variety of industries on supply chain risk management issues. Around 70 percent of larger companies in a more advanced stage of developing a supply chain risk management practice...
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jun 20 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
Managing Reputational Risk
Jun 20 2011 // Victor Hugo wrote that “Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come,” a sentiment which could suitably be applied to the concept of reputational risk. It is now difficult to read any quality business...
NAS Creates Data Security Risk Management Web Site
Jun 10 2011 // NAS Insurance Services has launched its Data Security Risk Management Web site. The site offers up-to-date state and federal laws, compliance materials, training tools, and procedures to reduce insured’s exposure to...
Lloyd’s Highlights Potential Impact from Cyber Crime, Data Loss
Jun 10 2011 // Cyber crime has become a high profile problem for risk managers, heightened as a result of the recent attacks by hackers on Sony. In an article on its web site Lloyd’s notes that risk manager are increasingly...
ACE Report Examines Potential Impact of Solvency II on Captives
Jun 9 2011 // The ACE Group announced today the availability of a new report that identifies the potential impact of the European Union’s Solvency II regulatory requirements on captive insurance companies and offers an alternative...
New Aon Terrorist Risk Map Includes Mideast, No. Africa Unrest
Jun 8 2011 // Aon’s annual publication of its Terrorist Risk Map has been expanded. Aon said this year’s version features areas where “political violence, strikes, riots, civil war and war threaten the sustainable...
A Focus on Providing Value Serves Minnesota Agent Well
Jun 6 2011 // New Minnesota Independent Agents Group President Believes in a Consultative Approach Learn the business. Put your customers’ interests first. Take care yourself. Those are three messages Mark Z. Moores thinks young...
People
Jun 6 2011 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg Kamas was promoted to vice president of IMA Financial Group and national practice leader of health...
As More Workers Go Mobile, Workers’ Compensation Exposure Grows
Jun 1 2011 // Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while using the device when off-site or off the...
