Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Texas-Based RiskPro Partners Names Davis as VP, Risk Management
Jun 16 2016 // RiskPro Partners, a privately held insurance brokerage firm headquartered in Dallas, has hired Julie Davis as vice president, Risk Management Services, in RiskPro Partner’s Austin office. Davis joins RiskPro Partners...
Startup Embroker CEO Miller Pursues ‘Massive Improvement’ Over Disruption in Commercial Insurance Brokerage
Jun 15 2016 // Within venture capital circles, the insurance industry is sexy right now. It seems not a week goes by without another startup being announced, some with niche angles such as peer-to-peer distribution, insurance for...
Midwest Risk Management Groups, Bearence and AERO, Form Partnership
Jun 1 2016 // Bearence Management Group, based in Des Moines, Iowa, and AERO Risk Management, headquartered in Minneapolis, Minn., have formed a strategic partnership to provide clients of both firms with access to expanded risk...
ESIS Launches Healthcare Industry Risk Management Practice
May 26 2016 // ESIS, Inc., Chubb’s risk management services division, has launched a new industry practice dedicated to serving the claims and risk management needs of healthcare organizations and life sciences firms. The ESIS...
Hanover Stone Partners, UnitedLex to Offer Cyber Risk Management Services
May 20 2016 // Hanover Stone Partners, a risk management services firm, and UnitedLex, a business advisory company, have collaborated on cyber-security, legal services and other risk management options for businesses and other commercial...
50% of Risk Managers Bought or Increased Cyber Insurance in Last Year: HSB
May 18 2016 // Fifty percent of U.S. businesses have either purchased cyber insurance for the first time or increased their level of coverage in the last year, according to a survey of risk managers by The Hartford Steam Boiler...
Re/Insurance CEOs Join Insurance Development Forum, UN & World Bank Initiative
May 17 2016 // A group of re/insurance and global broking CEOs are assisting the work of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which was launched last month to help build resilience to climate risk and natural disasters, while bridging...
CMS Acquires Diversified Professional Risk Managers in New York
May 10 2016 // CMS LLC, an insurance wholesaler based in Melville, New York, announced that it has acquired Diversified Professional Risk Managers in Rockville Centre, New York. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Established in...
Indiana Agency Exec Named Chairman of Associated Risk Managers International
May 3 2016 // Independent insurance agency network, Associated Risk Managers International Inc. (ARMI), have elected Greg Easley to serve as chairman of the ARMI board of directors. Easley currently serves as vice president and...
EPIC’s McNeil Named to California Water JPA Risk Management Board
Apr 28 2016 // David McNeil, a principal in the EPIC Insurance Brokers and Consultants’ Inland Empire division, has been appointed to the advisory board of the California Association of Mutual Water Companies Joint Powers Risk and...
PERILS Joins Singapore’s NatCatDAX, Aiming to Close Asia Nat Cat Protection Gap
Apr 28 2016 // PERILS, the Zurich-based independent organization providing industry-wide catastrophe insurance data, announced it has joined the Singapore-based Natural Catastrophe Data and Analytics Exchange (NatCatDAX) Alliance, which...
KMRD Partners Adds 2 Risk Managers in Pennsylvania
Apr 25 2016 // John Garber KMRD Partners, an insurance brokerage and risk management services firm based in Warrington, Pennsylvania, has hired John Garber and Karl Granlun as risk managers. Garber’s role as risk manager, Client...
RIMS 2016: Star Trek Tools, Workers Comp’s Future Help Draw Biggest Crowd in 13 Years
Apr 15 2016 // Workers’ compensation, geopolitical risks, recalls, disaster response, the captive industry and cyber security were among the topics of sessions held throughout the final day of the annual RIMS conference for risk...
BKS-Partners in Florida Appoints Ingram to Commercial Risk Management Group
Apr 15 2016 // Florida-Based Baldwin Krystyn Sherman Partners (BKS-Partners), has appointed Amy Ingram as managing director of the Commercial Risk Management Group. She will be based in company’s Tampa office. Ingram joins...
RIMS 2016: Wearable Tech, Automated Vehicles Dominate Insurance Horizon
Apr 12 2016 // Imagine sitting at your desk writing a quote for an insurance policy and suddenly the lapel of your coat begins angrily buzzing, snapping you out of a daze and causing you to quickly straighten up and become alert. The...
RIMS 2016: Employee vs. Contractor Debate to Become Even Hotter
Apr 11 2016 // The employee vs. contractor debate has the potential to have a major impact on the insurance industry, according to a pair of experts speaking on the topic on Monday in San Diego, Calif. It’s estimated there are 10...
York Hires Walsh as Risk Management Practices President in New Jersey
Apr 7 2016 // Patrick J. Walsh York Risk Services Group, a national provider of claims management, managed care, specialized loss adjusting, alternative risk programs, pool administration and other insurance services, has hired Patrick...
Atlas General Insurance Services, LLC Introduces ‘GoSafe’ an Online Safety and Risk Management Platform
Apr 6 2016 // San Diego, CA, April 6, 2016 – Atlas General Insurance Services announces the release of GoSafe, a new comprehensive risk management, work safety and compliance platform. “This online platform was created by...
Patriot National Launches Online Risk Management Marketplace
Apr 6 2016 // Patriot Risk Consultants (PRC), a subsidiary of Patriot National, Inc. has launched PN BidExpert, an online marketplace to connect underwriters and risk managers with loss control engineers. PN BidExpert works by matching...
Element Risk Management Acquires Barnett Insurance in Pittsburgh
Apr 5 2016 // Element Risk Management, an independent agency based in West Chester, Pennsylvania, with an additional office in Bel Air, Maryland, announced that it has acquired Barnett Insurance Inc., an independent agency in...
