Latest Risk Management Headlines
All the headlines from our Risk Management Topic Page, ordered by recency.
PMSI-Tmesys Unveils Medication, Patient Care System
Mar 14 2006 // A new management system, which helps payors control medication costs and enhance patient care has been introduced by PMSI-Tmesys of Tampa, Fla., a provider of workers’ compensation pharmacy and management...
Casualty Actuarial Society Unveils Project on Enterprise Risk Management
Mar 13 2006 // The Casualty Actuarial Society, ERM Institute International Ltd. (ERM-II), and the CAS/SOA Risk Management Section are jointly launching a major research project titled “ERM Analysis of Property-Casualty Insurance...
Xinhua Finance to Acquire Chinese Risk Manager Beijing Alpha
Mar 3 2006 // Xinhua Finance Limited, China’s foremost financial information and media provider, announced that it has signed an agreement to acquire Beijing Alpha Financial Engineering Company, one of the country’s leading...
University of San Diego Hosts Real Estate Risk Management Seminar
Feb 24 2006 // The University of San Diego’s Burnham-Moores Center for Real Estate will hold a free seminar in risk management Monday, Feb. 27 in USD’s Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace & Justice. The event begins with a...
People
Feb 19 2006 // United America Indemnity Ltd.’s board of directors has selected Joseph F. Morris as its president. The company will also consolidate its two U.S. insurance subsidiaries, United National Group and Penn-America Group,...
Richard Robin
Feb 19 2006 // People Encino, Calif.-based NAS Insurance Services has appointed Richard Robin president. He will be responsible for overall operations, including underwriting, marketing and administration. Ed Robin will continue to serve...
Spitzer probe brought bad practices to light, panel says
Feb 6 2006 // That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a...
Risk models show industry burden under TRIA
Feb 6 2006 // The extension of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act represents solvency protection in extreme events but is not an industry subsidy, according to risk modeling experts at Risk Management Solutions and AIR Worldwide...
Risk models show industry burden under TRIA
Feb 6 2006 // The extension of the federal Terrorism Risk Insurance Act represents solvency protection in extreme events but is not an industry subsidy, according to risk modeling experts at Risk Management Solutions and AIR Worldwide...
What happens when the excess carrier goes under
Feb 6 2006 // Analysis of one typical large company’s 65 years of excess casualty programs turns up disturbing news. More than half of the 49 carriers that participated on this corporation’s excess programs are now insolvent...
Spitzer probe brought bad practices to light, panel says
Feb 5 2006 // That the investigation of New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into compensation practices of the nation’s insurance brokers and carriers brought to light the unethical behavior of some bad industry apples was a...
SPECIAL REPORT: Commercial Umbrella
Feb 5 2006 // Insolvencies have left numerous corporations with uncollectible excess casualty claims and no recourse but to pay these large claims out of company coffers. What happens when the excess carrier goes under To avoid high...
Rodolakis Signs Agreement With Beecher Carlson
Jan 31 2006 // Atlanta-based Beecher Carlson, an insurance brokerage and risk management consulting company, has announced it has entered into a strategic business relationship with Tony Rodolakis, a risk management veteran with...
University of Iowa Offers New Classes in Risk Management and Insurance
Jan 30 2006 // The University of Iowa announced that it is now offering a Certificate in Risk Management and Insurance (RMI) through the Emmett J. Vaughan Institute of Risk Management and Insurance, in the Henry B. Tippie College of...
Lexington Enhances Online Risk Management Tools for Employers
Jan 30 2006 // Lexington Insurance Company, a member company of American International Group Inc. has expanded its online training capabilities at: www.lexeplhelp.com for customers carrying employment practices liability (EPL) insurance....
People
Jan 22 2006 // Michael J. Roche, senior vice president of Protection Technology and Administration for Allstate Insurance Company, recently was named to IDG’s Computerworld Premier 100 IT Leaders Award Program. Roche was selected...
AIR Worldwide Opens Munich Office
Jan 20 2006 // AIR Worldwide Corp. announced the opening of AIR Worldwide GmbH in Munich, Germany, “to meet the needs of its expanding client base in the region.” Yoern Tatge will head the new office. AIR noted: “Europe...
FERMA Risk Managers Respond to Avian Flu Threat
Jan 16 2006 // The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has issued a timely bulletin on the multiple risks society faces from the threat posed by the avian flu virus H5N1. “A massive outbreak of avian flu...
Beecher Carlson Boosts Northeast Profile, Adding 12 in Boston
Jan 12 2006 // Insurance broker and risk management consultant Beecher Carlson has significantly expanded its presence in the northeast region with the recent addition of 12 industry professionals in its Boston office. Beecher Carlson...
RMS: New TRIA Structure Shifts Risk Burden to Insurance Industry
Jan 4 2006 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) recently assessed the risk of terrorism and quantified how the terms of the December 2005 renewal of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) would shift the relative...
