All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
May 14 2007 // Risk Management Solutions based in Newark, Calif., has named Robert Bentley chief operating officer. Bentley, who was previously Global COO at Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC., will be responsible for all operational aspects...
May 8 2007 // “Climate change will grow in importance for risk managers as the fight against global warming intensifies following the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC),” according to...
May 2 2007 // Bellevue, Wash.-based Symetra Financial has announced a definitive agreement to acquire Medical Risk Managers Inc. of South Windsor, Conn. The deal is expected to close by the end of second quarter 2007 and be accretive to...
Apr 30 2007 // The president of the nation’s leading risk management organization urged risk management professionals to “take the bull by the horns” to increase quality and customer service in the insurance placement...
Apr 27 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Tower Insurance Co. of New York (“Tower”) to ‘BB+’ from...
Apr 25 2007 // ACE USA has appointed Michael Harnett to the position of senior vice president, Mid-Atlantic region for ACE Risk Management (ARM). Based in Philadelphia, Harnett will oversee ARM branch operations in the Mid-Atlantic...
Apr 10 2007 // John D. Lord has joined Transport Risk Management Inc. in the National Sales and Production Department based in Conifer, Colo. He is a 14-year veteran in the insurance business, having spent 10 years in the aviation...
Apr 5 2007 // Sophisticated catastrophe models are greatly aiding commercial insurance actuaries in establishing underwriting and pricing guidelines for terrorist attacks, according to industry experts at this week’s Casualty...
Mar 26 2007 // Insuring child welfare organizations offers opportunities, rewards and good businessAfter spending most of her childhood and adolescent years growing up in foster care agencies, Rhonda Sciortino, a California independent...
Mar 26 2007 // After spending most of her childhood and adolescent years growing up in foster care agencies, Rhonda Sciortino, a California independent insurance agent, felt she had to give back in the best way she knew how. In 1989,...
Mar 23 2007 // According to a bulletin from Marsh’s London office, “businesses in the UK’s financial services sector are moving away from a compliance led approach toward operational risk, adopting instead more focused...
Mar 12 2007 // Fairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit risk management training and educational organization, says that risk management operations within government entities have gained a heightened importance...
Mar 12 2007 // Property/casualty insurance companies need to do a better job of implementing enterprise risk management, according to a recent study by Ernst and Young LLP. In its recent quarterly outlook addressing key trends and issues...
Mar 12 2007 // Risk management a higher priority for government entitiesFairfax, Va.-based Public Entity Risk Institute (PERI), a nonprofit risk management training and educational organization, says that risk management operations...
Feb 23 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in a new report that the risk management practices and internal control policies of Japan’s insurers are coming under increasing scrutiny following a series of...
Feb 9 2007 // William Mesure has joined Professional Underwriters in Exton, Pa. as senior risk control consultant. Mesure is charged with regularly consulting with clients to reduce risks, helping employers respond to employee concerns,...
Feb 5 2007 // Darwin Professional Underwriters Inc. has established a comprehensive risk management and loss control program for its managed care errors and omissions (E&O) liability policyholders at no additional cost.The services...
Feb 1 2007 // According to a new report the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), sponsored by ACE, “nearly 30 percent of senior executives and risk professionals surveyed said their companies had been forced to cancel existing...
Feb 1 2007 // Aon’s Agribusiness and Food Systems Group has created a new unit to focus on the specialized risks associated with the bio-fuels industry.Aon’s new Agri-Fuels Risk Management Group (AFRMG), based in Kansas...
Jan 31 2007 // With the Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act (TRIEA) set to expire in December 2007, experts are speculating whether Congress will renew TRIEA as is, scale back its provisions or scrap it altogether. This widespread...