Latest Risk Management Headlines

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

A.M. Best Ratings Recap

Feb 5 2018 // Outlooks Positive: Northwest G.F. Mutual Insurance Co.A.M. Best revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of...

8 Ways Cyber Threats and Business Security Will Change This Year: Aon’s Predictions

Feb 2 2018 // As cyber attacks increasingly threaten business and grow in volume and scale, companies will be forced to take new measures to address cybersecurity risk holistically, integrating it more aggressively into their enterprise...

Risk Management for Super Bowl Requires Team Effort

Feb 2 2018 // Assessing and managing risk for an event like the Super Bowl is more than a matter of just looking around the venue for possible slip and fall hazards and hiring a few security guards to ensure no one enters the stadium...

5 Simple Risk Management Tips for Super Bowl LII

Jan 31 2018 // As we approach Super Bowl LII in US Bank Stadium in Minneapolis in which all-time great quarterback Tom Brady leads the Patriots against the underdog Eagles, what risk management issues are affecting the game and fans?...

MJ Insurance Adds Rarick as Risk Management Consultant in Arizona

Jan 16 2018 // MJ Insurance has added Justin Rarick as a risk management consultant in its Phoenix, Ariz. office. Rarick is responsible for driving sales and service to new and existing clients. Rarick previously was a commercial claims...

Name Change at Missouri’s Powers Insurance Reflects Risk Management Focus

Dec 19 2017 // What’s in a name? When St. Louis-based Powers Insurance and Benefits changed its name in August to Powers Insurance & Risk Management, it was a strategic move that had been in the works for several years,...

Powers Insurance’s Name Change Reflects Risk Management Focus

Dec 18 2017 // What’s in a name? When St. Louis-based Powers Insurance and Benefits changed its name in August to Powers Insurance & Risk Management, it was a strategic move that had been in the works for several years,...

What to Know About the Senior Care Market

Dec 13 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...

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Dec 4 2017 // Hudson Insurance Group has added Wallace Moreman as senior vice president. In this new position, Moreman will establish a subcontractor default insurance (SDI) business for Hudson.Christopher Gallagher, president and CEO...

Associated Risk Managers’ Easley Named President of Indiana Big ‘I’

Dec 1 2017 // Greg Easley has been elected president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (Indiana Big “I”).Easley currently serves as chairman of Associated Risk Managers International (ARM), and previously has...

The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong

Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...

Miralles to Lead Enterprise Risk Management at CNA as Chief Risk Officer

Nov 17 2017 // Chicago-based commercial, CNA, has appointed Al Miralles as chief risk officer (CRO), effective Jan. 1, 2018. Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as senior vice president and treasurer and has been leading the Long Term Care...

Assurance Adds Wolfrey to Washington D.C. Team as Risk Management Consultant

Nov 17 2017 // Assurance, a Top 50 U.S. insurance brokerage, has hired Eric Wolfrey to its Washington D.C. team to serve as a risk management consultant.Wolfrey will provide business insurance and risk management solutions to a variety...

Insurance Council of Texas Scholarships Top $1 Million Mark

Nov 14 2017 // On November 15, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation will join the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton to celebrate the Education Foundation’s surpassing $1 million dollars in scholarships...

Allianz to Offer Small Business Cyber Risk Management Services Through Zeguro

Nov 8 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Silicon Valley-based software company Zeguro, to address cyber security and risk management for small to...

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Nov 6 2017 // Crop insurer, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa (FMH), announced that James A. Brost, retiring senior vice president with Holborn Corp., will join the FMH board of directors on Jan. 1, 2018.Brost began his...

Guidewire Completes Cyence Acquisition; Names Sherry, Maier to Top Posts as Roza Departs

Nov 1 2017 // Property/casualty insurance software provider Guidewire Software announced a transition in its sales and operations leadership, and the closure of its previously announced acquisition of Cyence.Guidewire announced that...

Allied World Adds Phishing Assessments to Cyber Risk Management Platform

Nov 1 2017 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH, has added a new service to the Allied World//FrameWRX cyber risk management product through Symantec Corporation’s Cyber Division. The new service provides Allied...

5 Risk Management Associations to Develop Mutual Recognition of Certifications

Oct 19 2017 // Five of the world’s largest risk management associations have agreed to work together towards a recognition of their respective risk management designations/certification programs.The organizations, ALARYS (Latin...

Former Patriots Players Speaking at Risk Conference Air Opinions on Kneeling

Oct 18 2017 // Watching NFL players kneel during the National Anthem didn’t sit well with a pair of former New England Patriots players, who aired their feelings about players protesting during the opening of football games during...