Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
The Senior Care Market Still Going Strong
Nov 20 2017 // The aging U.S. population will create unprecedented demand for the senior living industry for decades to come and that opens the door for agents and brokers to grow their business in this sector. But understanding the...
Miralles to Lead Enterprise Risk Management at CNA as Chief Risk Officer
Nov 17 2017 // Chicago-based commercial, CNA, has appointed Al Miralles as chief risk officer (CRO), effective Jan. 1, 2018. Miralles joined CNA in 2011 as senior vice president and treasurer and has been leading the Long Term Care...
Assurance Adds Wolfrey to Washington D.C. Team as Risk Management Consultant
Nov 17 2017 // Assurance, a Top 50 U.S. insurance brokerage, has hired Eric Wolfrey to its Washington D.C. team to serve as a risk management consultant. Wolfrey will provide business insurance and risk management solutions to a variety...
Insurance Council of Texas Scholarships Top $1 Million Mark
Nov 14 2017 // On November 15, the Insurance Council of Texas (ICT) Education Foundation will join the University of North Texas (UNT) in Denton to celebrate the Education Foundation’s surpassing $1 million dollars in scholarships...
Allianz to Offer Small Business Cyber Risk Management Services Through Zeguro
Nov 8 2017 // Allianz Group’s specialist corporate insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) has partnered with Silicon Valley-based software company Zeguro, to address cyber security and risk management for small to...
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Nov 6 2017 // Crop insurer, Farmers Mutual Hail Insurance Co. of Iowa (FMH), announced that James A. Brost, retiring senior vice president with Holborn Corp., will join the FMH board of directors on Jan. 1, 2018. Brost began his...
Guidewire Completes Cyence Acquisition; Names Sherry, Maier to Top Posts as Roza Departs
Nov 1 2017 // Property/casualty insurance software provider Guidewire Software announced a transition in its sales and operations leadership, and the closure of its previously announced acquisition of Cyence. Guidewire announced that...
Allied World Adds Phishing Assessments to Cyber Risk Management Platform
Nov 1 2017 // Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, GmbH, has added a new service to the Allied World//FrameWRX cyber risk management product through Symantec Corporation’s Cyber Division. The new service provides Allied...
5 Risk Management Associations to Develop Mutual Recognition of Certifications
Oct 19 2017 // Five of the world’s largest risk management associations have agreed to work together towards a recognition of their respective risk management designations/certification programs. The organizations, ALARYS (Latin...
Former Patriots Players Speaking at Risk Conference Air Opinions on Kneeling
Oct 18 2017 // Watching NFL players kneel during the National Anthem didn’t sit well with a pair of former New England Patriots players, who aired their feelings about players protesting during the opening of football games during...
Is Hyperloop Transportation Technology Feasible or Insurable?
Oct 18 2017 // Hyperloop Transportation Technologies wants to build a tube-based inter and intra-city transportation system to transport passengers and cargo at high speeds. As part of its efforts to gain support, it sought to assure...
Experts: Forget Government, Companies Must Step up to Combat Cyber Threats
Oct 17 2017 // Don’t rely on the U.S. government to protect your business from cyber threats. That was the consensus among experts speaking about cyber programs at a risk management conference on Tuesday. “The U.S. government...
May 2018 Deadline for EU’s Cyber Rule, GDPR, Spurs Corporate Action: Marsh
Oct 17 2017 // The upcoming implementation of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which takes effect in May 2018, has elevated cyber risk to the top of the corporate agenda for organizations doing...
Vegas Risk Management Summit Tackled Commercial Auto, Workers’ Comp And More
Oct 16 2017 // One factor driving continuously dismal commercial auto insurance losses is a spate of “nuclear cases” that are plaguing the industry with multi-million lawsuits. The amount of money and resources being put into...
BKS Partners in Florida Taps Nash as Private Risk Management Director
Oct 11 2017 // Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners) of Florida has added Kelly Nash as Private Risk Management managing director. As the Private Risk Management managing director and member of the BKS leadership team, Nash...
P/C Insurer Software Provider Guidewire to Acquire Data Science Firm Cyence
Oct 6 2017 // Guidewire Software Inc., a provider of core operations software to property/casualty insurers, has agreed to acquire Cyence, a data science and risk analytics software company. Guidewire will pay approximately $275 million...
Alera Group Acquires Pennsylvania’s West Park Insurance and Risk Management
Sep 27 2017 // Alera Group, a national employee benefits, property and casualty, risk management and wealth management firm, has acquired West Park Insurance and Risk Management of Allentown, Penn. Formed in 2002, West Park Insurance and...
Allianz Partners with Cyence to Expand Capabilities in Cyber Risk Analysis
Sep 27 2017 // Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS), Allianz Group’s specialist carrier for corporate insurance business, has teamed up with San Mateo, Calif.-based cyber risk analytics and modeling firm Cyence to...
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Sep 18 2017 // Detroit, Mich.-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group named Daniel J. Kaufman senior vice president of corporate growth. Kaufman will continue to serve as managing director and lead the Chicago, Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and...
Wisconsin Dairy Farmers Consider Risk Management Options After Federal Program Change
Sep 18 2017 // A change to the Dairy Margin Protection Program means Wisconsin dairy farmers can choose to opt out of the federal program and turn to other risk management strategies. The U.S. Department of Agriculture no longer requires...
