Latest Risk Management Headlines

All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Zurich Makes Group Risk Management Appointments in Europe, U.S.

Sep 25 2008 // Zurich Financial Services has announced the following appointments within its Risk Management Group. Adrian Zweig (50, Swiss citizen), currently Head of Strategic Asset Allocation and Asset and Liability Management (ALM),...

Early Estimates of Ike Damage: $6B to $18B

Sep 22 2008 // The Real Numbers Won’t be Known for Weeks Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely — from $8 billion to $16 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance...

Hawaii Pacific University Launches Insurance and Risk Management Program

Sep 19 2008 // Hawaii Pacific University has instituted a graduate program in insurance and risk management. According to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, “HPU’s graduate insurance program is the first in the West....

Beecher Carlson Names Nelson Senior VP in Denver

Sep 18 2008 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson appointed Craig Nelson senior vice president, focusing on the development and management of accounts in the retail industry from the company’s Denver office. Nelson has 28 years of...

Ike Insured Damage Estimates Range from $6B to $18B

Sep 15 2008 // Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely – from $6 billion to $18 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has pointed out that...

Professional Liability Risk Management and Insurance Consultancy, CRMC, Opens Its Doors

Sep 15 2008 // Construction Risk Management Consultants LLC (CRMC) a unique, highly specialized insurance and risk management consultancy with expertise in the design and implementation of professional liability risk management programs...

Associated Risk Managers Looks to Florida and the Southeast

Sep 10 2008 // Itasca, Illinois-based Associated Risk Managers is implementing expansion efforts across the Southeast, beginning with Florida. According to ARM Chairman, Larry McSpadden, ARM members Lewis Maddux and Danny Gleason teamed...

Goldman Sachs Rosengarten Named XL VP, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer

Sep 9 2008 // XL Capital announced that it has appointed Jacob D. Rosengarten as Executive Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of the XL group of companies. He is currently a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, and will...

S&P Reports Examine Reinsurers’ Risk Management, Pricing Trends

Sep 9 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published two reports, coinciding with the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, which examine the reinsurance industry’s progress in implementing risk management...

LIU Launches Global Crisis Risk Management Initiative

Sep 8 2008 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Group, has launched a global crisis risk management initiative that introduces new products such as kidnap, ransom and extortion; contaminated products; and...

Risk Management Group Says Gustav Damage Between $4 and $10 Billion

Sep 5 2008 // A catastrophic risk management company says private insurers could face damages from Hurricane Gustav between $4 billion and $10 billion. Newark, California-based Risk Management Solutions said on September 2 that the...

Venture Launches Resort Program

Sep 2 2008 // Venture Insurance Programs, launched the SuiteLife program, an all-lines insurance solution for resort properties. SuiteLife combines Venture’s Preferred Club Program – one the industry’s largest programs...

Jungle Love

Sep 1 2008 // Risk Management Strategies Based on Emulating Animals in the Jungle With such events as wildfires, the subprime mortgage fallout, and mergers and acquisitions, the corporate world can at times seem like a jungle. No one...

People

Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...

Jungle Love

Sep 1 2008 // Risk Management Strategies Based on Emulating Animals in the Jungle With such events as wildfires, the subprime mortgage fallout, and mergers and acquisitions, the corporate world can at times seem like a jungle. No one...

Speak Up if You Care …

Sep 1 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...

Soft Market Exposes Value of Risk Control for Golf Insurers

Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...

Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage

Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options. In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking...

Moving Beyond the Perception Trap

Aug 21 2008 // ‘Never walk out of a meeting with out introducing RIOS. Get to insurance later.’ Scott Addis, ‘Purple Cow Leadership Workshop.’ Photo: Brian Ruark, IIAT. Scott Addis presents his ‘Purple...

Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage

Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options. In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking...