Latest Risk Management Headlines

All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.

People

Sep 1 2008 // Community Financial Insurance Center, Monroe, La., hired Jeanette F. Credo as senior vice president for its new Financial Institutions Division for the states of Louisiana, Alabama and Mississippi. Credo will establish and...

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...

Speak Up if You Care …

Sep 1 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...

Soft Market Exposes Value of Risk Control for Golf Insurers

Aug 28 2008 // For the golf industry, 2008 business is at best a bogey — probably worse. And for the agents, carriers and program managers who cater to the golf and country club world, that’s made for a rough market,...

Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage

Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options. In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking...

Moving Beyond the Perception Trap

Aug 21 2008 // ‘Never walk out of a meeting with out introducing RIOS. Get to insurance later.’ Scott Addis, ‘Purple Cow Leadership Workshop.’ Photo: Brian Ruark, IIAT. Scott Addis presents his ‘Purple...

Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage

Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options. In the midst of hurricane season, insurance agents and brokers are reminded of the need for forward-thinking...

Moving Beyond the Perception Trap

Aug 21 2008 // Scott Addis’ biggest pet peeve is the way consumers perceive insurance agents. After an unpleasant encounter with a stranger at a cocktail party, who upon learning that Addis was an insurance broker rather than a...

Obtaining Optimal Catastrophe Coverage

Aug 21 2008 // The complexity of the cat insurance market can make it difficult to keep pace with the coverage options. The savvy wholesale broker keeps tabs on which surplus lines insurers have the appropriate capacity for In the midst...

Risk Modeler: Tropical Storm Fay Turned East Sooner than Expected

Aug 19 2008 // According to catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide, Tropical Storm Fay took an eastward turn sooner than expected and made landfall at Cape Romano, Florida, on Aug. 19 at around 5 a.m. EDT. “Landfall was along...

AIR Updates Catastrophe Risk Modeling Systems

Aug 15 2008 // Boston-based AIR Worldwide Corporation has announced the release of updates to its CATRADER®, CLASIC/2™ and CATStation® catastrophe risk management systems. “The version 10.0 releases include a number...

RMS Launches Winter, Convective Storm Models for U.S., Canada

Aug 14 2008 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) launched new Winterstorm and Severe Convective Storm Models to enhance its suite of catastrophe risk models for the U.S. and Canada. Built to satisfy the needs of both...

RMS unveils New UK Inland Flood Model, EU Earthquake Model

Aug 8 2008 // UK Flood Model Risk Management Solutions has released a major new upgrade to its U.K. Inland Flood Model. “The upgraded model will enable all segments of the insurance industry to drill down to a finer level of...

New European Cat Bond Uses RMS Paradex for Risk Analysis

Aug 5 2008 // Risk Management Solutions announced that a $200 million Multi-Peril Securitization has become the first catastrophe bond issued using RMS Paradex Europe WiNdstorm index for risk analysis. RMS said it has “performed...

Moving Beyond the Perception Trap

Aug 4 2008 // Key to Growth: Become Remarkable, Indispensable to Your Customers Scott Addis’ biggest pet peeve is the way consumers perceive insurance agents. After an unpleasant encounter with a stranger at a cocktail party who,...

Speak Up if You Care …

Aug 4 2008 // The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.”...

A Philosophy – and Practice – of Sharing

Aug 4 2008 // Shows How Sharing Success With Producers Keeps the Agency and Its Clients Happy Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: No. 8 Insurance Office of America Headquarters: Longwood, Fla. Year Founded: 1988 Additional Locations: 22...

The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education

Aug 1 2008 // If you’re like most insurance firms, your workforce is aging. Or, as a friend of mine recently put it, “There’s a lot of gray hair in the room.” Not that there’s anything wrong with that, mind...

NAS to Offer Expanded HR Risk Management Services

Aug 1 2008 // Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has expanded its HR risk management capabilities by partnering with HReSource to provide new and expanded HR risk management support and services with the purchase or renewal of...

Brown & Brown Buys Ohio-based Great Lakes Risk Management

Jul 31 2008 // Brown & Brown Inc. announced the asset acquisition of Great Lakes Risk Management Inc., of Toledo, Ohio, by a subsidiary of Brown & Brown. Great Lakes Risk Management, with annual revenues of approximately $1...