Latest Risk Management Headlines

All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.

Keeping Up With Construction Insurance

Jun 18 2018 // Brokers who specialize in the construction industry love their clients and are very committed to keeping up with their needs. Ask them, “So what’s new?” and the conversations inevitably veer off in...

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Jun 18 2018 // EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants has added risk management and insurance professionals Rose Nordbrock, Jeff Breskin, Pabla Barros and Jose Fuentes to the firm’s operations in Southern California. Nordbrock...

A Whole New Ballgame: Managing Risk for World Champion Houston Astros

Jun 15 2018 // Monica Rusch’s work was easier when the Houston Astros were losers. She was accustomed to worrying about fans being hit by balls, drunks getting too rowdy, players suffering injuries, thieves breaking into parked...

Malone Joins Missouri’s POWERS Insurance and Risk Management

Jun 6 2018 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, based in St. Louis, Missouri, has added Jacki Malone as commercial lines account manager. Malone is responsible for the ongoing management of commercial clients, retaining new and...

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Jun 4 2018 // Casey W. Connor has been named president of Dempsey & Siders Insurance Agency in Madeira, Ohio. Dempsey & Siders is a member of Cincinnati, Ohio-based Great American Insurance Group. Connor succeeds Randy Denker,...

Cornell University Risk Manager on Active Shooter Preparedness on Campus

Jun 4 2018 // How to manage active shooter risks on campuses is a top concern for risk managers. Craig McAllister, director of risk management, Cornell University, told attendees at the recent RIMS Annual Conference in San Antonio,...

How Safe Must Driverless Vehicles Be to Be Accepted? Very Safe.

May 31 2018 // The race is on for companies to present their driverless cars to the public, but recent collisions involving autonomous vehicles developed by Uber Technologies Inc. and Tesla Inc. have led to doubts about whether these...

Risk Management Not Keeping Pace with Technology Trends: Marsh-RIMS Report

May 21 2018 // Emerging technologies continue to rapidly change the way businesses operate and interact with customers, yet risk management processes are not keeping pace with the associated risks, according to a report published in...

Regulatory Climate Rated Top Emerging Risk in Latin America

May 17 2018 // While cyberattacks ranked as the most significant emerging risk for organizations around the world, the regulatory environment in Latin America ranked highest for risk professionals in that region according to the newly...

Cyber Insurance Startup At-Bay Secures $13 Million in Funding

May 9 2018 // California-based At-Bay, a digital cyber risk monitoring and insurance firm, reports it raised $13 million in Series A funding, bringing the start-up’s total funding to $19 million. At-Bay is developing what it calls...

How Agencies Grow Today: Channel Harvest Survey

May 7 2018 // When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same prize but different ideas about how to secure it. That’s one of the key findings of “Agent Voices 2018,” a soon-to-be-released report...

A.M. Best Ratings Recap

May 7 2018 // Upgrade: Nodak Insurance A.M. Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “a+” from “a” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of Nodak...

Flood, Tax Relief, Cyber Security: Risk Managers’ View on the Political Turmoil in Washington

May 7 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season. That...

How Insurance Brokers, Risk Managers View the Political Dysfunction in Washington

Apr 20 2018 // Congress is headed for a “major showdown” over the flood insurance program, according to an insurance broker lobbyist who notes that the program expires July 31, right in the middle of hurricane season. That...

U. of Wisconsin-Madison Team Wins 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge

Apr 17 2018 // A team of students from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) have won the 2018 Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge, the Spencer Educational Foundation reports. Case study provider Andrew Bent, risk manager at Sage...

Technology Is Outpacing Risk Management: Marsh-RIMS Report

Apr 17 2018 // Emerging technologies continue to rapidly change the way businesses operate and interact with customers, yet risk management processes are not keeping pace with the associated risks, according to a report published today...

How Agencies Grow Today: Channel Harvest Survey

Apr 17 2018 // When it comes to business growth, agents have their eyes on the same prize but different ideas about how to secure it. That’s one of the key findings of “Agent Voices 2018,” a soon-to-be-released report...

What Cyber Exposures and Coverage Gaps Keep Risk Managers Up at Night

Apr 16 2018 // Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years...

What Cyber Exposures and Coverage Gaps Keep Risk Managers Up at Night

Apr 6 2018 // Risk managers are very concerned about the cyber risks facing their companies and are heavily investing in protection against cyber attacks with the blessings of their boards and CEOs, a major shift from even just 10 years...

How Predictive Analytics Boost Commercial Insurance Profits, Smooth Cycles

Apr 5 2018 // The increasing use of predictive analytics among commercial lines insurers has helped improve their bottom lines and led to more balanced underwriting cycles, A.M. Best says in a report. “Underwriting cycles have...