All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 27 2021 // Bayer said today it will initiate a series of actions to address potential future litigation over its Roundup weedkiller product following the rejection of its $2 billion Roundup class settlement yesterday by a U.S....
May 20 2021 // Element Risk Management has acquired Smith Insurance with locations in Hershey and Williamstown, Pennsylvania. Smith Insurance was founded as a small insurance agency by James J. Smith in 1933. The agency was bought by...
May 11 2021 // Business Benefits of Risk Modeler Driving Customer Adoption; Insurers, Reinsurers, and Brokers from Every Major Global Region Have Adopted Risk ModelerNewark, Calif., May 11, 2021 – At its annual Exceedance conference...
Apr 30 2021 // During the RIMS LIVE 2021 Virtual Conference finale, RIMS CEO Mary Roth and RIMS President Ellen Dunkin announced the University of Hartford student team as the winner of the 2021 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management...
Apr 21 2021 // Driven by the COVID-19 pandemic, businesses and public entities increased their reliance on risk management technologies, as vendors expanded their offerings to meet their needs.A survey of 1,100 risk professionals found...
Apr 20 2021 // A cannabis risk management group through its captive is rolling property, general premises liability and product liability coverage to cannabis dispensaries and associated grow facilities.The National Cannabis Risk...
Apr 16 2021 // Insurance technology provider Zywave announced the acquisition of Enquiron, the Boston-based provider of risk management and consultative business solutions.Financial details of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded...
Apr 5 2021 // The Cyber Insurance Risk Framework, launched recently by the New York State Department of Financial Services, is a positive step for both insurers and insureds because it calls on insurers to consider more explicitly how...
Mar 26 2021 // Element Risk Management has acquired Henderson Insurance of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Our Legacy Insurance of Front Royal, Virginia.Henderson Insurance, founded by Jim Henderson in 1978, has served the central...
Mar 25 2021 // The U.S. securities regulator has opened an inquiry into Wall Street’s blank check acquisition frenzy and is seeking information on how underwriters are managing the risks involved, said four people with direct...
Mar 24 2021 // Global insurance brokerage, risk management and consulting services firm, Arthur J. Gallagher & Co., has acquired South Bend, Indiana-based R&R Benefits/Risk Management LLC.Terms of the transaction were not...
Mar 22 2021 // Restaurants are risky businesses. They take more cash than you would think. They take more time than you want to invest and have more problems than anyone wants to deal with.Many restaurants struggle with keeping...
Mar 19 2021 // More than 200 guests joined the Insurance Industry Charitable Foundation Western Division for the virtual Horizon Award Gala on Thursday.Due to the pandemic, this year’s IICF gala, an event that often requires...
Feb 25 2021 // While renewable energy sources such as wind turbines and solar panels fuel a fraction of the state’s energy grid, the bulk of Texas’ power is supplied by natural gas, coal and nuclear plants, with natural gas...
Feb 11 2021 // OneDigital has acquired HM Employee Benefits and Risk Management (HM), located in St. Louis, Missouri.This acquisition is the first to integrate property/casualty (P/C) into OneDigital’s suite of health, retirement...
Feb 9 2021 // Cowbell Cyber, an AI-powered cyber insurance provider for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), has launched Cowbell Connect, its partner program which offers policyholders with risk management services to address and...
Feb 1 2021 // The Private Risk Management Association (PRMA), a nonprofit educational organization for risk management professionals in the insurance industry, has formed its newest chapter in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.PRMA chapters...
Jan 12 2021 // Insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has introduced two new cyber risk assessment services – the Workforce Cyber Culture Assessment (WCCA) and the Ransomware Risk Assessment (RRA)Willis Towers Watson describes the WCCA...
Jan 8 2021 // Wednesday, January 6, 2021, was a historic day in the US.It could have been historic because the US Congress was voting to certify an election. That happens every four years. Most of the time, it’s with little...
Dec 23 2020 // Insurance advisory organization AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services) has received approval from the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation for its new predictive model. The AAIS Fire Loss and Mitigation...