Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Actuaries Assume New Role In Age of Enterprise Risk Management
Dec 8 2006 // Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) requires actuaries to assume the role of strategic risk managers in instituting what is essentially a cultural change in a company’s operations, actuaries were told at the Casualty...
Insurers Get Serious About Enterprise Risk Management, Tillinghast Reports
Dec 5 2006 // Driven in part by increased demands from regulatory and rating agencies, enterprise risk management (ERM) has become integral to insurers’ business processes around the world. Sixty percent of survey respondents...
Oswald Opens Minneapolis Office
Nov 27 2006 // Oswald Companies, an insurance brokerage firm, announced the opening of a Minneapolis office. The focus of the new office is business insurance solutions in property & casualty and benefits for manufacturing, retail,...
Commercial Premiums, Except Coastal Property, Continued Falling in 3Q
Nov 7 2006 // Commercial insurance premiums fell slightly in the third quarter of this year, representing a continuation of the trends that occurred in the past two quarters, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey, which surveys current...
Social services agencies need extra care and an agent’s helping hand
Nov 6 2006 // While they may require more attention, nonprofits offer opportunity for growth and profit, says industry specialist Insurance Journal’s Andrea Ortega-Wells, Mogelnicki explains why the nonprofit social services...
Social services agencies need extra care and an agent’s helping hand
Nov 5 2006 // Few independent agents recognize that they can make profits from not-for-profit organizations, says Dan Mogelnicki, president of Manhasset, N.Y.-based NIF Underwriting Facilities, a program administrator and wholesale...
Study Reveals Leading Indicators for Hospital Professional Liability Claims
Oct 31 2006 // Advisen Ltd., a provider of analytics, benchmarking and market information to the global commercial insurance industry, released the results of its recent hospital professional liability claims study done in cooperation...
Breeding the next generation through internships
Oct 23 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs. As an example,...
Aon Names Aigotti as First CRO
Oct 18 2006 // Chicago-based Aon announced it has named Corporate Treasurer Diane Aigotti to the new position of Chief Risk Officer. Aigotti will work with business units around the world to identify, measure and manage key risks...
Dallas Risk Management Firm Now Has Two Presidents
Oct 11 2006 // Chris Hughes, with Swingle, Collins & Associates, is the new president of the Independent Insurance Agents of Dallas (IIAD). Swingle Collins reported that Hughes joins officer ranks with firm president, Frank Swingle,...
Resource Constraints Hinder Risk Managers From Preparing For Catastrophes
Oct 10 2006 // Time and resource constraints are hindering risk managers’ efforts to help their organizations prepare for catastrophes, such as power outages, avian flu or extreme weather, according to the latest Economist...
Breeding the next generation through internships
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs. As an example,...
To make insurance appealing to college grads, smash the myths
Oct 9 2006 // One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the...
Breeding the next generation through internships
Oct 9 2006 // In cooperation with insurance industry partners, universities across the nation are helping to cultivate the next generation of risk managers and actuarial scientists through insurance internship programs. As an example,...
CRM Schedules Spanish Language Courses in Mexico
Sep 29 2006 // Certified Risk Managers (CRM) announced from Austin that it has scheduled a course in risk management to be held in Monterey, Mexico Oct. 18-21 in Spanish. CRM called the course – “Principios de la...
Iowa GuideOne, National Safety Council List America’s Safest Churches
Sep 28 2006 // The next time you go to church, you may notice security guards, controlled access, or a secure drop box for collections. These are just some of the innovative safety and security measures being implemented by churches...
Beazley Expands Proprietary Risk Management Platform
Sep 28 2006 // Connecticut-based Specialty lines insurer Beazley announced that it is expanding BeazleySource, its proprietary risk management platform, to include information and advice for fiduciaries and administrators of employee...
York Insurance Services Invests in Southern California Risk Management
Sep 27 2006 // York Insurance Services Group Inc., a Parsippany, N.J.-based insurance services provider, has acquired Eventide Risk Management LLC, a provider of workers’ compensation and medical cost containment services in...
England Joins Key Risk Management in N.C.
Sep 26 2006 // Thomas D. England is now senior vice president with Key Risk Management Services in Greensboro, North Carolina, a workers compensation subsidiary of W.R. Berkley Corp.. He will be responsible for client services provided...
Make insurance, risk management appeal to college grads: ‘Smash the Myth’
Sep 25 2006 // One of the most serious problems facing the insurance industry today is the acute shortage of bright, college-educated young people entering the profession. Walk around any college campus and you’ll find that the...
