All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 4 2011 // The University of California (UC) has redefined the rules of cyber liability insurance, using an approach that the University’s Chief Risk Officer Grace Crickette calls “reverse underwriting.”...
Apr 4 2011 // Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. added Christian Kortebein as senior vice president and chief actuary. He will report to the chief financial officer and be responsible for setting direction and...
Mar 31 2011 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today announced a reorganization of Chartis, its global property/casualty business, and named a new management team, including a new chief executive officer, Peter D. Hancock,...
Mar 11 2011 // Rafael Fernandez has been named director of loss control and claims for Cavignac & Associates, a San Diego-based risk management and insurance brokerage firm. In his new post, Fernandez is responsible for evaluating...
Mar 9 2011 // Rocklin, Calif.-based Intercare Specialty Risk Insurance Services Inc. and PRM Insurance Services Inc. have inked a contractual agreement for the companies to work together under the management of newly formed Phoenix Risk...
Mar 8 2011 // MDS Holdings, the fast growing Iberian and Latin American insurance broking group, has launched HERCO Portugal as part of its initiative to expand its international risk management practice.HERCO was first established in...
Mar 7 2011 // During my 30-plus years as the owner of one of the largest independent insurance agencies in Texas, I’ve been a stalwart champion for professional education. As an industry, our success is rooted in our commitment to...
Mar 7 2011 // Similar to how the insurance industry helped to teach pizza chains that the 30-minute delivery promise was harmful from a safety perspective, insurance agents also can help advise restaurants on how to avoid...
Mar 1 2011 // St. Louis, Mo.-based workers’ compensation excess insurer, Midwest Employers Casualty Co. (MECC), announced it has launched a Healthcare Risk Management Practice.MECC said it created the Healthcare Risk Management...
Feb 21 2011 // It may be the perfect storm that will change the workers’ compensation landscape for decades. Individually, the forces are daunting, but put together the impact could be industry changing. Health care reform,...
Feb 15 2011 // Risk managers have found things to like, and not like, in President Barack Obama’s budget proposal for the 2012 fiscal year.The Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS) expressed its continued opposition to a...
Feb 10 2011 // Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group’s Property and Inland Marine Division has promoted two insurance executives: Grace Thomas and Cecil Wilson.Thomas was promoted to divisional senior vice...
Feb 7 2011 // FARA Insurance Services, a Mandeville, La.-based provider of claims administration and risk management solutions nationwide, appointed Laura Tarantino to the company’s board of directors. As FARA’s senior vice...
Feb 7 2011 // Some small business owners are expressing their intentions to invest in future growth, as economic storm clouds of the past few years show signs of clearing. The National Federation of Independent Business’ latest...
Feb 7 2011 // State and municipal governments are facing tight budgets and many are having difficulty paying for their police, fire, schools and services. Where the municipalities can’t cut back, however, is on...
Feb 4 2011 // The Super Bowl XLV may be the biggest game of the year, and to some, it also presents super-sized risk management challenges. The National Football League said it is expecting a record crowd of 105,000 attendees at Cowboys...
Jan 27 2011 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has expanded its office team with the appointment of Silke Huber as project coordinator. She will be involved with FERMA’s events, particularly the Risk...
Jan 25 2011 // Dallas-based MHBT, one of the largest privately owned insurance and risk management firms in the United States, recently announced that Ryan Bowles, Dan King, Jim Moss and Travis Sartain have been named partners in the...
Jan 24 2011 // Marsh appointed Jill Sulkes as head of its U.S. Financial Institutions Practice.Sulkes has more than 15 years of experience in risk management for financial institutions, most recently as a managing director in...
Jan 20 2011 // Marsh has named Anthony Mastrolia leader of construction risk management within its U.S. construction practice. Mastrolia, who will be based in New Jersey, is a 35-year vertern of the insurance and risk management...