Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Best Agency to Work For – Silver Midwest: Powers Insurance & Risk Management
Nov 21 2023 // As a multi-year winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For award, J.D. Powers of Powers Insurance & Risk Management doesn’t lose sight of what the honor represents to the St. Louis,...
Dash Cams in Fleet Vehicles are Key to Avoiding Nuclear Verdicts, Risk Managers Say
Nov 14 2023 // ORLANDO, Fla. — Cameras. One showing the driver and another facing forward. Those can be the keys to avoiding nuclear verdicts after auto and truck crashes, especially for companies with fleets of vehicles and relatively...
The Value of Combining Models in Wildfire Risk Management
Nov 9 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Welcome to the final installment of our four-part series on wildfire hazard and risk management where we will explore the optimal use of CoreLogic’s wildfire risk...
Tech Update: AXA XL Launches Virtual Reality Training Solution for Risk Managers
Oct 23 2023 // AXA XL Risk Consulting announced the launch of AXA Immersive Solutions, an innovative training solution leveraging virtual reality (VR) and digital twin technologies. AXA Immersive Solutions gives AXA XL’s risk...
New FERMA President Plans to Amplify Voice of European Risk Managers at EU Level
Oct 17 2023 // Charlotte Hedemark became president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) on Oct. 16 at an official handover ceremony at the FERMA Seminar 2023 in Antwerp, Belgium. She replaces Dirk Wegener,...
Powers Insurance & Risk Management: Building A Family-Driven Culture of Success
Oct 16 2023 // As a multi-year winner of Insurance Journal’s Best Agency to Work For award, J.D. Powers of Powers Insurance & Risk Management doesn’t lose sight of what the honor represents to the St. Louis,...
Freedom Insurance and Risk Management Joins VIAA
Oct 13 2023 // Freedom Insurance and Risk Management recently joined Valley Insurance Agency Alliance (VIAA), a cohesive family of more than 160 independent insurance agencies in Missouri and Illinois. Founded in 2023, Freedom Insurance...
Flooded Clinics, Embryo Mix-ups: The Risk Management of In Vitro Fertilization
Oct 13 2023 // (Bloomberg) — In March, a 39-year-old woman and her husband sat in a fertility clinic near Atlanta, and waited. The woman was there to have an embryo implanted in her uterus, the final stage of a grueling in vitro...
Wildfire Risk Management Starts by Properly Using a Full Toolbox
Oct 10 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Welcome to the third installment of our four-part series on wildfire hazard and risk management, where we will explore CoreLogic’s wildfire risk models and their...
Bankman-Fried Was ‘Math Nerd’ Who Overlooked Risk Management
Oct 5 2023 // Sam Bankman-Fried’s lawyer laid out his defense case at his fraud trial on Oct. 4, portraying the 31-former billionaire as a “math nerd” who overlooked risk management in building his FTX exchange, but...
Removing Barriers to CAT Risk Modeling Will Slow Insurer Flight From High-Risk Areas
Sep 18 2023 // Technology has been embraced in a variety of ways within the homeowners’ insurance market. Many aspects of the claims process have been automated, insurers are utilizing more climate data than ever before to predict...
The Value of Wildfire Simulations in Enterprise Risk Management
Sep 12 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Going beyond historical data brings clarity to the future of wildfire risk Welcome to the second installment of our four-part series on wildfire hazard and enterprise...
Louisiana’s Southern University to Establish New Risk Management and Insurance Degree Program
Sep 5 2023 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance (LDI) announced it has partnered with the Alliant Insurance Foundation, the Spencer Educational Foundation and Southern University to create a new risk management and insurance degree...
Diverging Cyber Cat Model Results Challenge Underwriters’ Risk Analysis: Guy Carpenter
Sep 4 2023 // Significant progress has been made in advancing vendors’ cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model outputs, which can pose a challenge to insurance and reinsurance companies as...
Wildfire Risk Score: A Complete Tool for Insurance Risk Management
Sep 1 2023 // This post is part of a series sponsored by CoreLogic. Welcome to the first installment of our four-part series on wildfire hazard and risk management, where we will explore CoreLogic’s wildfire risk models and their...
SBK Insurance Names Risk Manager at Chattanooga Office
Aug 24 2023 // SBK Insurance, a subsidiary of Tennessee-based SmartBank, said Drew Vaughn has joined the Chattanooga team as risk manager. Vaughn Vaughn is a 2020 graduate of the University of Tennessee, where he earned his...
People Moves: AXA XL Names Hopkinson Canada Country Mgr; BHSI Promotes Leandri for Risk Control; Coalition Taps MS Amlin’s Wynne Davies as UK Special Projects Lead
Aug 22 2023 // This edition of International People Moves details appointments at AXA XL, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI), and the cyber insurer Coalition. AXA XL Names Hopkinson as Canada Country Manager Glen Hopkinson AXA...
Nonprofits and Risk Management
Aug 21 2023 // When you ask the internet what a nonprofit organization is, you get several answers. Many of those answers have to do with setting up a nonprofit and obtaining a tax-exempt status. More than being a form of business that...
Diverging Cyber Cat Model Results Challenge Underwriters’ Risk Analysis: Guy Carpenter
Aug 1 2023 // Significant progress has been made in advancing vendor’s cyber catastrophe models, but a notable degree of variability exists across model outputs, which can pose a challenge to insurance and reinsurance companies as...
People Moves: Powers Hires Favazza as Commercial Lines Risk Management Advisor; Ryan Specialty Appoints D’Onofrio CEO and Alvin CUO
Jul 13 2023 // Powers Insurance & Risk Management Hires Favazza as Commercial Lines Risk Management Advisor Powers Insurance & Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Mo., hired Giovanni “Johnny” Favazza as...
