Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Wyrick Joins Powers Insurance & Risk Management; Western National Adds Archulaeta and Jenson to Leadership Team
Jun 26 2024 // Wyrick Joins Powers Insurance & Risk Management Kelsey Wyrick Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Kelsey Wyrick as a personal lines account manager. Wyrick’s responsibilities...
Tech Update: USI’s Tech-Enabled Risk Control Platform; Baldwin Group Starts API-Connected Cyber Placements; AI-Based Workers Comp Fraud Detection at CLARA
Jun 6 2024 // USI Insurance Services (USI) announced the launch of PATH (patent pending), a proprietary technology-enabled risk control platform for clients. The new platform leverages industry-specific benchmark data to generate...
Viewpoint: How Liberty Specialty Markets Uses Tech for Claims Risk Management
May 22 2024 // Once perceived as intricate, time-consuming, and on occasion, frustrating, insurance claims processing has undergone a substantial transformation with the integration of new technological solutions. From artificial...
St. John’s Names Lloyd’s Exec Watkins to Head Greenberg Risk Management School
May 16 2024 // New York’s St. John’s University announced the appointment of Henry “Hank” Watkins Jr., regional director and president of the Americas at Lloyd’s, as executive director and associate dean of...
Marsh McLennan Agency Acquires Long Island Broker AC Risk Management
May 3 2024 // Marsh McLennan Agency, a subsidiary of Marsh, reported it has acquired AC Risk Management (ACRM), an independent commercial lines brokerage based in Melville, New York. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Founded...
Markets/Coverages: Resilience Announces New Cyber Loss Prevention Tools; Amwins Forms New Transportation Entity; Aon Launches Suite of Risk Analyzer Tools
May 2 2024 // Resilience announced new integrated capabilities that enable enterprises to continuously monitor and prioritize their mitigation and transfer of cyber risk. Following the launch of Technology Errors and Omissions (E&O)...
AJG Acquires Florida’s Specialty Risk Management Agency
Apr 2 2024 // The global insurance brokerage Arthur J. Gallagher has acquired Fort Myers-based Specialty Risk Management Services and its affiliate agency, Private Client Insurance Services, the broker announced Monday. Specialty Risk...
People Moves: Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Steinkoetter
Mar 27 2024 // Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, hired Josh Steinkoetter as a commercial lines sales account executive. Steinkoetter brings 20 years of experience in the insurance industry to the role....
CyberSaint Raises $21M for Automating, Quantifying Cyber Risk Management
Mar 21 2024 // Boston-based cyber risk management firm CyberSaint reports it has raised $21 million in Series A funding led by Riverside Acceleration Capital. Additional participating investors include Sage Hill Investors, Audeo Capital,...
People Moves: Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder Risk Analytics Product Leaders; Tokio Marine N. America’s Angelson Named C-Level Leader for Global Insurance Group
Mar 8 2024 // Aon Names Ahmed and Von Obstfelder as Advanced Risk Analytics Product Leaders Aon plc, headquartered in London, named to new leaders in global and U.S. commercial risk. Aon named Arshi Ahmed global head of analytics for...
Risk Models Behind Insurance-Linked Securities Are Getting a Lot Harder to Crack
Feb 26 2024 // As the best hedge fund strategy of 2023 becomes a magnet for mainstream investors, the risk models it relies on are getting a lot tougher to crack. The strategy in question is tied to insurance-linked securities, which are...
Texas Governor Names Ladner Chair, Appoints Houston To Risk Management Board
Feb 22 2024 // Texas Governor Greg Abbott has appointed Jeffrey Houston to the Risk Management Board for a term set to expire on February 1, 2025. Additionally, the Governor named Gerald Ladner, Sr. chair of the board. The Board...
Beazley Creates Cyber Risk Management Company
Feb 21 2024 // Beazley, the London-based specialty insurer, announced the creation of an integrated cyber risk management company, Beazley Security, formed from the merger of its in-house Cyber Services team and its wholly owned cyber...
Empowering the Future: Investing in Risk Management Education
Feb 16 2024 // Tallahassee, FL, February 16, 2023 — Florida is witnessing a surge in educational initiatives supporting the growth of the risk management and insurance (RMI) profession. The surplus lines market has more than...
Cyber Risk Management Specialist KYND Secures New Funding for Global Growth Plans
Feb 16 2024 // KYND, the London-based provider of cyber risk management solutions, has disclosed “a substantial investment” to propel expansion and further growth. The investment comes from Verisk, a leading global data...
Insurtech Resilience Expands Cyber Risk Management to Clients of $10B in Revenue
Jan 30 2024 // San Francisco, California-based Resilience expanded its underwriting authority to serve large global companies with up to $10 billion in annual revenues. The company reported that its expanded authorities come after a...
Howden Acquires UK-Based AHR Consultants to Boost Risk Management Capabilities
Jan 29 2024 // Howden, the London-based global insurance group, announced it has bolstered its risk management capabilities in the UK through the acquisition of AHR Consultants, a leading provider of HR, employment law, training and...
Riskonnect Acquires Ventiv Technology in Risk Management Deal
Jan 12 2024 // Riskonnect, a provider integrated risk management (IRM) solutions, said Thursday is acquired Ventiv Technology, a provider of risk, insurance and underwriting technology solutions. “The acquisition adds substantial...
Risk Manager: Road Design, Not Speed Limit, Key to Stopping Pedestrian Deaths
Dec 14 2023 // (The Center Square) – To save the lives of bikers and walkers, the question facing local and state officials isn’t getting speed limits right, but getting road design right. The difference between posted limits and...
People Moves: Symphony Grow Names Sampson Senior Director of Legal Affairs and Risk Management
Dec 4 2023 // Symphony Grow, the specialty business of Symphony Risk Solutions, appointed Michael H. Sampson as senior director of legal affairs and risk management. Sampson joins Symphony from Leech Tishman Fuscaldo & Lampl, where...
