All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Feb 22 2012 // The Government of Belgium has appointed Marie Gemma Dequae, currently a scientific advisor to the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) and a past president of the federation, as an independent...
Feb 15 2012 // In an effort to further strengthen driver safety programs, Travelers has introduced IntelliDrive Fleet Safety Solutions to help business owners use telematics technology to reduce auto risks.Travelers is offering the...
Feb 6 2012 // Now more than ever, the insurance professional’s ability to create a proactive risk management plan for clients is crucial to success. Insurance professionals handle many types of insurance policies. In fact,...
Feb 2 2012 // They say it’s a game, but it’s really a lot more than that.For football fans, the Super Bowl is every holiday rolled into one, especially when their teams have made the big game. The stuff that dreams are made...
Feb 1 2012 // A new risk management tool promises to help insurance companies understand wide swings in loss estimates from traditional catastrophe models and better plan for large loss events.Karen Clark & Co. (KCC), founded by a...
Jan 31 2012 // The Independent Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) Big “I” Professional Liability Program and Swiss Re Corporate Solutions have launched a new risk management website.The “E&O Happens”...
Jan 25 2012 // Seattle, Wash.-based consulting and actuarial firm Milliman Inc. has formed Milliman Risk Institute, designed to provide scientific-based thought leadership to executive management on all facets of enterprise risk.The new...
Jan 25 2012 // ACE Risk Management has created a national transportation industry segment to offer customized primary casualty coverage for this class.The coverage offered through ACE Risk Management’s specialty transportation...
Jan 23 2012 // Woodbury, N.Y.-based Sterling & Sterling appointed Leslie Nylund as president of the insurance brokerage. Nylund will be responsible for the firm’s operations, including sales, employee benefits, client services...
Jan 19 2012 // A newly published study from insurance think tank the Geneva Association analyzes the principle concerns facing the industry in 2012. The current global financial instability tops the list. It’s closely followed by...
Jan 11 2012 // PSA Insurance & Financial Services acquired the Baltimore office of San Mateo, Calif.-based Edgewood Partners Insurance Center (EPIC), a provider of risk management and insurance services.Insurance veteran Craig...
Jan 9 2012 // Liberty Syndicate Management Limited, a member of Liberty Mutual Group, has appointed Dan Wilkinson as Head of Risk Management. He formerly held the position of Chief Risk Officer at an international insurance...
Jan 9 2012 // What do Barbara Dooley, Academy of Insurance memberships and “Insurance is Not Risk Management” have in common? All three were added to Insurance Journal‘s Academy of Insurance in 2011.Barbara Dooley...
Dec 22 2011 // Vermont Mutual Insurance Company, based in Montpelier, Vt., recently appointed industry veteran Donald Rung as property risk control manager. Rung has more than 33 years of loss control experience in the insurance industry...
Dec 22 2011 // “Commercial insurance buyers generally want better insurance products to cover their supply chain risks,” according to a recent survey conducted by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations...
Dec 20 2011 // XL Group’s North America primary casualty group appointed industry veteran Jay Lefkowitz to a newly created position of head of U.S. risk management.Lefkowitz is based in New York and reports to Ken Riegler, who is...
Dec 19 2011 // Moody’s Corp. has acquired Barrie & Hibbert Limited, a provider of risk management modeling tools for insurance companies worldwide.The acquisition broadens Moody’s Analytics suite of software solutions for...
Dec 19 2011 // Santa Claus will need a lot more than milk and cookies this Christmas—he’ll need about $1.2 million to pay for insurance coverage.That will buy him peace of mind and about $1.175 billion in coverage for all of the...
Dec 13 2011 // Some in the insurance industry are staking their futures on the reputations of others. That is, they are looking to insure reputational risk.With the boom in social media, interest in reputational risk has itself boomed....
Dec 8 2011 // Ohio-based Hylant Group has tapped wellness professional Jerid Baxter to lead its growing health and wellness practice. Baxter will be responsible for designing and implementing programming and building the tools and...