Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
CPP Group UK and Partners& Offer Cyber Risk Assessment Tool
Dec 7 2020 // CPP Group UK and Partners& are now offering access to a risk management tool to help brokers and their customers identify and mitigate cyber vulnerabilities. The risk management tool KYND instantly identifies an...
Wright Specialty Insurance Introduces New Education Insurance Offering with Munich Re
Nov 12 2020 // November 12, 2020 – Garden City, NY – Wright Specialty Insurance, which provides a comprehensive suite of property and casualty insurance coverage and services for educational institutions nationwide, has expanded...
MJ Insurance Hires Norton as Risk Management Consultant in Indiana
Nov 3 2020 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based MJ Insurance has added risk management consultant, Dominique Norton, expanding its Commercial Insurance + Risk Management — Small Business department. Norton comes to MJ from a regional insurance...
Albrecht Joins Alliant Insurance Services as Senior VP in Dallas
Nov 2 2020 // Alliant Insurance Services has added Frank Albrecht, a risk management specialist with a versatile background in construction, environmental, transportation and loss analysis, as senior vice president, Alliant...
Agents’ E&O Under Pressure
Nov 2 2020 // The agency errors and omissions liability market has enjoyed stable market conditions for years. But that could be changing as agents and their insureds attempt to balance emerging risks in a changing insurance market. The...
Marsh Appoints Klint as Risk Management Segment Leader for Continental Europe
Oct 27 2020 // Insurance broker Marsh announced the appointment of Carolina Klint as risk management leader for Continental Europe. Based in Stockholm, Klint will report to Siegmund Fahrig, CEO of Marsh Continental Europe. In her role,...
Survey Finds 78% of Risk Managers Now Buying Cyber Insurance
Oct 20 2020 // The tenth year of the Zurich North America and Advisen Cyber Survey reveals that 78% of risk managers now purchase some level of cyber insurance — compared to only 34% in 2011. Of this record of 78% with some cyber...
FCCI Insurance Declares Dividend for Ohio Builders and Contractors Groups
Oct 19 2020 // FCCI Insurance Group will be paying its first-ever dividend – for the 2018 program year – based on favorable results for its Contractors Select program to the three Associated Builders and Contractors (ABC) chapters of...
How Many Screwdrivers Do You Need?
Oct 19 2020 // If you do not do much home or auto maintenance or build furniture, or in general, you just don’t do much with hand tools for any reason, then you probably only need two screwdrivers — a Phillips #2 and a...
Powers Insurance & Risk Management Adds Gonzalez in Personal Lines Unit
Oct 8 2020 // POWERS Insurance & Risk Management in St. Louis, Mo., has hired Julia Gonzalez as Personal Lines Sales Marketer. In this position, Gonzalez will handle the marketing efforts for all personal lines accounts. This...
Insurance Development Forum Launches Insurance Program for Peruvian Schools
Sep 18 2020 // The Insurance Development Forum (IDF), a public-private partnership led by the insurance industry and supported by international organizations, announced the launch of an insurance program for Peru’s public...
Associated Agencies Acquires The Bensman Group in Illinois
Sep 15 2020 // Associated Agencies Inc., a privately held insurance and risk management firm based in Rolling Meadows, Ill., has acquired Bensman Risk Management Inc. and Bensman Associates Ltd. (The Bensman Group), a Bannockburn,...
Foresight’s Tech-Driven Workers Compensation Program Breaks New Ground
Sep 15 2020 // Foresight is now appointing a group of founding broker partners focusing on hazardous verticals in the middle market San Francisco, CA, September 15, 2020 – Foresight, a commercial insurtech MGU with carriers rated...
Board Appoints William J. Hold President and CEO of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research
Sep 10 2020 // September 10, 2020, Austin, TX— The CIC, CISR, and Academy Board of Directors appointed William J. Hold as President and CEO of The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research at the bi-annual board meeting...
Element Risk Management Acquires Two Pennsylvania Agencies
Sep 9 2020 // Element Risk Management has acquired two new insurance agencies in Pennsylvania. Barrick & Associates of Hanover, Penn., and Danner’s Insurance, with locations in East Berlin and Biglerville, Penn., are now part...
Why Some Organizations Are Managing Coronavirus Risk Better Than Others
Sep 1 2020 // While few, if any, organizations saw the coronavirus pandemic and all of its death and disruption coming, some were better positioned to deal with it than others. According to risk expert Jim Wetekamp, some organizations...
Cat Risk Modelers Air Worldwide, KCC Release Laura Insured Loss Estimates
Aug 31 2020 // Estimates for insured property losses associated with Hurricane Laura by catastrophe risk modeling firms Air Worldwide and Karen Clark and Co. (KCC) are similar — both fall into the $8 billion range — but they are not...
Venture-backed Insurtech Foresight Poised to Shake Up Workers Compensation
Aug 25 2020 // Foresight offers an innovative workers’ compensation program for safety-critical verticals San Francisco, CA, August 18, 2020 – Foresight recently announced its technology-first workers’ compensation...
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research Releases Insuring Healthcare Providers Course
Aug 24 2020 // This course is part of the PROFocus Series and is open to all risk and insurance professionals. Austin, TX, August 21, 2020 – The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research released a new 16-hour online...
Marsh Promotes Leney to Risk Management Leader for Asia and Pacific Regions
Aug 14 2020 // Marsh, the insurance broker and risk adviser, announced the appointment of Scott Leney as risk management leader for both its Asia and Pacific regions. In his new role, Leney will oversee Marsh’s regional risk...
