All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 17 2016 // Ohio-based Demotech Inc. recently affirmed the financial stability ratings (FSRs) assigned to six self-funded public entity pools in the Midwest.Demotech reviews and rates more than 415 insurers, writing every line of...
Feb 16 2016 // Demotech Inc. has affirmed the “AAA” Financial Stability Rating (FSR) assigned to Pennsylvania Intergovernmental Risk Management Association (PIRMA), a self-funded public entity pool.Demotech said PIRMA is a...
Feb 9 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...
Feb 8 2016 // It’s anticipated that by 2020 there will be hundreds of thousands of unfilled positions in the insurance industry and that some 25 percent of those currently working in the sector will retire within the next three...
Feb 3 2016 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Gerald Ladner, Sr. and reappointed Rosemary Gammon for terms set to expire on Feb. 1, 2021, to the board of the State Office of Risk Management. Dr. Lloyd Garland was named as...
Jan 26 2016 // Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Coca-Cola Co. and 73 other companies that together buy more than $2 trillion of goods and services are unprepared for climate shocks because suppliers are ignoring requests for data on their...
Jan 25 2016 // JLT Specialty USA, a U.S. subsidiary of Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc. (JLT), named Robert Trinkleback as its new senior vice president, Casualty Risk Control leader at JLT’s Chicago office.Trinkleback, who most...
Jan 14 2016 // Willis Towers Watson has appointed Alexander van Kuffeler as regional leader of Financial Institutions in Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Africa (CEEMEA).Based in London, van Kuffeler takes up the role with...
Jan 8 2016 // RIMS, the risk management society, announced that Julie Pemberton will lead the group as president for the 2016 term.Pemberton is the director of Enterprise Risk and Insurance Management for Outerwall Inc. She has been a...
Jan 5 2016 // QBE North America said announced that Joseph Davide has joined the organization as senior vice president, Risk Management, QBE’s large risk business in North America. This business is part of QBE’s Standard...
Dec 18 2015 // Lisa Prinz McKee Risk Management Inc. in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has hired Lisa Prinz as vice president of the Social Services Practice. Prinz was previously at Harleysville/Nationwide Insurance where she started...
Dec 18 2015 // Wells Fargo Insurance said it has hired more than 100 professionals in recent months as it seeks to grow and improve customer service.“Continuing to invest in talent is critical to the success of our business and...
Dec 7 2015 // British insurers could have to pay out up to £250 million ($377 million) in claims to owners of homes and businesses, industry specialists said on Monday, after the northwest of England suffered once-in-a-century floods...
Dec 7 2015 // The cost and frequency of cyber-related security threats are on the rise. Some estimates claim that one-in-six businesses have experienced a cyber attack in the past year while the cost of cyber attacks on global...
Nov 18 2015 // Debra Richardson, director of a new University of Texas at Dallas concentration in risk management and insurance (RMI), plans to have students in that area equipped to fill some of 400,000 industry vacancies anticipated by...
Nov 16 2015 // Male risk managers in higher education are paid more on average than their female counterparts but the gap is closing as women gain experience in the field, according to a survey on risk manager compensation.Male risk...
Nov 9 2015 // Male risk managers in higher education are paid more on average than their female counterparts but the gap is closing as women gain experience in the field, according to a survey on risk manager compensation.Male risk...
Oct 27 2015 // The Employment Practices Risk Management Association (EPRMA), based in Chicago, has enhanced its website (www.eprma.org), with three new employment practices training courses designed to help employers train senior staff...
Oct 14 2015 // Almost a quarter of the insurance industry is set to retire by 2022, and Butler University’s College of Business in Indianapolis is preparing its graduates to fill those voids by establishing its own student-run...
Oct 13 2015 // The Hostile Environment Liability Protection (HELP) program, a risk mitigation, crisis response and insurance program designed to guide and protect operations in hostile or complex environments, has added a new...