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