Latest Risk Management Headlines

All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Markets/Coverages: Marsh Offers Insurance to Manage Risks of Fake Carbon Credits

Nov 4 2024 // Marsh, the insurance broker and business of Marsh McLennan, has partnered with We2Sure, a specialist in insurance and risk management solutions for carbon credit certificates, to launch a new insurance facility to help...

Insurance Professionals Invited to HAI Group’s Award-Winning Virtual Risk Management Conference on Nov. 7

Oct 17 2024 // Comprehensive Strategies for Tackling Existing and Emerging Multifamily Housing Threats Date: Thursday, Nov. 7, 2024 Venue: Zoom Time: 10:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. ETCHESHIRE, CONNECTICUT – HAI Group is pleased to announce its...

The Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer: Leading AI Innovation and Risk Management

Oct 4 2024 // Generative artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a new technology with the potential to completely reshape business practices and create new avenues for innovation. It will significantly impact virtually every...

Viewpoint: East Coast Port Strike: Insurance and Risk Management Implications

Oct 1 2024 // As it has many times before, the International Longshore Association (ILA) threatened a strike, beginning October 1, that would shut down major ports along the Atlantic and Gulf coasts of the United States, with...

Vermont Lags in Risk Management for Natural Disasters Including Flooding

Sep 12 2024 // Vermont has failed to complete many actions in its five-year hazard mitigation plan aimed at reducing the risk from natural disasters such as flooding, according to a new report from the state auditor’s office.The...

EPIC Insurance Inks Deal to Provide Risk Management for Miami Dolphins, Stadium

Sep 5 2024 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, headquartered in San Francisco, is now the official provider of risk management services for the Miami Dolphins football team and Hard Rock Stadium.The deal, announced Thursday,...

Florida Peninsula MGA Changes Name to Windward Risk Managers

Aug 21 2024 // Florida Peninsula Managers, the managing general agency for Florida Peninsula Insurance and Edison Insurance, has officially changed its name to Windward Risk Managers, the name of the company that has managed it for...

People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Promotes Winkelmann

Aug 15 2024 // Rachel Winkelmann Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, recently promoted Rachel Winkelmann to commercial lines account executive and trainer. As Powers’ new trainer, Winkelmann handles...

UNC Launches Risk Management Institute with IAP’s Ursano Chair of Advisory Board

Aug 15 2024 // The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill announced it is launching an Institute for Risk Management and Insurance Innovation, an interdisciplinary research and innovation center.“The new institute will conduct...

People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Adds Gaglioti and Hester; GuideOne Insurance Names Sheets SVP and General Counsel

Aug 5 2024 // Powers Insurance & Risk Management Adds Gaglioti and HesterPowers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Brittany Gaglioti as a commercial account manager and Contina Hester as a personal...

People Moves: Wyrick Joins Powers Insurance & Risk Management; Western National Adds Archulaeta and Jenson to Leadership Team

Jun 26 2024 // Wyrick Joins Powers Insurance & Risk ManagementPowers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Kelsey Wyrick as a personal lines account manager. Wyrick’s responsibilities include...

Tech Update: USI’s Tech-Enabled Risk Control Platform; Baldwin Group Starts API-Connected Cyber Placements; AI-Based Workers Comp Fraud Detection at CLARA

Jun 6 2024 // USI Insurance Services (USI) announced the launch of PATH (patent pending), a proprietary technology-enabled risk control platform for clients.The new platform leverages industry-specific benchmark data to generate...

Viewpoint: How Liberty Specialty Markets Uses Tech for Claims Risk Management

May 22 2024 // Once perceived as intricate, time-consuming, and on occasion, frustrating, insurance claims processing has undergone a substantial transformation with the integration of new technological solutions. From artificial...

St. John’s Names Lloyd’s Exec Watkins to Head Greenberg Risk Management School

May 16 2024 // New York’s St. John’s University announced the appointment of Henry “Hank” Watkins Jr., regional director and president of the Americas at Lloyd’s, as executive director and associate dean of...

Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Long Island Broker AC Risk Management

May 3 2024 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, reported it has acquired AC Risk Management (ACRM), an independent commercial lines brokerage based in Melville, New York.Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded...

Markets/Coverages: Resilience Announces New Cyber Loss Prevention Tools; Amwins Forms New Transportation Entity; Aon Launches Suite of Risk Analyzer Tools

May 2 2024 // Resilience announced new integrated capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously monitor and prioritize their mitigation and transfer of cyber risk.Following the launch of Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O)...

AJG Acquires Florida’s Specialty Risk Management Agency

Apr 2 2024 // The global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired Fort Myers-based Specialty Risk Management Services and its affiliate agency, Private Client Insurance Services, the broker announced Monday. Specialty Risk...

People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Steinkoetter

Mar 27 2024 // Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Josh Steinkoetter as a commercial lines sales account executive. Steinkoetter brings 20 years of experience in the insurance industry to the role....

CyberSaint Raises $21M for Automating, Quantifying Cyber Risk Management

Mar 21 2024 // Boston-based cyber risk management firm CyberSaint reports it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Riverside Acceleration Capital.Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital,...

People Moves: Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder Risk Analytics Product Leaders; Tokio Marine N. America’s Angelson Named C-Level Leader for Global Insurance Group

Mar 8 2024 // Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder as Advanced Risk Analytics Product LeadersAon plc, headquartered in London, named to new leaders in global and U.S. commercial risk. Aon named Arshi Ahmed global head of analytics for...