All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 13 2004 // The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) recently awarded Pamela L. Popp, vice president of the Healthcare Practice for McQueary Henry Bowles Troy L.L.P. (MHBT) in Dallas and Fort Worth, the designation...
Dec 10 2004 // A new report in Swiss Re’s “Risk Perception” series finds that change is “continually accelerating, possible consequences tend to be greater and increasing uncertainty is rendering risks less...
Dec 6 2004 // This year’s annual report on the reinsurance industry is a bit later than usual. It seems that beginning in August the voyage was interrupted by some serious storms, and it was hard to catch up to the boat as it...
Dec 6 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. The online resources available include a variety of industry-specific customer...
Dec 6 2004 // Rating agencies are a reality, and we have to live with them,” Martin Kauer, CFO, Converium AG. “Market share is the enemy of risk management,” Brian O’Hara, president and CEO, XL Capital....
Dec 1 2004 // According to a recent e-mail survey, conducted by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA), risk managers and their associations have long questioned how brokers are compensated.FERMA queried the...
Nov 30 2004 // Beecher Carlson Holdings, Inc. has announced Barry Kirkland has been named managing director and team leader in its Atlanta office. Kirkland’s primary responsibility will be to assist in the expansion of the risk...
Nov 29 2004 // Zurich Financial Services announced the appointment of Andreas Grünbichler to Head its newly created Group Risk Management Policy and Research Unit, effective immediately.“In this new position, Grünbichler will...
Nov 24 2004 // Swiss Re hosted its annual Investors’ Day at its Rüschlikon Conference Center near Zurich, yesterday, Nov. 23. The presentation offered additional insights into the Group’s risk management framework and a...
Nov 23 2004 // Swiss Re’s recently issued report on the 2004 hurricane season stresses that, although the number of storms may have been extraordinary, “the impact on insurers has been controllable through a process of...
Nov 22 2004 // Mutual Risk Management Ltd. (MRM) announced on Monday that the federal judge presiding over its multi-million dollar claim for tortious interference against John Hancock Life Insurance Company (Hancock) has denied...
Nov 19 2004 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of The ACE Group of Companies, announced that it is enhancing its Defense Base Act (DBA) product offerings to create a responsive, comprehensive approach for small to...
Nov 18 2004 // “Contractors often don’t see the need for professional liability coverage for design related claims,” explained Victor O. Schinnerer’s Joe Jones. “They think that their general liability...
Nov 17 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...
Nov 9 2004 // Charles M. Nyce, PhD, has joined the American Institute for CPCU and the Insurance Institute of America as director of curriculum. He is responsible for the curriculum, textbooks, and examinations for one course in the...
Oct 27 2004 // AIG Private Client Group, a division of the property and casualty insurance subsidiaries of American International Group, announced the creation of a Department of Loss Prevention to minimize high net worth...
Oct 26 2004 // The Chartered Property and Casualty Underwriters Society (CPCU Society) Board of Governors voted unanimously to publicly denounce all practices or systems that violate its code of ethics.In a policy statement issued...
Oct 20 2004 // Editor’s note: This is a commentary piece submitted by David E. Wood of the law firm Wood & Bender.The recent suit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer alleging price-fixing and deceptive practices by...
Oct 20 2004 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd (Ascot), a managing agent at Lloyd’s of London has selected AIR Worldwide to provide risk modelling software to manage its catastrophe risk. Ascot has licensed AIR’s CATRADER and CLASIC/2...
Oct 13 2004 // Insurers doing business in urban areas need to examine their business plans to make sure they understand how both the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) and unfair discrimination law could affect their business,...