Latest Risk Management Headlines

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

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Aug 20 2018 // Roger Walleck, vice president of Underwriting at Missouri Employers Mutual, has been elected to serve on the national underwriting committee for the workers’ compensation rate making organization, National Council on...

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Aug 20 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers & Consultants, a retail property and casualty and employee benefits insurance brokerage and consulting firm, has announced that Lou D’Agostino and his Iron Cove Partners team have joined...

Best Revises Outlook for NITIC of South Carolina

Aug 20 2018 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR of “bbb” of...

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Aug 20 2018 // AssuredPartners, Inc. has promoted Joe Guercio to executive vice president of Operations, with a focus on EBITDA growth through managing its branch offices, the integration of new acquisitions, operational efficiencies...

AIR Worldwide Updates Wildfire Model with Event-Based Risk Management Approach

Aug 17 2018 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has released an updated Wildfire Model for the United States designed to provide a comprehensive view of the risk of wildfire to property within the 13 westernmost...

Marsh Launches Solicitor’s Professional Indemnity Solution in England, Wales

Aug 14 2018 // Marsh has launched a new insurance solution to assist small and mid-sized law firms in England and Wales in managing their professional indemnity (PI) risks.Available exclusively to Marsh clients, the solution uses...

Higginbotham Acquires Aviation Specialist, Colt Risk Management

Aug 10 2018 // Fort Worth, Texas-based Higginbotham has acquired Colt Risk Management Services (CRMS).CRMS is an independent commercial insurance broker specializing in aviation risk. The CRMS team has moved to Higginbotham’s...

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Aug 6 2018 // Risk management services firm, Hanover Stone Partners, has tapped Ellen Shew Holland to lead its newly established national higher education practice. She is based in Dallas.Shew Holland will lead a practice that will...

A Whole New Ballgame: Managing Risk for World Champion Houston Astros

Aug 6 2018 // Monica Rusch’s work was easier when the Houston Astros were losers.She was accustomed to worrying about fans being hit by balls, drunks getting too rowdy, players suffering injuries, thieves breaking into parked...

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Aug 6 2018 // Caledonia, Michigan-based retail consulting and insurance brokerage, Acrisure, appointed industry veteran William Malloy as president of its Specialty Division.Malloy has extensive leadership experience in the insurance...

AIR Releases New Reinsurance Catastrophe Modeling Software, Touchstone Re

Aug 3 2018 // Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide announced that it has released Touchstone Re™, a new catastrophe modeling software application designed for estimating the loss potential of reinsurance contracts and...

Chubb Partners with DynaRisk to Offer Cyber Loss Mitigation Service in UK, Ireland

Jul 30 2018 // Chubb has partnered with cyber security company DynaRisk to offer a cyber loss mitigation service to Chubb’s Cyber Enterprise Risk Management policyholders in the UK and Ireland.The DynaRisk service assesses a...

Marsh to Sell Risk Management Software Unit ClearSight to Riskonnect

Jul 26 2018 // Risk management services company Riskonnect said it has agreed to acquire Marsh ClearSight, a risk, safety, and claims software and services and a business unit of insurance broker Marsh.Terms of the transaction, which is...

Alliant Adds 3 to Georgia-Based Construction Services Team

Jul 25 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services, a nationwide specialty insurance brokerage firm, has made three additions to its Construction Services Group headquartered in Alpharetta, Ga.Danielle Maxey has joined as account executive. In...

U.S. Flood Models Still in Infancy, So Underwriters Must Be ‘Cautious Consumers’

Jul 24 2018 // The market for privately written inland flood insurance in the United States is growing rapidly, but flood modeling is still in its infancy. As a result, underwriters need to be aware of the differences that exist among...

What’s New in Today’s Construction Insurance Market

Jul 23 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...

Indiana’s Butler University to Launch Online Master’s in Risk, Insurance

Jul 19 2018 // The Lacy School of Business at Indiana’s Butler University plans to launch an online Master of Science in Risk and Insurance (MSRI) program beginning in January 2019.The school says the program is among the first of...

SCM Acquires Affirmative Risk Management in Arkansas

Jul 18 2018 // SCM Insurance Services has acquired Affirmative Risk Management in Little Rock, Arkansas. ARM will continue to be led by David Elliott, its president. Elliott will report to Scott Goodreau, chief operating officer of USA...

Risk Strategies Acquires Maryland’s Oxford Risk Management Group

Jul 18 2018 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired Oxford Risk Management Group, a Sparks, Md.-based provider of alternative risk and captive...

Willis Towers Watson Names Botkin as Health Care Industry Lead

Jul 16 2018 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has appointed Mary Botkin, as health care industry lead in its Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) segment.Botkin will be responsible for delivering the company’s integrated risk...