Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
U. Houston-Downtown to Offer Insurance, Risk Management Degree
Feb 25 2009 // The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board has approved a proposal by the University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) to offer a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Insurance and Risk Management. The new degree...
The Relative Calm
Feb 22 2009 // At New York Forum, Industry Insiders Credit Risk Management for Minimizing Recession’s Impact To many, the insurance world seems to operate on its own theory of physics. And to the hundreds of high-powered industry...
Sterling Grant & Associates Hires Risk Manager
Feb 19 2009 // Sterling Grant & Associates has hired Timothy Zehring to the new position of risk manager in Phoenix. Zehring, a former Mesa, Ariz., police officer and founder of the International Crime Free Association, is...
Execs Credit Risk Management for Minimizing Recession’s Impact
Feb 19 2009 // To many, the insurance world seems to operate on its own theory of physics. And to the hundreds of high-powered industry execs who gathered on the third floor of the Waldorf-Astoria in New York earlier this year, there is...
RMS Advises How To Weather Scrutiny By A.M. Best
Feb 11 2009 // Following a major announcement that A.M. Best will be probing deeper into companies’ data quality to assess their risk management processes and the credibility of modeled losses, Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management...
Risk Management Solutions Issues Initial Report on Australia Bushfires
Feb 10 2009 // A report from Risk Management Solutions states that the current rash of bushfires in Australia is “one of its worst outbreaks of wildfires ever, with whole towns almost completely destroyed and over one hundred...
5 Risk Management Challenges for Public Entities in Today’s Economy
Feb 8 2009 // Local governments increased their commitment to risk management over the past decade, as they met the challenges posed by several major natural disaster and terrorism events. Better local government loss prevention, crisis...
Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame Now Accepting Nominations
Feb 3 2009 // The Michigan Insurance Hall of Fame (MIHOF) is now accepting nominations for its 16th annual induction ceremony Wednesday, Aug. 19 on the Olivet College campus. The MIHOF recognizes individuals who have made a significant...
Lockton Launches Outsourcing, Data Breaches Risk Management Service
Feb 2 2009 // Lockton announced that is launching a unique set of risk management services to help companies address outsourcing risk and corporate response plans for data breaches. “These services are supported by leading cyber...
Apex Global Expands Houston Operations, Appoints Greig as VP
Feb 2 2009 // Dallas-based Apex Global Partners (AGP) Inc. has expanded its Houston operations and appointed John Greig as vice president of its Risk Management Division. Greig has more than 15 years’ experience in sales and risk...
ACE Europe Launches Insurance, Risk Management for Mid-size Firms
Jan 27 2009 // ACE Europe has announced the launch of “ACE Evolve,” which it describes as a “coordinated insurance and risk management solution for mid-sized companies with overseas subsidiaries or assets. ACE Evolve...
People
Jan 25 2009 // The Insurance Marketing and Communications Association named Richard Look president. He is a marketing communications veteran with agency and insurance company experience, and currently serves as vice president of...
People
Jan 25 2009 // American International Group Inc. (AIG) named Russell Johnston president and CEO of AIG Environmental, a unit of AIG Commercial Insurance. Johnston joined AIG in 1990 serving in senior management positions within...
Lloyd’s Web Site Summarizes Current Opinions on Climate Change
Jan 23 2009 // “The string of natural catastrophes that wreaked havoc in 2008, costing the global economy $225 billion and leaving insurers with their second costliest year in history, graphically highlights the increasing risks to...
Survey: Risk Managers Report Modest Premium Decreases in Q4
Jan 21 2009 // Insurance premiums for businesses continued a five-year trend of falling rates during the fourth quarter of 2008, but recent data suggest a reversal of this trend may soon be underway. Rates for property, general...
Risk Management Solutions Makes UK Flood Data Available to Public
Jan 20 2009 // Risk Management Solutions announced that its flood mapping data will be made publicly available for the first time. The decision gives “homebuyers far more accurate information about the likelihood of getting...
Newly-Launched Vortex Insurance Offering Weather Risk Insurance
Jan 15 2009 // MSI GuaranteedWeather, LLC, a provider of weather risk management products, has formed Vortex Insurance Agency, LLC in Overland, Kansas to sell weather risk insurance products to businesses. The weather risk line is being...
American Pinnacle Partners Announces Acquisition of Consolidated Special Risk Managers, Inc.
Jan 12 2009 // Seal Beach, CA and San Rafael, CA, January 12, 2009 — American Pinnacle Partners, Inc. (“APP”), a holding company of specialty insurance companies, and Consolidated Specialty Risk Managers...
People
Jan 11 2009 // Jacksonville, Fla.-based Harden & Associates has added Chris Huber as a Commercial Insurance account director. Harden & Associates also named Kathryn McKenna as a Personal Insurance account director. Prior to...
Indiana’s Gibson Insurance Group Adds Staff
Dec 18 2008 // Mark Wobbe has been named property/casualty practice leader for Gibson Insurance Group. Wobbe will provide risk management and insurance services to business clients and will lead the firm’s technology and life...
