All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jun 4 2012 // The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said on May 21 that it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP).The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research...
May 23 2012 // The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania said this week it has established a new Wharton/Penn Risk and Insurance Program (WPRIP). The program’s goal is to promote and disseminate cutting-edge research on...
May 17 2012 // London-based Lloyd’s broker Cooper Gay & Co Ltd, the UK half of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford (CGSC], announced that Peter Dalton has been appointed Head of Risk Management, with immediate effect.Dalton started...
May 11 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa” of the property/casualty subsidiaries of The Travelers Companies, Inc....
May 7 2012 // The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research and the Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers announced that the agents association will assume administrative leadership of the Certified Risk...
Apr 30 2012 // A heightened focus on insurance regulation as well as exposures related to reputational risk are top concerns for insurance executives today, reports a new survey.Nearly a third of executives responding to a survey...
Apr 26 2012 // IronHealth, Ironshore’s specialty healthcare unit, has entered into an agreement with The Sullivan Group, an international healthcare risk management and patient safety organization, to help clients manage risk...
Apr 18 2012 // AIR Worldwide (AIR) has expanded its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) products to help quantify, mitigate, and manage the risk associated with the impact of catastrophes on supply chain networks.AIR’s new...
Apr 18 2012 // To help business insurance customers find loss prevention opportunities and more efficiently analyze their loss experience, Travelers launched a new dashboard within e-CARMA, the company’s risk management information...
Apr 18 2012 // AIR Worldwide announced that it has “expanded its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) solutions to help quantify, mitigate, and manage the risk associated with the impact of catastrophes on supply chain...
Apr 18 2012 // Although risk managers are taking on more strategic roles in their organizations, a disconnect still exists in many organizations between how risk managers and senior leaders view the role of risk management, according to...
Apr 17 2012 // A group of risk management and insurance professionals have been honored with industry awards from the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS).RIMS’ most prestigious honor, the Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award,...
Apr 4 2012 // Global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company Accenture announced that it will team with SAS Institute “to implement the SAS Risk Management for Insurance solution group-wide at Folksam,...
Apr 3 2012 // The ability to validly elect or reject uninsured/underinsured (UM/UIM) motorist coverage has a significant economic impact on insureds and insurers. All 50 states and the District of Columbia have requirements regarding...
Apr 2 2012 // Keeping people safe while they’re living, working or studying anywhere in the world means knowing the specific risks they face in each location. Latin America — defined here as South America, Central America and...
Mar 19 2012 // When catastrophe models were first introduced in the late 1980s, they provided insurance and reinsurance companies with an improved methodology to estimate potential catastrophe losses from hurricanes. While the models...
Mar 16 2012 // Towers Watson said it has won two U.S. patents for its financial modeling technique designed to help insurance executives statistically sample and better understand and calculate risk exposures in real time.The global...
Mar 6 2012 // Englewood, Colo.–based risk analysis company IHS Inc. has completed three acquisitions for a total of about $45 million.The buyouts include Displaybank, which provides market research and consulting services for the...
Mar 6 2012 // Kristina Donaldson, commercial insurance account manager with Messer-Bowers Company, Enid, Okla., recently was named Risk Management Professional of the Year at the Region VI Conference of the International Association of...
Feb 24 2012 // Selective Insurance Group announced 10 officer appointments by its subsidiary, Selective Insurance Company of America:Kimberly Burnett (Sparta, N.J.) to executive vice president, chief human resources officer. Burnett...