Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
ACE USA Appoints Mattheessen, Vest to Leadership Positions in Texas
Dec 14 2010 // ACE USA, the U.S.-based retail operating division of the ACE Group, has appointed Keith Mattheessen as senior vice president for ACE Risk Management’s (ARM) Houston region, and Laura Vest as senior vice president and...
RMS Conducts Risk Analysis for SCOR’s Atlas VI Cat Bonds
Dec 13 2010 // Risk Management Solutions announced that it has successfully conducted the expert risk analysis for the second issuance of the Atlas VI bond (Series 2010-I Class A Notes) sponsored by French reinsurer SCOR Group. The...
Lockton, Germany’s Funk Group Extend Service Pact
Dec 2 2010 // Two large privately-held and independent insurance brokers, U.S.-based Lockton and Germany’s Funk Group, said they will expand their risk management service alliance. Through the alliance, Funk will provide risk...
Lockton Expands Risk Management Services with Germany’s Funk Group
Dec 2 2010 // Insurance brokers Lockton and Germany’s Funk Group announced that they will expand their risk management service alliance. “Through the alliance, Funk will provide risk management support for Lockton clients in...
Marsh Enhances D&O Liability Modeling Capabilities
Nov 19 2010 // Given today’s heightened scrutiny on publicly traded companies and the proliferation of securities class action lawsuits, properly insuring corporate directors and officers has taken on profound importance....
Oregon State to Assist Crop Insurance Program
Nov 8 2010 // An innovative climate and weather monitoring system developed at Oregon State University in Corvallis will soon be used to help underwrite and verify claims of crop losses, both to improve services to farmers across the...
5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms
Nov 1 2010 // Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat....
5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms
Nov 1 2010 // Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat....
5 Risk Management Steps to Recommend to Design Firms
Nov 1 2010 // Critical Areas Include Contract Wording, M&As, Emerging Risks As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a...
5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms
Nov 1 2010 // Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat....
5 Risk Management Tips for Design Firms
Nov 1 2010 // Contracts, Emerging Risks and M&As Critical Areas to Notice As the difficult economy forces architects and engineering firms to focus their resources on keeping their firms afloat, risk management is taking a backseat....
ACE Global Engineering Network Launches Industry Fact Sheets
Oct 29 2010 // The ACE Global Engineering Network (AGEN), a division of the ACE Group of companies, has launched 12 fact sheets for its clients that provide an in-depth analysis of property risk management issues facing a range of...
Anatomy of a large account sale
Oct 27 2010 // This October marks my 31st anniversary in the insurance industry. Many things have changed since my first insurance sale. Initially, my experience and confidence level precluded me from effectively pursuing larger or...
Marsh’s Moczarski: Risk Managers’ Role in Organizations is Growing
Oct 21 2010 // Risk managers are becoming more visible and active across their organizations and are wielding greater influence on strategic decisions, according to Alex Moczarski, President of Marsh’s International Division. He...
BP Links Bonus Pay to Safety, Risk Management
Oct 19 2010 // BP Chief Executive Bob Dudley has stepped up his battle to rebuild the troubled oil giant’s reputation, declaring safety is so core to the group that it would be the sole measure for staff bonuses in the last quarter...
Clements Europe Acquires Vehicle Risk Management Book from Lockton
Oct 14 2010 // Insurer Clements Europe has acquired the International Vehicle Risk Management (IVRM) business from broker Lockton. The IVRM business consists of overseas diplomats and International fleet business, complementing Clements...
Swiss Re Structures $138.6 Million Cat Bond for Groupama
Oct 6 2010 // Swiss Re’s Capital Markets unit announced that it has ‘successfully structured and placed €100 million [$138.6 million] of securities issued by Green Valley Ltd.,” covering windstorm events in...
People
Oct 4 2010 // Salt Lake City-based The Buckner Co. named Mark A. Oligschlaeger executive vice president/chief operations officer. He joins the insurance firm after having spent the past 12 years working for Leucadia National Corp.,...
A Wonderful Life
Oct 4 2010 // McQueary Henry Bowles Troy Soars High With Faith, Texas Values and the Ultimate Angel Investor If a creative insurance cinematographer were to capture the story of McQueary Henry Bowles Troy LLP, it might appear to be a...
ACE UK Launches Retail Sector Risk Management ‘Self Assessment Tool’
Sep 30 2010 // ACE UK has launched a self assessment tool for its clients in the retail sector to enable them to gather detailed risk information from multiple sites and to compare these against best practice benchmarks for a range of...