Latest Risk Management Headlines

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Willis Towers Watson Announces New Leadership for North America Brokerage Unit

Jul 11 2017 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has made several senior appointments in its North America Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business.Mark Rusas has been appointed CRB Northeast region leader, where he will be...

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Jul 10 2017 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has named Jeff Henningsen as president of its Houston property/casualty insurance operation.Henningsen will take on an expanded leadership role in business development for the...

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Jul 10 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...

How Whirlpool Risk Manager Addresses Issues Before They Become Problems

Jul 6 2017 // A big part of risk management is acting to prevent problems before they happen — whether it involves the health and safety of employees, outside market forces, or mergers and acquisitions, according to the risk manager...

Career Crossing: RIMS Honoree Keaton Hopes to Get Back on Risk Management Track

Jun 22 2017 // Juliana Keaton had no idea when she started off as a lawyer litigating commercial insurance claims that her career path would someday lead her to be the risk manager of one of the largest railroad companies in the...

Whirlpool Risk Manager Strives to Solve Problems Before They Occur

Jun 19 2017 // A big part of risk management is acting to prevent problems before they happen — whether it involves the health and safety of employees, outside market forces, or mergers and acquisitions, according to the risk...

Easing Regulations, Speed of New Infrastructure Projects Raises Concerns for Underwriters

Jun 19 2017 // We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal...

Tech Targets Construction Risk Management

Jun 19 2017 // Water sensors that detect leaks before a lot of damage is done, wearables that track workers’ whereabouts and video cameras that monitor sites — the building industry is gradually adopting these and other...

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Jun 19 2017 // Stephens Insurance LLC, an affiliate of Stephens Inc., an independent, full service investment banking firm, has opened a property and casualty brokerage office in Birmingham, Ala.The new team–made up of Tice Young,...

Kaufman Financial Group CEO Joins St. John’s University Risk Management Board

Jun 15 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...

Paiano Succeeds Rupp as The Hartford’s Chief Risk Officer

Jun 13 2017 // The Hartford has named Robert Paiano as its new chief risk officer to lead the company’s enterprise risk management operations, effective July 1.Paiano succeeds current Chief Risk Officer Robert Rupp, who is...

Higginbotham Adds Schielack as VP in Houston

Jun 2 2017 // Texas-based insurance, risk management and employee benefits agency, Higginbotham, has hired commercial property and casualty insurance broker Kyle J. Schielack as vice president in Houston.He brings eight years’...

Pennsylvania’s Element Risk Management Acquires Rhodes Insurance Agency

Jun 2 2017 // West Chester, Penn.-based Element Risk Management has finalized the acquisition of Rhodes Insurance Agency Inc., also located in West Chester. The acquisition is expected to strengthen Element Risk’s footprint in...

Caribbean Cat Facility CCRIF & Caribbean Development Bank Launch Regional Risk Management Project

May 31 2017 // The Caribbean Development Bank and CCRIF SPC (formerly the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility) have launched a Caribbean risk management project.Formally known as “Integrated Sovereign Risk Management in...

Chubb Names Bryant as Regional Cyber Risk Manager, Europe

May 30 2017 // Chubb announced the appointment of Kyle Bryant to the newly created role of regional cyber risk manager, Europe.In his new role, Bryant will bring together Chubb’s dedicated local cyber risk expertise across its...

There’s No ‘Typical’ Day in the Work Cycle for Whirlpool’s Risk Manager

May 24 2017 // How does a company incorporate a sustainable and cohesive risk management system for an enterprise with nearly 100,000 employees, 70 manufacturing and technology research centers located in 170 countries around the world,...

The Hartford Launches Risk Management Platform For Large, Midsize Businesses

May 17 2017 // The Hartford has released a new risk management information system (RMIS) to address the evolving data needs of its largest commercial customers who are most at risk for loss. The new system – TREO | Track Risk. Explore...

Top 10 Technical Fouls to Avoid When Filing Environmental Claims

May 15 2017 // Benzinger is chief broking officer and managing director at Aon Risk Solutions Environmental Practice.Claims are where the rubber meets the road for an insurance policy. For some lines of coverage, like workers’...

There’s No ‘Typical’ Day at Work for Whirlpool’s Director of Risk Management

May 15 2017 // How do you incorporate a sustainable and cohesive enterprise risk management system across a company that has nearly 100,000 employees, 70 manufacturing and technology research centers located in 170 countries around the...

Will Technology Make Insurance Obsolete?

May 9 2017 // “Will technology make insurance obsolete?”That was the stark question posed by William Hartnett, a former Microsoft and ACORD executive, in his opening address to the 2017 Global Insurance Symposium, April...