Latest Risk Management Headlines
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Are Fine Arts Floaters A Silver Lining in the Insurance Market Cloud’
Sep 10 2001 // Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not,...
Are Fine Arts Floaters A Silver Lining in the Insurance Market Cloud’
Sep 3 2001 // Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not,...
RMS Adds Japanese, German Data to Weather Risk Management System
Aug 23 2001 // Risk Management Solutions announced that its Climetrix (TM) weather derivatives trading and risk management system now includes relevant temperature data from Germany and Japan, two expanding markets for weather derivative...
Aon Launches Political Risk Management Service
Aug 10 2001 // Aon Corporation launched a Political Risk Exposure Profile (PREP) service that provides customized financial analysis of political threats to a company’s global operations. According to John Minor, senior vice...
Aon Survey Finds Risk Managers Feel Exposed to Political Risk
Aug 8 2001 // Aon Corporation recently conducted a survey revealing that more than 85 percent of Fortune 1000 risk managers indicated that their firm was well-protected from property, general liability and directors’ and...
Mazonson Expands National Collective Program for Community Development Corporations
Aug 1 2001 // Mazonson Inc., a New England-based insurance brokerage, announced the completion of agreements to provide group insurance programs sponsored by the California Community Economic Development Association and the Community...
Guy Carpenter Sees Integration of Risk Management and Capital Management Becoming Dominant Focus Ju
Jul 26 2001 // According to a new study by Guy Carpenter &. Co. Inc., a leading global reinsurance intermediary, as insurance companies address their ability to manage capital more efficiently to achieve greater profitability,...
RMS Releases Version 2.4 of Climetrix Weather Risk Management System
Jul 18 2001 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a global provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risks, released version 2.4 of the Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk...
Cigital and Counterpane Announce Strategic Alliance
Jul 5 2001 // Cigital Inc., a software risk management (SRM) solution provider that helps companies protect themselves from the business risks of software failure, and Cupertino, Calif.-based Counterpane Internet Security Inc.,...
The Weather Risk Management Association Releases Results of Industrywide Survey
Jul 2 2001 // The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), an international trade organization of the weather risk management industry, recently completed in conjunction with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a comprehensive survey of the...
eTailer Alliance Aims to Fight Online Credit Card Fraud
Jun 27 2001 // RC Knox & Company, the insurance agency subsidiary of People’s Bank, announced the formation of the eFraud Alliance and the eTailer Fraud Solution Insurance Policy (eFSIP) to protect online businesses from the...
Griffiths Insurance Agency, Suhr Risk Services Merge
Jun 18 2001 // Griffiths Insurance Agency and Suhr Risk Services of California Insurance Brokers have completed a merger agreement. Dating back to 1910, Griffiths Insurance Agency offers comprehensive insurance, risk management, and...
Griffiths Insurance Agency, Suhr Risk Services Merge
Jun 15 2001 // Griffiths Insurance Agency and Suhr Risk Services of California Insurance Brokers have completed a merger agreement. Established in 1910, Griffiths Insurance Agency offers comprehensive insurance, risk management, and...
ERisk and Risk Management Solutions (RMS) to Host P/C iConference Event
Jun 6 2001 // ERisk and RMS announced they will host an hour-long online event for the property/casualty insurance industry on June 7, 2001. ERisk and RMS will overview the latest approaches for measuring risk in terms of economic...
Risks of School and Workplace Violence to be Explored at Meeting
May 25 2001 // More than 2,000 risk management professionals from around the world are expected to attend North America’s largest meeting of government risk management practitioners in Chicago from June 10-13, 2001. Programming for...
Aquila Forms Alliance With Mitsui for Weather Risk Management
Apr 20 2001 // Kansas City-based Aquila, Inc. will join forces with Japan’s Mitsui Marine and Fire Insurance Co. to develop and market weather risk management products in Japan and Asia. Aquila, a diversified subsidiary of...
Mutual Risk Management To Receive $112.5 Million from Investors Led by XL
Apr 19 2001 // Bermuda-based Mutual Risk Management Ltd. will receive a much needed capital injection of $112.5 million in the form of senior convertible debentures from a group of investors headed by XL Capital Ltd. The company has...
Earthquake Seminars To Hit the West Coast This Month
Feb 1 2001 // This month, Applied Insurance Research Inc., a Boston-based catastrophe modeling firm, will be offering free seminars in Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco to demonstrate a new site-specific risk assessment capability...
Ebix.com Partners With Risk Management Technologies
Jan 25 2001 // ebix.com Inc. has partnered with Risk Management Technologies Inc., a move that gives surety agents and brokers using the new ebixASP agency management system access to a surety bond management system. Risk Management...
Cyberliability: Identifying the Risks in Cyberspace Can Be Tricky
Oct 2 2000 // As Internet use increases, both individuals and businesses face a growing number of legal dilemmas. Is lost electronic data “property damage” within the meaning of a standard insurance policy? What’s the...
