Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
As Tech Devices Shrink, Workers’ Comp Exposure Grows
Jun 20 2011 // Employers Need Rules for Mobile Employees Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while...
Managing Reputational Risk
Jun 20 2011 // Victor Hugo wrote that “Nothing is as powerful as an idea whose time has come,” a sentiment which could suitably be applied to the concept of reputational risk. It is now difficult to read any quality business...
NAS Creates Data Security Risk Management Web Site
Jun 10 2011 // NAS Insurance Services has launched its Data Security Risk Management Web site. The site offers up-to-date state and federal laws, compliance materials, training tools, and procedures to reduce insured’s exposure to...
Lloyd’s Highlights Potential Impact from Cyber Crime, Data Loss
Jun 10 2011 // Cyber crime has become a high profile problem for risk managers, heightened as a result of the recent attacks by hackers on Sony. In an article on its web site Lloyd’s notes that risk manager are increasingly...
ACE Report Examines Potential Impact of Solvency II on Captives
Jun 9 2011 // The ACE Group announced today the availability of a new report that identifies the potential impact of the European Union’s Solvency II regulatory requirements on captive insurance companies and offers an alternative...
New Aon Terrorist Risk Map Includes Mideast, No. Africa Unrest
Jun 8 2011 // Aon’s annual publication of its Terrorist Risk Map has been expanded. Aon said this year’s version features areas where “political violence, strikes, riots, civil war and war threaten the sustainable...
A Focus on Providing Value Serves Minnesota Agent Well
Jun 6 2011 // New Minnesota Independent Agents Group President Believes in a Consultative Approach Learn the business. Put your customers’ interests first. Take care yourself. Those are three messages Mark Z. Moores thinks young...
People
Jun 6 2011 // The IMA Financial Group Inc. promoted three in the company’s employee benefits division to vice presidents. Gregg Kamas was promoted to vice president of IMA Financial Group and national practice leader of health...
As More Workers Go Mobile, Workers’ Compensation Exposure Grows
Jun 1 2011 // Employers who supply their employees with company cell phones, laptops, BlackBerries, iPads and other portable devices could be in for a surprise if an employee is injured while using the device when off-site or off the...
The Gibraltar Group Launches New Programming for Investment Groups
Jun 1 2011 // The Gibraltar Group, a full-service risk management and commercial insurance firm based in Lubbock, Texas, is now providing specialized risk management consultation and services for investment groups. Gibraltar is...
Poms & Associates Adds Two to Staff
May 26 2011 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Poms & Associates Insurance Brokers Inc., an insurance brokerage firm focusing on commercial insurance, employee benefits, corporate wellness, personal lines, and risk management and risk...
A Focus on Providing Value Serves Minnesota Agency Well
May 26 2011 // Learn the business. Put your customers’ interests first. Take care yourself. Those are three messages Mark Z. Moores thinks young people young people entering the insurance business should take to heart. He should...
S&P Affirms Ratings of HCC; Upgrades Enterprise Risk Management
May 20 2011 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc., headquartered in Houston, announced that Standard & Poor’s Corp. has affirmed the Financial Strength Ratings of “AA” for the following insurance company subsidiaries:...
CEI Adds Secondary Driver Records to DriverCare Risk Manager
May 19 2011 // The CEI Group, Inc. (CEI) has enhanced its DriverCare Risk Manager designed to help fleets better control the risks of accidents and liability posed by members of fleet drivers’ households permitted to drive fleet...
Risky Business: Insurance Industry Entering ‘New Era’ of Catastrophes
May 16 2011 // Given the recent flooding, hurricanes and earthquakes, it appears the number of catastrophic events that inflict mass casualties and severe economic losses has increased – so much so that Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan,...
How to Prevent E&O Lawsuits for Black Swan Risks
May 16 2011 // The timeless maxim- “think globally, act locally” – coined in 1915 by social activist Patrick Geddes, underscores the vital importance for insurance agents to really think through the scope of their...
Best’s Analysis Concludes Solvency II Will Transform EU Captive Insurers
May 13 2011 // Although it has been coming for more than 10 years, the European Union’s Solvency II regulations covering the community’s insurance industry is now virtually around the corner. Over the years there has been a...
Pint Joins Moores Insurance Management in St. Paul
May 11 2011 // Brad Pint has joined St. Paul, Minn.-based Moores Insurance Management Inc. as risk manager. This is a newly created position, reflecting the ongoing growth of the agency. Pint has more than 15 years of risk management and...
Risky Business: Insurance Industry Entering ‘New Era’ of Catastrophes
May 10 2011 // Given the recent flooding, hurricanes and earthquakes, it appears the number of catastrophic events that inflict mass casualties and severe economic losses has increased — so much so that Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan,...
C-Suite Executives Now Expect More from Risk Managers
May 4 2011 // The financial crisis has raised the expectations that executives in the C-suite have of their risk managers to be leaders within their organizations. These top executuves want their risk managers to take a more active role...
