Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
IMA of Texas Launches Contractual Risk Management Practice
Mar 15 2010 // Insurance and risk management services company, IMA Financial Group Inc., has established a contract management practice at its retail insurance brokerage subsidiary, IMA of Texas. George Schneller J.D., manager of the...
Economy Raises Risk Management Stakes for Architects, Engineers
Mar 15 2010 // Risk management is a topic of concern for many types of professionals, none more so than those involved in the building trades. “Unfortunately, the stakes are raised in tough economic times,” said attorney Jay...
Carey and Buss Join Impact Risk Solutions in Houston
Mar 12 2010 // Impact Risk Solutions, the brokerage arm of CHS insurance subsidiary, Ag States Group, has added Edward Carey and Matthew Buss to its risk management team. Carey and Buss will work out of the company’s Houston...
Philadelphia’s St. Joseph’s University Adds Insurance, Double Major Program
Mar 9 2010 // Brian Durkin’s academic resume is longer than most. Durkin, who has an associate’s degree in accounting, will graduate from Saint Joseph’s University in Philadelphia this spring with a bachelor of science...
Ewing-Leavitt Insurance Agency Names Hagge VP of Risk Management
Mar 2 2010 // Loveland, Colo.-based Ewing-Leavitt Insurance Agency, a Leavitt Group affiliate, has named Patrick Hagge vice president of risk management. Hagge will focus on providing safety and risk management support to clients. Hagge...
Marsh Says UK’s Manslaughter Act Heightens Risk Management Need
Feb 26 2010 // A bulletin from Marsh’s London office warns Organizations in England and Wales that they must embed “robust health and safety risk management practices or face severe financial and reputational penalties in the...
AAMGA Funds $1 Million Insurance Chair at Georgia State University
Feb 26 2010 // The wholesale insurance industry association, American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA), has created a Distinguished Chair in Risk Management and Insurance at the J. Mack Robinson College of Business at...
‘Hackers’ Prompt Lockton to Advise Risk Managers on Cyber Thieves
Feb 25 2010 // “A new wave of hacker attacks is breaching corporate and outsourced information systems with one information security firm recently detailing coordinated hacker attacks on 2,400 companies and government agencies...
Marsh Concludes Energy Sector Applies Risk Lessons from Past Losses
Feb 24 2010 // New research by Marsh has concluded that, “despite an increase in the size and scale of new energy infrastructure projects, national oil companies (NOCs) and other energy and chemical concerns are experiencing fewer...
IMA Inc. Appoints Hartman to Health Risk Management Practice in Denver
Feb 23 2010 // IMA Inc., an independently owned retail insurance broker announced that Brent Hartman has joined the company’s health risk management practice, Life IQ, in the Denver office. Life IQ is IMA’s multidisciplinary...
ACE Makes Appointments to New Global Client Executive Practice
Feb 22 2010 // The ACE Group has announced its initial executive appointments to its newly-created Global Client Executive team. Those assigned to the team will “work collaboratively with clients and distribution partners in major...
Corjulo Joins ProMutual Group as Risk Management Consultant
Feb 11 2010 // Boston-based medical liability insurer ProMutual Group has hired Diane Corjulo as a risk management consultant. Corjulo, a registered nurse, has broad acute care hospital experience and physician office practice expertise....
Marsh Sees Lower Risk Costs for National Oil Companies
Feb 1 2010 // “The world’s national oil companies (NOCs) could be in a position to benefit from lower overall costs of risk over the next few years,” according to an analysis from Marsh. A reduction in the number of...
Haitian Government Receives $7.75 Million from CCRIF
Jan 28 2010 // The Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) has paid the Government of Haiti US $7,753,579 following the Magnitude 7.0 earthquake which struck close to Port-au-Prince on January 12, causing damage of...
Caribbean Risk Managers Publishes Updated Report on Haiti Quake
Jan 20 2010 // Caribbean Risk Managers Ltd. (CaribRM) has published an updated report on the earthquake in Haiti, which gives precise details concerning the unfolding of the event. It continues with an examination of the damages it...
Small Businesses at Risk: A Growing Market for Employment Practices Liability Coverage
Jan 10 2010 // Small business owners are at risk from employment-related charges and lawsuits. Workplace discrimination claims are at an all-time high and small business owners feel vulnerable. Yet, although a recent survey showed that...
RMS Forecasts Increased Growth for Insurance Linked Securities in 2010
Jan 7 2010 // A bulletin from Risk Management Solutions notes that the fourth quarter of 2009 was the “most active… ever for catastrophe bond issuance, reaching almost $1.1 billion in total volume, eclipsing the previous...
Marsh: Corporate Governance ‘Largely Undeveloped’ in United Arab Emirates
Jan 6 2010 // A poll, conducted by Marsh, concluded that “despite the continuing fall-out from the global recession, corporate governance is still a largely undeveloped discipline in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).” The...
Best Revises Samsung Fire Outlook to Positive; Affirms ‘A+’ Ratings
Dec 28 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa” of South Korea’s...
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Dec 20 2009 // Beecher Carlson expanded its National Energy practice by appointing Jacklyn Kearns senior vice president. Kearns has 28 years of insurance and risk management experience. She joins Charlie Pierpont in Beecher...
