All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 24 2006 // At various points in history — the Great Dust Bowl of the 1930s, urban riots of the 1960s, and terrorism today — watershed events or trends ushered in structural changes within the U.S. insurance industry....
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...
Dec 10 2006 // Whether you’re talking about road contractors or hospitals or agents and brokers, every organization has in-house expertise. And you want to use it. You need to bring members together to share best practices.The...
Dec 8 2006 // Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) requires actuaries to assume the role of strategic risk managers in instituting what is essentially a cultural change in a company’s operations, actuaries were told at the Casualty...
Dec 5 2006 // Driven in part by increased demands from regulatory and rating agencies, enterprise risk management (ERM) has become integral to insurers’ business processes around the world. Sixty percent of survey respondents...
Nov 27 2006 // Oswald Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, announced the opening of a Minneapolis office. The focus of the new office is business insurance solutions in property & casualty and benefits for manufacturing, retail,...
Nov 7 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...
Nov 6 2006 // While they may require more attention, nonprofits offer opportunity for growth and profit, says industry specialistInsurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega-Wells, Mogelnicki explains why the nonprofit social services market...
Nov 5 2006 // Few independent agents recognize that they can make profits from not-for-profit organizations, says Dan Mogelnicki, president of Manhasset, N.Y.-based NIF Underwriting Facilities, a program administrator and wholesale...
Oct 31 2006 // Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the global commercial insurance industry, released the results of its recent hospital professional liability claims study done in cooperation...
Oct 23 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs.As an example,...
Oct 18 2006 // Chicago-based Aon announced it has named Corporate Treasurer Diane Aigotti to the new position of Chief Risk Officer.Aigotti will work with business units around the world to identify, measure and manage key risks...
Oct 11 2006 // Chris Hughes, with Swingle, Collins & Associates, is the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD).Swingle Collins reported that Hughes joins officer ranks with firm president, Frank Swingle,...
Oct 10 2006 // Time and resource constraints are hindering risk managers’ efforts to help their organizations prepare for catastrophes, such as power outages, avian flu or extreme weather, according to the latest Economist...
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs.As an example,...
Oct 9 2006 // One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the...
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs.As an example,...
Sep 29 2006 // Certified Risk Managers (CRM) announced from Austin that it has scheduled a course in risk management to be held in Monterey, Mexico Oct. 18-21 in Spanish. CRM called the course – “Principios de la...
Sep 28 2006 // The next time you go to church, you may notice security guards, controlled access, or a secure drop box for collections. These are just some of the innovative safety and security measures being implemented by churches...
Sep 28 2006 // Connecticut-based Specialty lines insurer Beazley announced that it is expanding BeazleySource, its proprietary risk management platform, to include information and advice for fiduciaries and administrators of employee...