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FERMA Offers Trialogue between Risk Managers, Carriers and Brokers – Part 1

Oct 4 2013 // The insurance industry may have given the world a new word – “trialogue,” meaning a three way conversation. Oddly enough the first person to use it at the Federation of European Risk Management...

Former FERMA President Luzzi Joins Broker MDS for Herco Global

Oct 3 2013 // On the same day that he turned over the presidency of FERMA to Julia Graham, London-based broker MDS announced that “Jorge Luzzi has been appointed as Executive President of Herco Global, the risk management company...

Julia Graham is New FERMA President

Oct 3 2013 // Julia Graham, Director of Risk Management and Insurance for the global law firm DLA Piper, acceded to the position of president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) at the close of its...

‘Rear View Mirror’ Political Risk Management No Longer Works: Marsh

Sep 30 2013 // In an age of social media, simply looking at what has happened in the past no longer works to forecast what political events lie ahead in emerging markets, insurance and risk management firm Marsh advises. The speed at...

Declarations

Sep 23 2013 // Lonely “It’s lonely sometimes with all the guys.” —Sen. Katrina Frye Shealy, who is also an insurance producer, on being the only woman in the South Carolina Senate. Shake Up “We have gone above...

IMA Names Broz President, Maley Executive VP in Dallas Office

Sep 20 2013 // Retail insurance broker, IMA Inc. has added Rob Broz as its new president in Dallas and Kathie Maley as executive vice president. Broz joined the Dallas team to lead the company’s initiatives for growth. Maley...

Karen Clark & Co. Report Looks Back at New England Hurricane of 1938

Sep 16 2013 // Karen Clark & Company, independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models and catastrophe risk management, issued a report, in conjunction with the 75th anniversary of the Great New England Hurricane,...

Putting Together Risk Management Program for WTC Development Is a ‘Team Effort’

Sep 11 2013 // The new World Trade Center complex is taking shape; The 4 World Trade Center, a 72-story building at the southeast corner of the site being developed by Silverstein Properties, is scheduled to be completed this November...

Risk Management Services Launches Group E&O Plan for Life, Health Agents

Aug 30 2013 // Risk Management Services (RMS) has established a group errors & omissions insurance plan for life and health insurance agents in partnership with Gotham Insurance Co. Applications must be submitted via the...

Confusing Crop Insurance Rule Clarified for Midwest States

Aug 29 2013 // Farmers say they’re pleased with efforts by the federal Risk Management Agency to clarify rules for prevented planting insurance in five Upper Midwest states in 2014. The insurance pays farmers if their cropland is...

Bunch Named to University of Houston-Downtown Advisory Council

Aug 22 2013 // The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) has appointed Richard “Gordy” Bunch, president and CEO of The Woodlands Financial Group, to its Insurance and Risk Management Center’s Advisory Council serving the...

Colorado University Gets Support for ERM and Insurance Program

Aug 16 2013 // The College of Business at Colorado State University is a step closer to launching a program to train students in the insurance and risk management fields thanks to a $150,000 gift from the IMA Foundation. The Enterprise...

How to Manage the Winds of Change for High Net Worth Clients

Aug 16 2013 // As insurance professionals, we’re in the business of anticipating and responding to severe weather. However, heightened activity in recent years points to some startling trends: • Atlantic named storms in the month...

EPIC Acquires SafeHarbor Risk Management, Expands in East Coast

Aug 7 2013 // EPIC, a San Mateo, Calif.-based retail property/casualty insurance brokerage and employee benefits consultant, acquired SafeHarbor Risk Management. Founded in 2009, privately-held SafeHarbor is a property/casualty...

Risk Managers Report Total Cost of Risk Up As Market Firms

Aug 5 2013 // Businesses paid about 5 percent more in 2012 than they did in 2011 to cover the total cost of risk. That compares to a rise of only 1.7 percent in 2011, according to the 2013 Risk & Insurance Management Society (RIMS)...

How to Manage the Winds of Change for High Net Worth Clients

Aug 5 2013 // Protecting Personal Property in a New Era of Catastrophes As insurance professionals, we’re in the business of anticipating and responding to severe weather. However, heightened activity in recent years points to...

XL Names McConico a Manager in California; Promotes Schlageter in West

Aug 1 2013 // XL Group named Mark McConico as vice president and underwriting manager for XL’s U.S. risk management group in Los Angeles. XL Group also promoted Theresa Schlageter to senior vice president and regional manager of...

Aon UK Hosts Operational Risk Modeling Discussion with Bank of England

Jul 29 2013 // Aon UK Limited, the UK arm of Aon plc, which in addition to traditional insurance activities, also provides risk management, human resource consulting and outsourcing expertise, welcomed over 60 senior risk executives from...

ACE Study: Reputation the Hardest Risk to Manage

Jul 23 2013 // Ninety-two percent of companies believe that reputational risk is the most challenging category of risk to manage, according to a major new study from ACE Group conducted across 15 countries within its EMEA (Europe, Middle...

Crop Insurance Rule Causing Confusion for Some Midwest Farmers

Jul 23 2013 // Last year’s drought has contributed to confusion over crop insurance rules for some Upper Midwest farmers who couldn’t get a crop in the ground this past spring due to the opposite weather extreme – too...