All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 18 2001 // Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, announced the acquisition of Goldman Insurance Services/Risk Management of San Francisco, Calif.. The transaction is expected to close Dec. 31. Goldman Insurance...
Dec 10 2001 // For the second consecutive year, the overall cost of risk declined to the lowest point in over a decade, according to the newly released 2001 RIMS Benchmark Survey®. The 200-page survey, co-produced by the Risk and...
Nov 12 2001 // A short time ago, the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Nov 6 2001 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risks for both insurers and reinsurers, released an advanced daily temperature simulation model that provides...
Nov 5 2001 // The National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) adoption of the Special Purpose Reinsurance Vehicle (SPRV) Model Act will provide a template for states to create legislation that will enable onshore...
Nov 5 2001 // A short time ago the Wall Street Journal ran an article on litigation, the caption of which read: “When all else fails, the American way is to file a lawsuit.” The article correctly pointed out that it has...
Oct 31 2001 // Consumers of outdoor adventure programs have no clear way of evaluating the safety of these programs for themselves or their children, according to a survey of nearly 300 CEOs and risk managers of outdoor adventure...
Oct 22 2001 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) announced the release of its newly upgraded company website at www.rms.com. The new site serves as an entry point to weather risk, and enterprise risk management. It also features a...
Oct 12 2001 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), the industry leader in natural hazard risk modeling, announced the release of its newly upgraded company website at www.rms.com. The new site serves as an entry point to the company’s...
Sep 10 2001 // Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not,...
Sep 3 2001 // Unlike many lines of insurance, the fine arts and collections market has so far managed to avoid the difficulties of a hardening environment. But is it robust enough to carry the industry through tough times? Maybe not,...
Aug 23 2001 // Risk Management Solutions announced that its Climetrix (TM) weather derivatives trading and risk management system now includes relevant temperature data from Germany and Japan, two expanding markets for weather derivative...
Aug 10 2001 // Aon Corporation launched a Political Risk Exposure Profile (PREP) service that provides customized financial analysis of political threats to a company’s global operations.According to John Minor, senior vice...
Aug 8 2001 // Aon Corporation recently conducted a survey revealing that more than 85 percent of Fortune 1000 risk managers indicated that their firm was well-protected from property, general liability and directors’ and...
Aug 1 2001 // Mazonson Inc., a New England-based insurance brokerage, announced the completion of agreements to provide group insurance programs sponsored by the California Community Economic Development Association and the Community...
Jul 26 2001 // According to a new study by Guy Carpenter &. Co. Inc., a leading global reinsurance intermediary, as insurance companies address their ability to manage capital more efficiently to achieve greater profitability,...
Jul 18 2001 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a global provider of products and services for the management of natural hazard risks, released version 2.4 of the Climetrix weather derivatives trading and risk...
Jul 5 2001 // Cigital Inc., a software risk management (SRM) solution provider that helps companies protect themselves from the business risks of software failure, and Cupertino, Calif.-based Counterpane Internet Security Inc.,...
Jul 2 2001 // The Weather Risk Management Association (WRMA), an international trade organization of the weather risk management industry, recently completed in conjunction with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, a comprehensive survey of the...
Jun 27 2001 // RC Knox & Company, the insurance agency subsidiary of People’s Bank, announced the formation of the eFraud Alliance and the eTailer Fraud Solution Insurance Policy (eFSIP) to protect online businesses from the...