Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IMA Inc. Appoints Hartman to Health Risk Management Practice in Denver
Feb 23 2010 // IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker announced that Brent Hartman has joined the company’s health risk management practice, Life IQ, in the Denver office. Life IQ is IMA’s multidisciplinary...
ACE Makes Appointments to New Global Client Executive Practice
Feb 22 2010 // The ACE Group has announced its initial executive appointments to its newly-created Global Client Executive team. Those assigned to the team will “work collaboratively with clients and distribution partners in major...
Corjulo Joins ProMutual Group as Risk Management Consultant
Feb 11 2010 // Boston-based medical liability insurer ProMutual Group has hired Diane Corjulo as a risk management consultant. Corjulo, a registered nurse, has broad acute care hospital experience and physician office practice expertise....
Marsh Sees Lower Risk Costs for National Oil Companies
Feb 1 2010 // “The world’s national oil companies (NOCs) could be in a position to benefit from lower overall costs of risk over the next few years,” according to an analysis from Marsh. A reduction in the number of...
Haitian Government Receives $7.75 Million from CCRIF
Jan 28 2010 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has paid the Government of Haiti US $7,753,579 following the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which struck close to Port-au-Prince on January 12, causing damage of...
Caribbean Risk Managers Publishes Updated Report on Haiti Quake
Jan 20 2010 // Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd. (CaribRM) has published an updated report on the earthquake in Haiti, which gives precise details concerning the unfolding of the event. It continues with an examination of the damages it...
Small Businesses at Risk: A Growing Market for Employment Practices Liability Coverage
Jan 10 2010 // Small business owners are at risk from employment-related charges and lawsuits. Workplace discrimination claims are at an all-time high and small business owners feel vulnerable. Yet, although a recent survey showed that...
RMS Forecasts Increased Growth for Insurance Linked Securities in 2010
Jan 7 2010 // A bulletin from Risk Management Solutions notes that the fourth quarter of 2009 was the “most active… ever for catastrophe bond issuance, reaching almost $1.1 billion in total volume, eclipsing the previous...
Marsh: Corporate Governance ‘Largely Undeveloped’ in United Arab Emirates
Jan 6 2010 // A poll, conducted by Marsh, concluded that “despite the continuing fall-out from the global recession, corporate governance is still a largely undeveloped discipline in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).” The...
Best Revises Samsung Fire Outlook to Positive; Affirms ‘A+’ Ratings
Dec 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa” of South Korea’s...
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Dec 20 2009 // Beecher Carlson expanded its National Energy practice by appointing Jacklyn Kearns senior vice president. Kearns has 28 years of insurance and risk management experience. She joins Charlie Pierpont in Beecher...
2009 P/C Insurance Mergers, Acquisitions Large and Small
Dec 20 2009 // Large insurers AIG, Farmers and The Hartford made moves in 2009, as did large brokers Marsh, Aon, Willis, Gallagher, Brown & Brown, Hub and Wells Fargo. So, too, did, many regional insurers and Main Street agencies....
PartnerRe Appoints Carre Group Risk Management Director
Dec 16 2009 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced that Jérôme Carré, currently Chief Risk Officer for PARIS RE, has been appointed as PartnerRe Group Risk Management Director, effective January 1, 2010. He will...
Norway’s Risk Management Association Becomes 20th FERMA Member
Dec 15 2009 // The Norwegian Risk Management Association (NORIMA) has been accepted as a member of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), bringing the total to 20 associations from 18. Risk management...
Karen Clark Launches New Catastrophe Management Service
Dec 9 2009 // Karen Clark & Company, independent experts in catastrophe risk, catastrophe models, and catastrophe risk management, has introduced a new service, Thinking Outside the Black Box Catastrophe Management Operational...
W.R. Berkley Names James Senior VP of Enterprise Risk Management
Dec 3 2009 // Greenwich, Conn.-based insurance holding company W.R. Berkley Corp. has appointed Gillian James to the newly created office of senior vice president for enterprise risk management. Her duties will include analyzing,...
Beecher Carlson Appoints Kearns as SVP, National Energy Practice
Dec 2 2009 // Beecher Carlson has expanded its National Energy practice with the appointment of Jacklyn Kearns as senior vice President. Kearns brings 28 years of insurance and risk management experience to Beecher Carlson with deep...
Dean Appointed to Insurance, Risk Management Advisory Board at U. of H.-Downtown
Dec 1 2009 // The University of Houston-Downtown (UHD) has appointed Bob Dean, president and chief executive officer of Dean & Draper Insurance Agency LP, to vice chair of the advisory board for UHD’s new Insurance and Risk...
Customer & Credit Risks top Agendas for European Business, Says Marsh
Nov 24 2009 // New research, conducted by Marsh, has found that senior executives in Europe’s leading organizations are most concerned about customer-related risks and access to credit, as they plan their recovery from the global...
Chubb Encourages Chinese Firms to Adopt Risk Management Practices
Nov 18 2009 // Chubb Group recently co-hosted a seminar near Shanghai, which focused on the “increasing number of Chinese exports exposed to product liability claims and litigation in the United States and Europe.” As a...
