Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Moving Beyond the Perception Trap
Aug 21 2008 // Scott Addis’ biggest pet peeve is the way consumers perceive insurance agents. After an unpleasant encounter with a stranger at a cocktail party, who upon learning that Addis was an insurance broker rather than a...
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. The savvy wholesale broker keeps tabs on which surplus lines insurers have the appropriate capacity for In the midst...
Risk Modeler: Tropical Storm Fay Turned East Sooner than Expected
Aug 19 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along...
AIR Updates Catastrophe Risk Modeling Systems
Aug 15 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation has announced the release of updates to its CATRADER®, CLASIC/2™ and CATStation® catastrophe risk management systems. “The version 10.0 releases include a number...
RMS Launches Winter, Convective Storm Models for U.S., Canada
Aug 14 2008 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) launched new Winterstorm and Severe Convective Storm Models to enhance its suite of catastrophe risk models for the U.S. and Canada. Built to satisfy the needs of both...
RMS unveils New UK Inland Flood Model, EU Earthquake Model
Aug 8 2008 // UK Flood Model Risk Management Solutions has released a major new upgrade to its U.K. Inland Flood Model. “The upgraded model will enable all segments of the insurance industry to drill down to a finer level of...
New European Cat Bond Uses RMS Paradex for Risk Analysis
Aug 5 2008 // Risk Management Solutions announced that a $200 million Multi-Peril Securitization has become the first catastrophe bond issued using RMS Paradex Europe WiNdstorm index for risk analysis. RMS said it has “performed...
Moving Beyond the Perception Trap
Aug 4 2008 // Key to Growth: Become Remarkable, Indispensable to Your Customers Scott Addis’ biggest pet peeve is the way consumers perceive insurance agents. After an unpleasant encounter with a stranger at a cocktail party who,...
Speak Up if You Care …
Aug 4 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.”...
A Philosophy – and Practice – of Sharing
Aug 4 2008 // Shows How Sharing Success With Producers Keeps the Agency and Its Clients Happy Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: No. 8 Insurance Office of America Headquarters: Longwood, Fla. Year Founded: 1988 Additional Locations: 22...
The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education
Aug 1 2008 // 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.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...
NAS to Offer Expanded HR Risk Management Services
Aug 1 2008 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has expanded its HR risk management capabilities by partnering with HReSource to provide new and expanded HR risk management support and services with the purchase or renewal of...
Brown & Brown Buys Ohio-based Great Lakes Risk Management
Jul 31 2008 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Great Lakes Risk Management Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown. Great Lakes Risk Management, with annual revenues of approximately $1...
Stuart Joins Risk Management Team at Roach Howard Smith & Barton
Jul 30 2008 // Helen Stuart has joined Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB), an independent brokerage firm with offices in Dallas and Fort Worth, as a senior account manager in its Risk Management division. With a...
International Brokerage, HM Risk Group, Opens Doors
Jul 28 2008 // HM Risk Group LLC, a full-service, woman-owned, independent insurance firm providing dedicated brokerage, risk management and consulting services to commercial clients on a global basis, announced the opening of its office...
York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc.
Jul 25 2008 // York Insurance Services Group, Inc. invests in Gregory B. Bragg & Associates, Inc. creating leading public entity insurance services provider in U.S. PARSIPPANY, N.J., (July 25, 2008) – York Insurance Services...
Alliant Launches Political & Economic Risk Indices, Ratings on Bloomberg
Jul 23 2008 // Alliant Emerging Markets announced the expansion of its risk analytics and advisory services by launching a source of political and economic risk indices and ratings available to banks, investments banks, private equity,...
Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage
Jul 21 2008 // In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking solutions that will help them obtain the best-possible catastrophe coverage for their clients. Following the 2005...
Czech Risk Management Association Joins FERMA
Jul 18 2008 // The Association of Insurance and Risk Management Experts of the Czech Republic (ASPARCR) has been accepted as a member of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). This brings to a total of 16 the...
Risk Manager Rutherfoord Modifies Atlanta Office, Adds Hamilton
Jul 10 2008 // Roanoake, Virginia-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm, Thomas Rutherfoord Inc., announced that Craig Perry, vice president, will assume new duties in the Atlanta office as focal point for the development of...
