Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People
Jul 7 2008 // Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Co. promoted F. Michael Crowley to president and chief operating officer. As president, Crowley has been responsible for HRH’s retail operations. In the...
‘What Have You Done for Me Lately?’
Jul 7 2008 // How Risk Managers Measure a Broker’s Performance Today’s risk managers need more than just a good broker. They need the best broker. Solid relationships between a broker and a risk manager matter but they...
UK’s Barbican Group to Use AIR’s Cat Risk Management Systems
Jul 3 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) announced that Barbican Insurance Group has licensed its catastrophe risk management systems. Barbican trades as Lloyd’s Syndicate 1955 and writes a broad range of...
PricewaterhouseCoopers Survey Raises Questions on Enterprise Risk Management
Jul 2 2008 // A new survey, released by PricewaterhouseCoopers (PWC) London office, notes that although significant progress has been made by the insurance industry in adopting enterprise risk management (ERM) techniques, questions...
Marsh Survey Finds ‘Risk Management Still Lacks Boardroom Clout’
Jun 24 2008 // Marsh’s recent survey of leading UK businesses has revealed that “risk management has yet to be fully integrated into the decision-making process at board level among top European businesses.” Marsh...
Risk Control Results in Texas Home Builder Group’s First Dividend
Jun 23 2008 // Texas Mutual Insurance Company announced a $59,360 dividend to the Texas Home Builders (THB) workers’ compensation purchasing group. The group’s first dividend was based largely on its first-year premium volume...
American Society of Safety Engineers Names Risk Management and Insurance Award Winner
Jun 19 2008 // The American Society of Safety Engineers presented Christine M. Sullivan of Littleton, Colo., with the Charles V. Culbertson Outstanding Volunteer Service award and the Risk Management and Insurance Practice Specialty...
Davies to Head Marsh’s UK Risk Management Practice
Jun 17 2008 // Marsh announced the appointment of George Davies to Head its Risk Management Practice in the UK. He will report to Artur Niemczewski, Chief Executive of Multinational within Marsh UK. Davies most recently headed Marsh...
People
Jun 16 2008 // Golden Eagle Insurance, a Liberty Mutual Agency Markets regional company, appointed Pete McPartland president and CEO. McPartland comes from General Casualty in Sun Prairie, Wis., where he led insurance operations for QBE...
RMS Reviews Multi-Peril Risk Model for Securitization
Jun 5 2008 // Risk Management Solutions has performed a detailed review of the risk analysis processes for a multi-peril indemnity deal. “The transaction provides cover in two tranches against losses from U.S. windstorm and...
Willis Risk Manager Conference Examines Brazil, China Energy Sector
Jun 4 2008 // Willis recently hosted a conference of senior risk managers from the US oil and gas industry at its inaugural Global Risk Challenge seminar in Houston. They concentrated on finding out more about some of the major...
People
May 19 2008 // MyNewmarkets.com, the Web site with a searchable online directory that brings together agents seeking property/casualty insurance markets with the market providers, is expanding its content to include in-depth analysis and...
People
May 19 2008 // Charlotte, N.C.-based national wholesale insurance broker AmWINS Group Inc. named James Drinkwater president of its AmWINS Brokerage division. He will be responsible for the management of the division, which is focused on...
People
May 19 2008 // MyNewmarkets.com, the Web site with a searchable online directory that brings together agents seeking property/casualty insurance markets with the market providers, is expanding its content to include in-depth analysis and...
Risk Management Solutions Analyzes Cyclone Nargis Devastation
May 7 2008 // Cyclone Nargis, which made landfall in the Irrawaddy delta region in Myanmar (Burma) on Saturday, is likely to become the third most deadly event so far in the 21st century (after the 2004 tsunami and – so far...
Insurance Agent, Educator Boggs Joins MyNewMarkets.com
May 5 2008 // MyNewMarkets.com, the Web site with a searchable online directory that brings together agents seeking property/casualty insurance markets with the market providers, is expanding its content to include in-depth analysis and...
Roberts to Lead Marsh’s London Strategic Risk Practice
May 2 2008 // Marsh announced the appointment of Stephen Roberts as Leader of its London-based Strategic Risk Practice. He will report to Eddie McLaughlin, Head of Marsh’s Business Risk Consulting Group. Marsh said its...
Apr 21 2008 // People Mullis Newby Hurst L.P., an Addison, Texas-based provider of construction insurance and surety bonds in Texas, promoted Jan Johnson to senior vice president and director of insurance. Johnson, a 26-year veteran of...
Willis Energy Chairman Analyzes Hazard Risk Management
Apr 17 2008 // Speaking at the recent World National Oil Companies Congress in London, Phillip Ellis, Chairman of Willis Energy, a division of Willis Group Holdings, presented hazard risk management as a guard against shocks that can...
Swiss Re Funds ‘Integrative Risk Management’ Chair
Apr 16 2008 // Swiss Re announced today that it will finance a new Chair for Integrative Risk Management at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH Zurich). “The Chair will be established to create a world-class...
