Latest Loss Control Headlines
All the headlines from our Loss Control Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Red River Services Launches in Texas
Apr 28 2004 // Red River Services recently announced the launch of its risk management, loss control and property inspection business in Houston and Dallas, Texas. The organization is up-and-running, ready to help insurance companies,...
Selecting the Right Company Partner for Workers’ Comp Pays Dividends
Mar 22 2004 // First, this article is not about “parting shots.” When I hear this expression I immediately think of a retaliatory barrage to a poor unsuspecting sole. Instead, I’m going to discuss an issue near and dear...
Workers’ Comp – Buying a Policy or Selecting an Insurance Partner’
Mar 22 2004 // Recently, while conducting an education program for a group of agency professionals on the subject of workers’ compensation, I realized that for many agents, the workers’ compensation policy is the...
Workers’ Compensation Specialist Participates in Safety Presentation
Dec 16 2003 // John Bohn, Home Office Loss Control Specialist for GUARD Insurance Group, participated in a recent workshop entitled Safety at Work II: Risk Management Techniques for Small Business co-sponsored by the Occupational Safety...
Fireman’s Fund Appoints Donney as Marine Loss Control Director
Jul 29 2003 // Tim Donney has joined Fireman’s Fund McGee Marine Underwriters at the company’s New York City headquarters as Marine Loss Control Director. A 25-year veteran of marine loss control, Donney will manage the loss...
Nightclub Tragedies to Worsen Already Volatile Marketplace
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Nightclub Tragedies to Worsen Already Volatile Marketplace
Apr 21 2003 // The recent nightclub tragedies in Chicago and Rhode Island, which all told killed 120 people, will lead to stricter underwriting and discourage new carriers from entering that volatile market, according to a broker who has...
Chubb Survey Says Loss Control Spending Increases 17 Percent
Apr 8 2003 // In an apparent move to drive down the cost of risk, risk managers are spending an average 17 percent more on loss control services while their organizations confront budgetary constraints and the difficult economic...
Risk Retention Groups Owning Up to Success
Jan 27 2003 // Due to the restricted coverages available in the market today, risk retention groups (RRGs) have experienced a significant amount of rapid growth over the past year. At a time when the industry is facing what is perhaps...
Leadership is Theme at NAMIC Convention’s Sessions
Sep 19 2002 // Robert Bailey characterizes himself as an “unemployed senior citizen” with some notions about leadership and effective management. The retired CEO of State Auto Insurance Cos., Columbus, Ohio, passed along some...
Chubb: Choose Building Sites Carefully
Sep 4 2002 // Loss control specialists at the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies recently issued statements warning companies to carefully evaluate security risks for potential building sites before breaking ground. “From a site...
ISO Service Offers New Program for Loss Control, Safety Professionals
Mar 18 2002 // Insurance Services Office, Inc.’s (ISO) Engineering and Safety Service (E&STM) unit is offering a new, self-directed ‘distance learning’ program for loss control and safety professionals to study and...
The Ocean Marine Market: A Unique Animal
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning the various land-based descendants we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
The Ocean Marine Market: A Unique Animal
Feb 25 2002 // Like life itself, insurance began in the ocean, eventually spawning like the varius land-based descendents we’ve come to know. While those terrestrial variants-auto, homeowners, commercial liability, among others-now...
Missouri Working on Directive on Workers’ Comp Loss Control
Jul 27 2001 // Representatives of the insurance industry and the state workers’ compensation division met July 23 to discuss implementation of a new law that would significantly reduce requirements for insurers to report their loss...
CNnB Garners ‘Loss Control Agency of the
Jun 13 2001 // Cassady, Neeser & Brasseur, of South Bend, Ind., was chosen as the recipient of the 2000 Amerisure Loss Control Agency of the Year by Amerisure Insurance, a regional property and casualty insurance group, servicing...
