All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 7 2018 // When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same prize but different ideas about how to secure it. That’s one of the key findings of “Agent Voices 2018,” a soon-to-be-released report...
May 7 2018 // Upgrade: Nodak InsuranceA.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Nodak...
May 7 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season.That...
Apr 20 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season.That...
Apr 17 2018 // A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) have won the 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, the Spencer Educational Foundation reports.Case study provider Andrew Bent, risk manager at Sage...
Apr 17 2018 // Emerging technologies continue to rapidly change the way businesses operate and interact with customers, yet risk management processes are not keeping pace with the associated risks, according to a report published today...
Apr 17 2018 // When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same prize but different ideas about how to secure it. That’s one of the key findings of “Agent Voices 2018,” a soon-to-be-released report...
Apr 16 2018 // Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years...
Apr 6 2018 // Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years...
Apr 5 2018 // The increasing use of predictive analytics among commercial lines insurers has helped improve their bottom lines and led to more balanced underwriting cycles, A.M. Best says in a report.“Underwriting cycles have been...
Apr 4 2018 // Alliant Insurance Services Inc. has acquired Dumortier Risk Management Inc., a Los Angeles, Calif.-based insurance brokerage firm that specializes in hospitality risk management.Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Chris...
Apr 3 2018 // Note: This story originally ran in The Texas Tribune.Most of the houses along Crosby Eastgate Road in Southeast Texas and its neighboring streets are one-story outfits on sprawling green lots. In their driveways are spare...
Mar 7 2018 // A classic mistake made by many small and medium sized enterprises is to assume that they are immune from cyber attacks because hackers and fraudsters have bigger fish to fry. As a result, SMEs can be under-prepared in the...
Mar 5 2018 // Integro Insurance Brokers has named Jacquelyn Neal as a principal in the marine practice. Neal is based in the San Francisco, Calif., office.She will manage a book of existing marine clients and develop new cargo and...
Feb 26 2018 // San Francisco-based EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added veteran Maurice (Moe) Edwards and Walter Palmer to its team of risk assurance and asset protection professionals in Houston.This new national practice...
Feb 22 2018 // Risk Strategies, a Boston, Mass.-headquartered, privately held national insurance brokerage and risk management firm, has acquired New York City-based Prosurance Redeker Group LTD., a specialty brokerage serving architects...
Feb 20 2018 // NAS Insurance Services has released a new miscellaneous E&O architects and engineers (A&E) insurance product that includes coverage for technology services and cyber liability coverage.NAS’ Architects and...
Feb 16 2018 // Few organizations are highly confident in their ability to manage the risk of a cyber attack, despite viewing cyber security as a top risk management priority, according to a new global survey conducted by Marsh and...
Feb 7 2018 // One of the most popular requests that we are getting lately at the Academy of Insurance is: Do you have any training for new insurance personnel? By the way, the simple answer to that question is (as you may have guessed)...
Feb 5 2018 // Evergreen Insurance and Risk Management, a Monsey, N.Y.-based real estate insurer, has promoted Joel Kivelevitz to vice president of operations. He began working in his new capacity February 1. Kivelevitz has worked at...