All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2008 // Risk managers report that commercial policy renewal prices are continuing to drop even as insurers are battling a decline in statutory surplus.According to RIMS Benchmark Survey, an industry survey of policy renewal prices...
Nov 2 2008 // In sports, the best offense is a great defense, right? When it comes to preventing errors and omissions claims defensive measures are also the best offense in protecting an insurance agency. Defensive strategies, or risk...
Nov 2 2008 // 40 Risk Management Steps Independent Agents Implemented to Lower Their Risk The exclusive 2008 Insurance Journal Agency E&O Survey asked independent agents what risk management steps their agency has implemented to...
Oct 24 2008 // Two major hurricanes and a global credit crunch were not enough to derail the relentless soft commercial insurance market in the third quarter, according to RIMS Benchmark Survey, an industry survey of policy renewal...
Oct 21 2008 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions has opened a new office in Beijing, China, as a sign of its commitment to support the growth of the property insurance industry and risk mitigation efforts in China. The...
Oct 20 2008 // No-one expects a fallen Master of the Universe to say sorry. But academics say an apology — for all the litigation risk it entails — can be the basis of revitalised confidence and trust.With global markets...
Oct 20 2008 // Calabasas, Calif.-based Lionheart Insurance Services hired Pat Piccinonno and Joe Weckerle Jr. to head its newly opened Irvine, Calif., office.Piccinonno, appointed president, has 35 years of insurance management and...
Oct 20 2008 // One of Pat Oliphant’s more recent editorial cartoons shows presidential candidate John McCain held in the trunk of an enraged elephant labeled “The Economy.” “My friends,” says McCain to a...
Oct 16 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced from its London headquarters the election of Alice Underwood to the Board of Directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) for a three...
Oct 14 2008 // A new briefing paper from Marsh shows how insurance and risk management strategies can help UK firms improve liquidity, free up cash, strengthen their financial resilience and continue operating profitably during...
Oct 14 2008 // Risk Management Solutions announced that it is “partnering in an innovative program launched by HSBC to provide fund managers globally with direct access to specialist climate change research.“As the present...
Oct 7 2008 // As the use of corporate and general aviation aircraft increases, Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Aviation is expanding its insurance products and services with new aviation coverage offerings including non-owned aircraft liability...
Oct 6 2008 // Hawaii Pacific University has instituted a graduate program in insurance and risk management.According to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, “HPU’s graduate insurance program is the first in the West....
Oct 1 2008 // The financial crisis gripping the United States has senior finance executives more likely to be concerned about their firms’ risk management practices (72%) than they are about such issues as accessing both long-term...
Sep 25 2008 // Zurich Financial Services has announced the following appointments within its Risk Management Group.Adrian Zweig (50, Swiss citizen), currently Head of Strategic Asset Allocation and Asset and Liability Management (ALM),...
Sep 22 2008 // Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely — from $8 billion to $16 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has pointed out that only...
Sep 19 2008 // Hawaii Pacific University has instituted a graduate program in insurance and risk management.According to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, “HPU’s graduate insurance program is the first in the West....
Sep 18 2008 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson appointed Craig Nelson senior vice president, focusing on the development and management of accounts in the retail industry from the company’s Denver office. Nelson has 28 years of...
Sep 15 2008 // Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely – from $6 billion to $18 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has pointed out that...
Sep 15 2008 // Construction Risk Management Consultants LLC (CRMC) a unique, highly specialized insurance and risk management consultancy with expertise in the design and implementation of professional liability risk management programs...