All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 26 2005 // Illinois-based Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. has reported its financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2005.“Gallagher continues to do what it does best even in these challenging times — solve our...
Apr 22 2005 // An all-new education and designation program specifically for education risk management specialists has been developed by The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research in partnership with Texas Schools Risk...
Apr 20 2005 // The risk management community and the world’s largest insurance brokers sent mixed signals on the future of contingent commissions for insurance brokers and other potential areas of conflict of interest at this...
Apr 18 2005 // Workplace violence and staff turnover are cited by risk managers in the retail industry as among their biggest challenges to effectively managing their workers’ compensation exposures.According to a recent study...
Apr 12 2005 // Architecture, Engineering and Construction (AEC) firms have seen an 88% increase in the cost of professional liability coverage in the last three years, according to a recent survey by Zweig-White.To help architects...
Apr 8 2005 // Enron had a chief risk officer, so what went wrong?Learn firsthand from a group of experts representing the insurance, financial, consulting, and academic communities how to design, build, and manage an effective, value...
Mar 29 2005 // Texas Gov. Rick Perry recently named Ronald J. Walenta, of Dallas, to a six-year term on the Board of Directors of the Texas State Office of Risk Management. Walenta has been involved in risk management consulting, claims...
Mar 23 2005 // Dublin-based Research and Markets has announced the addition of Catastrophe Risk and Reinsurance: A Country Risk Management Perspective to their offering. See: http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c14308.The report...
Mar 23 2005 // Crawford & Company, of Atlanta has announced its 2004 winners of its U.S. Quality Award Program. The program recognizes Crawford employees and branches for consistent outstanding performance in producing a quality...
Mar 7 2005 // Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. has opened a Boston area office and appointed Robert J. Bothwell to lead the office as managing director in addition to heading the company’s National Energy Practice.The firm also...
Feb 16 2005 // FleetRisk Advisors of Alpharetta, Ga. has launched its Transportation Risk Analytics Center and Dupre’ Tansport LLC of Lafayette, La. will conduct a major pilot project using Fleet Risk’s TRAC service including...
Feb 8 2005 // Insurers around the globe are making progress – quickly in some areas – with using an integrated risk and capital management approach to drive business decisions, according to the third biennial survey of risk...
Feb 7 2005 // Aon is introducing a series of monthly risk management seminars in Oklahoma. The 2005 Oklahoma Business Risk Forums are aimed at executives involved in any aspect of the risk management process, including chief financial...
Feb 2 2005 // First Niagara Risk Management, Inc., the wholly-owned insurance subsidiary of First Niagara Bank , has reached an agreement to acquire the L.A. Lama Insurance Agency. The acquisition of the Ithaca-based agency, which has...
Jan 27 2005 // Aon announced it is introducing a series of forums in Oklahoma aimed at helping make sense of the increasingly complex risk management environment.Aon designed the 2005 Oklahoma Business Risk Forums to offer participants...
Jan 20 2005 // Strategic Research Institute announced it will hold the 2nd Annual Insurance & Risk Management for the Oil & Gas Industry conference Feb. 28-March 1, 2005, at the Renaissance Houston in Houston, Texas.What are...
Jan 3 2005 // A Long Island insurance think-tank has licensed Volkswagen of America Inc. to offer the industry’s first no- charge insurance policy to customers who purchase or lease selected models during a three-month test in...
Jan 2 2005 // The restaurant marketplace is becoming more complex than ever with food safety, marketing dominance by the chains and globalization on the minds of owners. Also, frivolous lawsuits against restaurants abound, so it...
Dec 29 2004 // Did you hear the one about the insurance agent and the coyote?So have the Pennsylvania Game Commission, wildlife agencies in other states and insurers. They all dismiss as urban legend claims that insurance companies and...
Dec 20 2004 // St. Paul Travelers announced the debut of a new Web site housing more than 1,400 risk management resources for customers, agents and brokers. Resources are said to include the latest research reports and news on safety...