Latest Loss Control Headlines
All the headlines from our Loss Control Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Maximize your value by asking the right questions
Jul 2 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
Maximizing your value by asking the right questions
Jun 18 2007 // Price, all too often, is the single factor in an agent’s choice of workers’ compensation insurance coverage for his or her clients. An effective way to differentiate your agency from your competitors is to shop...
Minimizing risks for global catastrophes
Jun 4 2007 // Managing catastrophe risk is one of the biggest challenges facing any company’s risk manager. For multinational companies, the challenge of managing catastrophe risk is especially daunting. In the United States, risk...
Aon Construction Services Names Church Director in Irvine Office
Mar 2 2007 // Aon Construction Services Group has hired Richard S. Church as director, Loss Control, in Aon’s Irvine, Calif., office to provide loss control services to construction clients throughout California and the...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Sep 25 2006 // Think how few things any of us wears, uses or drives that are wholly made in the USA, and that provides a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
N.H. Audit Blasts State Insurance Buying Practices
Sep 21 2006 // The state of New Hampshire routinely bypasses competitive bidding for insurance contracts and awards them to incumbent producers, a state audit report that severely criticizes many of the state’s insurance practices...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Aug 7 2006 // Think how few things you and your clients wear, use or drive that are wholly made in the USA, and you get a sense of the magnitude of international trade. International trade also is no longer the domain of global giants...
When insuring international trade, expect the world
Aug 7 2006 // Shipments are delayed, damaged, lost or stolen around the globe with a frequency that is probably not surprising. What is surprising is how significantly the effects of those losses could be mitigated. Think how few things...
Survey: Risk managers spent more on disaster preparedness, catastrophe management
May 8 2006 // Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a majority of organizations in the past year, and the greatest spending increases occurred in such areas as disaster preparedness and catastrophe...
Survey Says Risk Managers Spent More on Disaster Preparedness, Catastrophe Management
Apr 27 2006 // Spending for loss control services increased or remained flat for a majority of organizations in the past year, and the greatest spending increases occurred in such areas as disaster preparedness and catastrophe...
Southwest Risk Launches Apartment Guard Loss Control Program
Mar 10 2006 // Southwest Risk, LP, a wholesale broker in Dallas, Texas, announced the launch of Apartment Guard, a proprietary loss control program for apartments. Apartment Guard is designed to educate apartment property owners,...
Best’s Loss Control Manual Includes Risk Info on Public Bus Companies, Apiaries, and More
Oct 18 2005 // Risk management professionals and insurance underwriters will reportedly enhance their understanding of industrial and commercial risks, as A.M. Best Co. releases the third and final flow of its 2005 Best’s Loss...
Broadening Club Coverage in a Softening Market
Aug 8 2005 // The softening market has provided some welcome price relief for golf and country clubs, which had weathered significantly higher premiums in the last few years. To agents and brokers writing golf and club business, this is...
Slayter to Head Loss Control for RiskProNet
Jul 1 2005 // Bruce Slayter, the managing director of risk management services for Chicago-based broker Mesirow Financial has been named chair of the first loss control practice group for RiskProNet International Inc., a network of 28...
Fireman’s Fund Excels in TWCC Loss Control Review
Jun 14 2005 // Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company announced it has achieved a perfect score during a Loss Control regulatory audit conducted by the Texas Workers’ Compensation Commission. This is the second year in a row that...
Gladney and Lindsay Join John Burnham Insurance
Mar 3 2005 // San Diego-based John Burnham Insurance Services announced that Iris Gladney has joined the company as vice president and marketing manager, and Courtney Lindsay has joined as vice president of loss control...
PCI, AIA Work with Safety Orgs. to Develop Exam for Loss Control Professionals
Sep 27 2004 // The Property Casualty Insurers Association of America and the American Insurance Association have worked been working together, along with professional safety organizations to “define and design a new test of skills...
A Decade of Improving Club Safety and Coverage
Aug 9 2004 // If you have ever insured or considered insuring golf and country clubs, you know that their risks can’t be classified or managed easily. They have kitchens and restaurants, clubhouses used for daily activities and...
Gaining Wisdom Through Non-Subscription’s Choices and Challenges
Jun 21 2004 // Non-subscription. It’s been around for over 90 years, and has come into its own since the late 1980’s. We’ve seen that non-subscription provides Texas businesses with a choice that saved many employers...
