Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Financial Crisis Dominates European Risk Manager Debates, Conference
Oct 20 2008 // One of Pat Oliphant’s more recent editorial cartoons shows presidential candidate John McCain held in the trunk of an enraged elephant labeled “The Economy.” “My friends,” says McCain to a...
Willis Re’s Underwood Appointed to Board of Casualty Actuarial Society
Oct 16 2008 // Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of global broker Willis Group Holdings, announced from its London headquarters the election of Alice Underwood to the Board of Directors of the Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) for a three...
Marsh Urges ‘Smarter Risk Management’ to Beat Credit Crunch
Oct 14 2008 // A new briefing paper from Marsh shows how insurance and risk management strategies can help UK firms improve liquidity, free up cash, strengthen their financial resilience and continue operating profitably during...
RMS to Provide Data for ‘Specialist Climate Change Research’
Oct 14 2008 // Risk Management Solutions announced that it is “partnering in an innovative program launched by HSBC to provide fund managers globally with direct access to specialist climate change research. “As the present...
Travelers Aviation Adds New Coverages, Risk Control Services
Oct 7 2008 // As the use of corporate and general aviation aircraft increases, Travelers (NYSE: TRV) Aviation is expanding its insurance products and services with new aviation coverage offerings including non-owned aircraft liability...
Hawaii Pacific University Launches Insurance and Risk Management Program
Oct 6 2008 // Hawaii Pacific University has instituted a graduate program in insurance and risk management. According to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, “HPU’s graduate insurance program is the first in the West....
Financial Crisis Spurs CFOs to Weigh Risk Management Practices
Oct 1 2008 // The financial crisis gripping the United States has senior finance executives more likely to be concerned about their firms’ risk management practices (72%) than they are about such issues as accessing both long-term...
Zurich Makes Group Risk Management Appointments in Europe, U.S.
Sep 25 2008 // Zurich Financial Services has announced the following appointments within its Risk Management Group. Adrian Zweig (50, Swiss citizen), currently Head of Strategic Asset Allocation and Asset and Liability Management (ALM),...
Early Estimates of Ike Damage: $6B to $18B
Sep 22 2008 // The Real Numbers Won’t be Known for Weeks Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely — from $8 billion to $16 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance...
Hawaii Pacific University Launches Insurance and Risk Management Program
Sep 19 2008 // Hawaii Pacific University has instituted a graduate program in insurance and risk management. According to Hawaii Insurance Commissioner J.P. Schmidt, “HPU’s graduate insurance program is the first in the West....
Beecher Carlson Names Nelson Senior VP in Denver
Sep 18 2008 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson appointed Craig Nelson senior vice president, focusing on the development and management of accounts in the retail industry from the company’s Denver office. Nelson has 28 years of...
Ike Insured Damage Estimates Range from $6B to $18B
Sep 15 2008 // Estimates of insured damage from Hurricane Ike vary widely – from $6 billion to $18 billion, according to several catastrophe risk modeling firms, but Texas Insurance Commissioner Mike Geeslin has pointed out that...
Professional Liability Risk Management and Insurance Consultancy, CRMC, Opens Its Doors
Sep 15 2008 // Construction Risk Management Consultants LLC (CRMC) a unique, highly specialized insurance and risk management consultancy with expertise in the design and implementation of professional liability risk management programs...
Associated Risk Managers Looks to Florida and the Southeast
Sep 10 2008 // Itasca, Illinois-based Associated Risk Managers is implementing expansion efforts across the Southeast, beginning with Florida. According to ARM Chairman, Larry McSpadden, ARM members Lewis Maddux and Danny Gleason teamed...
Goldman Sachs Rosengarten Named XL VP, Chief Enterprise Risk Officer
Sep 9 2008 // XL Capital announced that it has appointed Jacob D. Rosengarten as Executive Vice President and Chief Enterprise Risk Officer of the XL group of companies. He is currently a Managing Director of Goldman Sachs, and will...
S&P Reports Examine Reinsurers’ Risk Management, Pricing Trends
Sep 9 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published two reports, coinciding with the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monte Carlo, which examine the reinsurance industry’s progress in implementing risk management...
LIU Launches Global Crisis Risk Management Initiative
Sep 8 2008 // Liberty International Underwriters (LIU), part of Liberty Mutual Group, has launched a global crisis risk management initiative that introduces new products such as kidnap, ransom and extortion; contaminated products; and...
Risk Management Group Says Gustav Damage Between $4 and $10 Billion
Sep 5 2008 // A catastrophic risk management company says private insurers could face damages from Hurricane Gustav between $4 billion and $10 billion. Newark, California-based Risk Management Solutions said on September 2 that the...
Venture Launches Resort Program
Sep 2 2008 // Venture Insurance Programs, launched the SuiteLife program, an all-lines insurance solution for resort properties. SuiteLife combines Venture’s Preferred Club Program – one the industry’s largest programs...
Jungle Love
Sep 1 2008 // Risk Management Strategies Based on Emulating Animals in the Jungle With such events as wildfires, the subprime mortgage fallout, and mergers and acquisitions, the corporate world can at times seem like a jungle. No one...
