Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aon Expands ‘WorldAware’ Travel Risk Management Program
Jun 11 2013 // Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, announced that it has launched the “Aon WorldAware GeoAlert Map, a technology-based enhancement to WorldAware Solutions, Aon’s award-winning...
Equity Risk Partners Enhances Aviation Practice
Jun 7 2013 // Equity Risk Partners, an insurance brokerage, employee benefits and risk management consulting firm, has joined forces with AirSure Limited, an aviation risk management consultant in the United States, to strengthen its...
Governments and Re/Insurers Should Work Together to Face Rising Disaster Costs
Jun 6 2013 // A presentation from the Geneva Association (GA), the international insurance think tank for strategically important insurance and risk management issues, calls for a long awaited dialogue between the industry and all...
SullivanCurtisMonroe, CMTA to Launch Environmental Risk Management Program
Jun 5 2013 // SullivanCurtisMonroe (SCM) has formed a partnership with the California Manufacturers & Technology Association (CMTA) to launch the Environmental Risk Management (ERM) program. The ERM Program helps CMTA members manage...
Brown & Brown to Acquire Insurance Broker Beecher Carlson
May 22 2013 // Florida-based national insurance agency Brown & Brown Inc. has agreed to acquire Beecher Carlson Holdings Inc., an insurance and risk management broker with operations that include retail brokerage, program management...
Golf and Country Clubs Weather the Storm
May 20 2013 // Snow in October, hurricanes in the Northeast and record-setting “derechos” in the Ohio Valley and Mid-Atlantic regions are a sampling of the unusual weather that is changing the way insurance carriers evaluate...
Travelers Launches OnDemand Risk Control Service for Commercial Clients
May 15 2013 // The Travelers Insurance Cos. has launched an interactive, on demand service for property and casualty insureds looking to manage and mitigate their business risks. The new service, called Risk Control OnDemand, connects...
Lockton Promotes 4 in St. Louis
May 8 2013 // Insurance broker, Lockton, has promoted four executives in St. Louis to expanded roles in the risk management practice. Vince Gaffigan has been promoted to director of risk consulting. Gaffigan will have overall...
RIMS Conference in LA Risks No Loss of Subject Matter
May 6 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference, a four-day event in Los Angeles, Calif. in late April that included panels...
CompWest, Phoenix Risk Management to Offer WC for California Healthcare Workers
Apr 26 2013 // The steady rise in employment in the health care industry over the last six years, as jobs in most other fields disappeared, has created an opportunity for expansion for Accident Fund Holdings, Inc. in the health care area...
ACE, Trust Risk Management Launch Small Healthcare Provider Program
Apr 26 2013 // ACE USA’s Medical Risk Group has expanded its relationship with Trust Risk Management Services, Inc. (TRMS) to offer an admitted professional and general liability policy designed to provide insurance protection to a...
RIMS Wraps Up In Los Angeles, CRO Pay on Rise
Apr 24 2013 // It appears the chief risk faced by those in charge of risk programs are sky high taxes. According to a survey by the Risk and Insurance Management Society, which wrapped up a four-day conference in Los Angeles with an...
Terrorism Risk, Flood Insurance and Green Building Hot Topics for Risk Managers: RIMS
Apr 23 2013 // Renewal of the Terrorism and Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) was a much talked about topic at the annual Risk and Insurance Management Society conference on Tuesday, a four-day conference in Los Angeles, Calif., that includes...
Willis Report Warns of Growing Risks from Natural Catastrophe Exposures
Apr 23 2013 // “The growing threat of natural catastrophes is raising serious challenges for corporate risk managers and the insurance industry,” according to the second issue of Resilience magazine, the risk management...
AIR Worldwide Announces New Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics Service
Apr 23 2013 // Catastrophe modeling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has announced the availability of “Real-Time Climate Risk Analytics,” which it described as a “new service for corporations and emergency management agencies...
Aon Global Risk Management Survey Highlights ‘Top 10’ Risks for 2013 & 2016
Apr 23 2013 // “Risk leaders are struggling to identify and manage the major risks facing their organizations,” according to the biannual Aon Global Risk Management Survey released by Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk...
RIMS in Southern California Touts Risks
Apr 22 2013 // Risk managers will play a greater role in strategic planning in the near future, according to a report issued on Monday. That was among the plethora of risk related information delivered at the annual Risk and Insurance...
Concerns Over Patient Safety a Top Concern for Hospital Leaders, Risk Managers: Study
Apr 22 2013 // The lack of teamwork combined with a negative culture and poor communication in hospitals today presents a barrier when it comes to patient safety in the future, according to a new survey. The survey results revealed a...
Hylant’s Skirvin Named Risk Management Professional of the Year
Apr 17 2013 // Sara Skirvin, client service manager at Toledo, Ohio-based Hylant, recently was named Risk Management Professional of the Year at the Region IV Conference of the International Association of Insurance Professionals. The...
Ascot Appoints Taylor to Board of Directors
Apr 15 2013 // Ascot Underwriting Ltd. announced the appointment of Paul Taylor as its new Independent Non-Executive Director and Chair of Ascot’s Risk Committee. Taylor is the owner and managing director of Risk Management Options...
