Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Verisk to Acquire Bankruptcy Data and Risk Management Firm LCI
Aug 24 2017 // Verisk Analytics Inc. has agreed to acquire LCI, a provider of bankruptcy risk prediction and management tools for banks and creditors. When the transaction is complete, LCI, based in Burlingame, California, will become...
Missouri Agency Changes Name to Reflect Focus on Risk Management
Aug 23 2017 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Powers Insurance and Benefits recently changed its name to Powers Insurance & Risk Management. Founded in 1991, the company is one of the largest family owned and operated independent insurance...
101 Sales, Marketing & Agency Management Ideas
Aug 21 2017 // 1. Dare to Break the Mold. We tend to hit a sweet spot of what works for us in agency management and stay there, focusing on the “sexier” sales side of the business. It’s fine to keep what works, but...
eServices adds Matt Light and Rob Ninkovich to Lineup of Keynote Speakers at the 2017 Risk Management Summit
Aug 17 2017 // Peabody, MA, August 17, 2017 – eServices, a specialized platform focused on providing turn-key risk management, claims, marketing, and technology solutions through its various entities, adds Matt Light and Robert...
eServices Partners with Insurance Journal for the 2017 Risk Management Summit
Aug 7 2017 // Peabody, MA, August 7, 2017 – eServices, a specialized platform focused on providing turn-key risk management, claims, marketing, and technology solutions through its various entities, is pleased to announce that...
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Aug 7 2017 // Ron Lockton, who has served as vice chairman of global insurance broker Lockton Inc. for the past two years as part of the succession plan, is expanding his role to become president and chief executive officer of the...
New Hampshire’s Optisure Risk Partners Hires Eifert
Aug 3 2017 // Optisure Risk Partners, a Manchester, N.H.-based insurance broker, has hired Randy Eifert as senior vice president of its Private Client Group and as Risk Management Practice leader. Eifert will provide executive...
Pennsylvania’s KMRD Partners Hires Salmon to Risk Management Team
Jul 28 2017 // KMRD Partners, a Warrington, Penn.-based boutique risk management and human capital solutions firm, has hired Kirk Salmon to its risk management team. As a sales and relationship manager, Salmon will work closely with...
Langlinais Joins Crystal & Company in Houston Risk Control Unit
Jul 17 2017 // Crystal & Company has hired Steven Langlinais as a director in its Risk Control department. He is based in Houston. Langlinais will focus on analyzing clients’ workplaces and developing their safety management...
Insurance Underwriters See Risks, Opportunities in Speeding Up Infrastructure Projects
Jul 14 2017 // “We’re going to cut a lot of red tape,” President Trump said at a CEO town hall meeting as he unrolled a long, colorful flow chart showing the process required for a state government to obtain the federal...
China Regulators End Insurer Deal Spree, Favoring Risk Managers, over Risk Makers
Jul 14 2017 // The revolution in China’s insurance industry that helped unleash about $80 billion of acquisitions started with a whimper and ended with a bang. With little fanfare, China’s top insurance official, Xiang Junbo,...
FERMA European Risk Management Certification Available Online
Jul 13 2017 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) announced that its European Certification program is now available online. The first online examinations will start in September. “This is a major step...
RMS Launches New Models for Tropical Cyclone & Earthquake in Asia Pacific
Jul 12 2017 // RMS, the Newark, Calif.-based risk modeling and analytics firm, has introduced typhoon models for wind and flood for South Korea and Taiwan, plus four new earthquake models for Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and...
Risk Management Process for Insurance Professionals
Jul 12 2017 // What does a risk manager do? Very simply, a risk manager improves the bottom line by making risk less risky. Maybe that doesn’t make as much sense as I thought it did. Let me back up a step and give you a working...
Willis Towers Watson Announces New Leadership for North America Brokerage Unit
Jul 11 2017 // Global insurance broker Willis Towers Watson has made several senior appointments in its North America Corporate Risk and Broking (CRB) business. Mark Rusas has been appointed CRB Northeast region leader, where he will be...
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Jul 10 2017 // Kansas City-based insurance broker Lockton has named Jeff Henningsen as president of its Houston property/casualty insurance operation. Henningsen will take on an expanded leadership role in business development for the...
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Jul 10 2017 // Alan Jay Kaufman, chairman, president and CEO of Detroit/Farmington Hills, Michigan-based H.W. Kaufman Financial Group, has joined the School of Risk Management, Insurance and Actuarial Science board of overseers at the...
How Whirlpool Risk Manager Addresses Issues Before They Become Problems
Jul 6 2017 // Powered by InsuranceJournal.tv A big part of risk management is acting to prevent problems before they happen — whether it involves the health and safety of employees, outside market forces, or mergers and acquisitions,...
Career Crossing: RIMS Honoree Keaton Hopes to Get Back on Risk Management Track
Jun 22 2017 // Juliana Keaton had no idea when she started off as a lawyer litigating commercial insurance claims that her career path would someday lead her to be the risk manager of one of the largest railroad companies in the...
Whirlpool Risk Manager Strives to Solve Problems Before They Occur
Jun 19 2017 // A big part of risk management is acting to prevent problems before they happen — whether it involves the health and safety of employees, outside market forces, or mergers and acquisitions, according to the risk...
