Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Hiscox Launches Combined War, Terrorism, Political Violence Cover
Oct 12 2007 // The world is a dangerous place, and sometimes a very confusing one. Specialist insurer Hiscox has met the challenge of trying to separate outbreaks of “war, terrorism and political violence” as they...
Brown & Brown Acquires Professional Risk Managers
Oct 11 2007 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset aquisition of Professional Risk Managers Inc. and PRM Group LLC (collectively the PRM Group) The PRM Group, with annualized revenues of approximately $4.5 million, is primarily...
FERMA Conference Opens in Geneva
Oct 2 2007 // More than 1200 participants assembled Monday morning at Geneva’s International Conference Center for the fifth Forum of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). Delegates were welcomed by...
Certified School Risk Managers Program Launched in Calif.
Oct 2 2007 // The Certified School Risk Managers (CSRM) Program, which originated in Texas in 2005, has expanded into California, with several CSRM courses scheduled in the Los Angeles and San Francisco areas in coming months. The CSRM...
Prospects and pitfalls in a changing global insurance world
Sep 24 2007 // The ‘rest of the world’ offers new opportunities for growth, but not without risk No European City has recently changed as much as Berlin (with the possible exception of Dublin). Since the fall of the wall in...
Prospects and pitfalls in a changing global insurance world
Sep 24 2007 // No European city has recently changed as much as Berlin (with the possible exception of Dublin). Since the fall of the wall in 1989, its 3.4 million residents have experienced an unprecedented building boom, as the German...
Vogler Receives Lance J. Ewing RIMS and CRM Fellowship
Sep 19 2007 // Karen Vogler of Sun Microsystems Inc. in Broomfield, Colo., has been selected as the 2007 recipient of the Lance J. Ewing RIMS and CRM Fellowship, a scholarship awarded each year at the RIMS Annual Conference &...
ABD Adds Three to Risk Management Team in San Diego
Sep 18 2007 // Redwood City, Calif.-based ABD Insurance and Financial Services, a provider of global risk management and employee benefits solutions, has added three professionals to its property and casualty risk management team in San...
S&P Publishes Reinsurance Reports
Sep 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has issued a series of reports on the global reinsurance industry, timed to appear as the annual Reinsurance Rendezvous opens its doors in Monte Carlo. The meeting, which...
FARA Appoints Higley VP, Sales
Sep 6 2007 // FARA, based in Mandeville, La., announced the appointment of Todd Higley as vice president of sales and marketing. In this position, Higley is responsible for nationwide business development with an emphasis on...
Ure Joins Marsh Risk Strategies Team
Sep 4 2007 // Marsh UK announced that Douglas Ure has been named a Senior Risk Consultant for its Risk Strategies Services team. He is based in Marsh’s London office and will provide advice around risk identification, assessment...
Golf car risk and liability management
Aug 20 2007 // I remember it very clearly. We were playing Superior National Golf Course in Lutsen, Minn., up the scenic North Shore of Lake Superior. We were on a mini-golf vacation that brought us through Duluth, up to Giant’s...
FORE! Golf club risk moves off course
Aug 20 2007 // In June 2007, a California woman was awarded $4.3 million for injuries she received in a golf car crash that left her too disabled to continue her successful photography and jewelry design careers. A wheel of the car she...
How to write energy risks in a volatile world
Aug 6 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
COMMERCIAL P/C PRICES STILL DROPPING, RISK MANAGER SURVEY FINDS
Aug 6 2007 // Commercial insurance premiums continued to decline during the second quarter of 2007, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, a survey of current policy renewal prices as reported by corporate risk managers. RIMS Benchmark...
How to write energy risks in a volatile world
Aug 6 2007 // Today’s energy industry is being challenged by climate changes, market fluctuations, business mergers, natural disasters, terrorism, war, political risk, increasing regulatory and financial scrutiny and evolving...
Managing energy industry risk in a volatile world
Aug 6 2007 // The world has experienced rapid and profound changes in recent years, and the energy industry has been no exception. Climate changes (including global warming), market fluctuations, ever-increasing business mergers and...
Global Insurance Leaders Place Growth at Top Of List
Aug 1 2007 // The leading overall issue facing the global insurance industry is capitalizing on new market opportunities, according to a survey of the participants at the 43rd Annual Seminar of the International Insurance Society (IIS)...
The Hartford Adds Butler in Risk Management Unit’s Dallas Office
Jul 25 2007 // The Hartford Risk Management Division announced the appointment of Dean Butler as Risk Management Sales Practice leader for the company’s Dallas office. Butler will be responsible for national accounts/loss sensitive...
Atlanta-Based Risk Management Firm Names New Officers
Jul 24 2007 // Atlanta-based Pritchard & Jerden Inc., named Brian Boro and Shannon Price as partners at their annual Board and Shareholder Meeting last week. Boro and Price will also be added to the Board of Directors. John Allan,...
