Latest Risk Management Headlines

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

AIR Worldwide Announces New Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics Service

Apr 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has announced the availability of “Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics,” which it described as a “new service for corporations and emergency management agencies...

Aon Global Risk Management Survey Highlights ‘Top 10’ Risks for 2013 & 2016

Apr 23 2013 // “Risk leaders are struggling to identify and manage the major risks facing their organizations,” according to the biannual Aon Global Risk Management Survey released by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk...

RIMS in Southern California Touts Risks

Apr 22 2013 // Risk managers will play a greater role in strategic planning in the near future, according to a report issued on Monday.That was among the plethora of risk related information delivered at the annual Risk and Insurance...

Concerns Over Patient Safety a Top Concern for Hospital Leaders, Risk Managers: Study

Apr 22 2013 // The lack of teamwork combined with a negative culture and poor communication in hospitals today presents a barrier when it comes to patient safety in the future, according to a new survey.The survey results revealed a...

Hylant’s Skirvin Named Risk Management Professional of the Year

Apr 17 2013 // Sara Skirvin, client service manager at Toledo, Ohio-based Hylant, recently was named Risk Management Professional of the Year at the Region IV Conference of the International Association of Insurance Professionals. The...

Ascot Appoints Taylor to Board of Directors

Apr 15 2013 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd. announced the appointment of Paul Taylor as its new Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Ascot’s Risk Committee.Taylor is the owner and managing director of Risk Management Options...

People

Apr 8 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has promoted Matthew Schneider to chief operating officer for the Greater New York region.Based in Aon’s New York office, Schneider will focus on...

Top 10 Hot New Markets

Mar 25 2013 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and expansions during the past year. Here are the top 10 market sectors that just might deliver hot opportunities for agents and brokers in the property/casualty...

Donors, Relief Organizations Meet on CCRIF’s New Excess Rainfall Product

Mar 18 2013 // The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) and the Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) hosted a strategic donor meeting at the offices of the CDB in Barbados on March 6, 2013 to discuss ways to support...

Report Questions Insurer Readiness, Attitudes on Climate Change

Mar 7 2013 // A report out Thursday that details responses to a climate change survey from insurers doing business in California, Washington and New York shows many insurers are prepared to deal with today’s extreme weather...

ACE Releases Employment Practices Risk Management Tool

Mar 1 2013 // The ACE Group has created an employment practices risk management tool with a global labor and employment law firm – Littler Mendelson (Littler). The new tool will be available to ACE’s primary EPL and private...

Building Updates: Aging Electrical Systems

Feb 25 2013 // Editor’s note: This is the first of a three-part series to explain insurers’ requirements for building updates and to help agents advise clients on mitigating risks inherent in older buildings. Later articles...

People

Feb 11 2013 // San Diego, Calif.-based Barney & Barney LLC named David Freeman director of property/casualty sales.Freeman, who will be based in San Diego, will oversee a team of client executives in San Diego, Orange County, Oakland...

AIG Survey Shows Top Executives’ Concerns with Cyber Risk

Feb 8 2013 // A survey of perceptions about cyber risk sponsored by the American International Group Inc. (AIG) found that among corporate executives, more are concerned about cyber threats than about other major business risks.More...

FERMA Cites Survey Highlighting Company Neglect of Cyber Risks

Jan 30 2013 // “Many companies still do not devote sufficient attention to cyber risks, despite an increase in frequency, scope, and sophistication – and harsher penalties for lack of regulatory compliance and loss of...

Business Moves – Midwest

Jan 28 2013 // Willis North AmericaWillis North America, a unit of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings, has relocated its Cleveland, Ohio office to 1001 Lakeside Ave., Suite 1600. Willis established a presence in Ohio more than...

Business Moves – East

Jan 28 2013 // ACORD, DISAACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development), the nonprofit global data standards organization for the insurance industry, and DISA (Data Interchange Standards Association), the...

Governments Struggle with Financial Crisis as the Planet Warms up

Jan 11 2013 // The global economy has been through economic recessions before, and has eventually recovered from them. This time around, however, it must do so while coping with the ever increasing menace of climate change – that makes...

New Risk Management Consulting Firm Launched in Pennsylvania

Jan 11 2013 // A new risk management consulting firm recently opened its doors for business in Pennsylvania. Auspice Risk is an independent risk management consulting firm based in West Chester, near Philadelphia. Girija Shaffer, chief...

Aviation Risk Management Expert Joins Lockton in Kansas City

Jan 10 2013 // Ty Carter, an experienced aviation risk management executive and pilot has joined the Lockton Global Aviation Group in the insurance broker’s Kansas City office as producer.Carter will be responsible for advising...