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Restaurants put risk management on the menu

Jan 1 2006 // The restaurant marketplace is becoming more complex than ever with food safety, marketing dominance by the chains and globalization on the minds of owners. Also, frivolous lawsuits against restaurants abound, so it...

Patterson to Lead ACE Risk Management Subsidiary

Dec 26 2005 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, appointed David Patterson as president of the Philadelphia-based ESIS Inc., the risk management services subsidiary of ACE USA. With over 30...

Potential for Avian Flu Pandemic Casts a Frightening Shadow Over Insurers

Dec 19 2005 // The possibility of a global avian flu outbreak is haunting insurers–property/casualty, life and health–and it appears that there’s not much they can do to mitigate losses prior to a...

Potential for Avian Flu Pandemic Casts a Frightening Shadow Over Insurers

Dec 18 2005 // The possibility of a global avian flu outbreak is haunting insurers-property/casualty, life and health-and it appears that there’s not much they can do to mitigate losses prior to a pandemic. Nevertheless, carriers...

The Industry Goes to School: Universities that Offer Insurance Degrees

Dec 18 2005 // Twenty years ago, it was nearly impossible to find colleges and universities offering degrees in insurance. Now there are many programs across the nation that offer bachelor’s degrees, concentrations, certifications,...

Pennsylvania Sets Up Farm Risk Management Program

Dec 13 2005 // Pennsylvania is setting up programs to help educate some 4,000 farmers about crop insurance and risk management issues. Agriculture Secretary Dennis Wolff announced that Pennsylvania won a $754,000 grant from the U.S....

Colemont Launches Recall Risk Management Program

Dec 13 2005 // Colemont Insurance Brokers – Chicago has launched the RecallReady program, a product recall risk management program. A key feature of the RecallReady Program is the integration of pre-incident and crisis response...

The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts

Dec 5 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...

Temporary Staffing Industry Coverage

Dec 5 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Risk Management, a member of American International Group Inc., has launched a new suite of insurance coverages and risk management services for the temporary staffing industry. Products and...

The Four C’s of Risk Management for Oil and Gas Operator – Managing Contracts

Dec 4 2005 // Editor’s note: This is the second article in a series on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first article appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal West region edition on page 66. In the...

People

Dec 4 2005 // GAB Robins, the international claims services firm, announced that Edward G. Troy has been named president and chief executive officer of the GAB Robins Group of Companies. Before joining GAB Robins, Troy served as...

Camelback Captive & Risk Management Services Form Alliance

Dec 1 2005 // Camelback Captive & Risk Management Services Inc. announced its strategic alliance with FitzGibbons, Ramsey and Company Inc. to provide administrative, marketing and insurance company accounting services to its...

Temporary Staffing Industry

Nov 21 2005 // Nuts & Bolts: AIG Risk Management, a member of American International Group Inc., launched a new suite of insurance coverages and risk management services designed to meet the needs of the fast-growing temporary...

The Four C’s of Risk Management for the Oil and Gas Operator – Contracts

Nov 21 2005 // (Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of articles on risk management for oil and gas operators. The first appeared in the Aug. 22, 2005, issue of Insurance Journal–Texas/South Central.) In the first...

Nov 20 2005 // The Board of Directors of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. elected Kay W. McCurdy to serve on its board of directors. McCurdy began her career in 1975 as an attorney at Lord, Bissell & Brook in Chicago and has more than...

The Four C’s of Risk Management for the Oil and Gas Operator – Contracts

Nov 20 2005 // In the first article of this series we discussed the importance of the retail broker reading, studying and comprehending the various contracts that control the oil and gas operator’s world. There are two areas of...

PwC Names Bennett as a Director in Insurance Risk Management Practice

Nov 17 2005 // The Transaction Services group of PricewaterhouseCoopers has named Richard L. Bennett Jr. as a director in the firm’s Insurance Risk Management Solutions (IRMS) practice. In that role, Bennett, 38, will work with the...

ACE USA Study Unveils Top Issues Facing Risk Managers

Nov 10 2005 // A survey of challenges facing chief risk officers and senior risk managers, sponsored by the ACE Group of Companies, reportedly demonstrates that senior risk managers are becoming increasingly worried about identify theft...

RenRe Announces Appointments; O’Donnell to Head Reins. Sub; Branagan to Head Group Risk Modeling

Nov 9 2005 // RenaissanceRe Holdings is moving to fill the rather large gap created by the sudden departure of James Stanard, its President and CEO (See IJ Website Nov. 1). The company announced that Kevin J. O’Donnell has been...

E&O Alert: Has Your Agency Outgrown Its Policies and Procedures?

Nov 7 2005 // If your agency has grown over the years, then you’ve probably gone through many changes. Do the following scenarios sound familiar? The organizational structure, policies and procedures that were in place when your...