Latest Risk Management Headlines

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

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May 6 2019 // Robert Bauer has joined insurance broker Marsh to lead its U.S. Sharing Economy & Mobility Practice. Bauer will focus on developing and delivering products and services to companies operating in the new economy while...

Risk Managers Report Lowest Level of Risk Readiness in 12 Years: Aon

May 6 2019 // Survey Ranks Economic Slowdown, Reputation/Brand as Top ConcernsEconomic and global trade concerns are challenging organizations’ ability to invest adequately in preparing for and protecting the continuity of their...

Willis Towers Watson Launches Risk Advisory Service for CFOs, Risk Managers

May 2 2019 // Willis Towers Watson has launched a new advisory capability designed to help chief financial officers and risk managers reduce volatility and minimize their total cost of risk.The new Connected Risk Intelligence service...

Risk Managers Reminded of Strategies for Coping with Disasters in Their Many Forms

May 1 2019 // Preparing for the unthinkable requires a lot thought.Risk management professionals this week cautioned audiences of the myriad pitfalls in planning for catastrophes during the Risk & Insurance Management...

Beazley-Led Consortium to Offer Corporate C-Suite Reputational Risk Coverage

Apr 29 2019 // Specialist Lloyd’s insurer Beazley is partnering with other Lloyd’s insurers to offer reputational risk coverage targeted towards C-suite exposures.The Beazley Custodian Consortium at Lloyd’s provides...

Risk Managers Rank Economic Slowdown, Damage to Reputation as Top 2 Risks: Aon

Apr 29 2019 // Economic and global trade concerns are challenging organizations’ ability to invest adequately in preparing for and protecting the continuity of their operations, according to findings from Aon’s 2019 Global...

Students from Eight Colleges Participate in Virtual Agency Competition

Apr 15 2019 // College students from eight universities recently formed teams and spent a month running a simulated insurance agency as part of a virtual online competition developed by PriSim War Games, a provider of computerized...

U. of Kansas Business School Creates Insurance, Risk Management Program

Apr 10 2019 // A $1 million gift has helped the University of Kansas School of Business to establish a new insurance and risk management certificate program, which will launch in the fall.The gift, from Cheryl Lockton Williams, of...

Hoppe Joins BevCap Management in Texas as Claims, Risk Management Director

Apr 9 2019 // BevCap Management in McKinney, Texas, has added Curtis Hoppe as director of Claims and Risk Management.Hoppe brings over 24 years of professional experience in auto liability, general liability and workers’...

Starr Appoints Capitano to Lead Primary General Casualty-Risk Management

Apr 8 2019 // Starr Insurance Companies has named Carmella Capitano, senior vice president, as head of primary general casualty-risk management and excess casualty.In this new role, Capitano will lead a team serving organizations with...

FERMA Criticizes Cyber Insurance Guidelines Proposed by Int’l Standards Organization

Apr 8 2019 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) is concerned about proposed cyber insurance guidelines being developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), calling them...

Hub International Acquires Assets of Illinois’ Premiere Risk Management

Apr 4 2019 // Chicago-based global insurance broker, Hub International Limited (Hub), has acquired the assets of Premiere Risk Management (PRM). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.Located in the Chicagoland area, PRM is a...

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Apr 1 2019 // Ironshore Specialty Casualty has appointed Casey Hartley as senior vice president and head of programs. She will oversee the development, marketing and distribution of programs lines, working with programs administrators...

Resolving Insurance Coverage and Claims Disputes

Apr 1 2019 // In last month’s column, I enumerated seven factors that enable one to avoid or prevent claim disputes:(1) Having a good historical perspective of the industry; (2) Understanding and embracing two foundational...

Insurance Office of America Hires 3 in Florida

Mar 14 2019 // Insurance Office of America (IOA) has added three new staff members to its offices in Florida.Michelle Newton joined the company’s office in Tampa. With nearly 20 years’ experience, Newton specializes in...

Missouri’s POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Launches Emerging Risks Unit

Mar 12 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has launched an emerging risks division. This new sector will focus on insurance risk strategies that are aligned with cyber, technology, cannabis...

Wells Fargo CEO Grilled at Congressional Hearing Probing Customer Abuse Scandal

Mar 12 2019 // Democratic and Republican lawmakers on Tuesday pressed Wells Fargo & Co Chief Executive Tim Sloan for proof the bank has put a string of consumer abuse scandals behind it at a tense congressional hearing that saw Sloan...

Walmart’s Stills Named to RIMS 2019 Risk Management Honor Roll

Mar 7 2019 // David Stills, vice president, Global Risk Management at Arkansas-based Walmart Inc. has been named to the Risk Management Honor Roll by RIMS, the risk management society.Stills leads a team of over 550 risk management and...

Northwestern University’s Figora Named RIMS Risk Manager of the Year

Mar 7 2019 // Luke Figora, senior associate vice president and chief risk and compliance officer at Illinois’ Northwestern University has been selected as the 2019 RIMS Risk Manager of the Year.The RIMS Risk Manager of the Year...

NIP Group, AXA XL Partner on Greenhouse, Garden Center, Nursery Insurance Program

Mar 5 2019 // NIP Group, Inc. has entered into an underwriting agreement with AXA XL on its GrowPro insurance program. GrowPro provides a complete insurance product for greenhouse growers, nurseries and garden centers...