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Silicon Valley View of Security Does Not Include Armed Guards

Silicon Valley may tighten security after a shooting at the YouTube headquarters stunned the San Francisco Bay Area this week, but do not expect armed guards to take up protective posts around tech companies’ campuses. They want broader integration with …

Hanover Stone Partners to Offer Vendor Risk Management Program for Commercial Entities

Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and accounting and advisory firm Baker Tilly Virchow Krause, LLP, have partnered on a vendor risk management services to help businesses and other commercial entities evaluate and manage cyber-risks and other exposures …

XL Catlin Adds Equipment Reliability Service to Equipment Breakdown Coverage

XL Catlin’s Equipment Breakdown (EB) insurance group has introduced a new service offering that provides businesses with an assessment to gauge the reliability of production equipment. XL Catlin EB’s new Critical Equipment Reliability report service is designed to help businesses …

Glatfelter Launches Risk Management Tool for Long Term Care Facilities

Glatfelter Healthcare Practice, an insurance program serving senior living facilities, home health care and other private homecare agencies, and VorroHealth, a provider of clinical, AR/billing and interoperable technology for healthcare, have released ACTUM, a fully integrated offering to complement VorroHealth’s …

ANV Launches EPLI Risk Management Hotline

ANV Global Services Inc., the North American managing general underwriter (MGU) segment of global speciality insurance group ANV, has launched a new risk management hotline for its employment practices liability insurance (EPLI) policyholders in North America. The EPLI hotline will …

Marsh Launches Diagnostic Tool to Estimate Clients’ Total Cost of Risk

Marsh has unveiled a new casualty cost diagnostic tool powered by its analytics that provides clients enhanced awareness of their casualty program costs and trends and shares strategies on how to further control their casualty total cost of risk (TCOR). …

Marsh Partners with FireEye on Cyber Risk Management Program

Marsh and cybersecurity company FireEye, Inc., have collaborated to offer clients Marsh Cyber OASIS (Objective Assessment Scorecard of Information Security). This service is designed to assists clients by providing an objective evaluation of their organization’s ability to detect and respond …

Beazley, Integro Offer HELP for Companies Operating in Danger Zones

Increased regulation and hostilities in countries around the world have made it more dangerous for U.S. companies to send employees overseas for jobs. The potential for terrorist activities here at home also requires special risk and crisis management expertise so …

FM Global Research Chief Shares Flood Preparedness Tips for Biz Owners

The hazard posed by potential flooding is increasingly on the minds of many business owners, said Lou Gritzo, vice president and manager of research at Johnston, R.I.-based business property insurer FM Global. Gritzo recently spoke with Insurance Journal to discuss …