Latest Risk Management Headlines

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

San Diego Revamps WC Claims Process with Software and Best Practices

Oct 6 2003 // Cost containment in the California workers’ compensation market can be difficult, but particularly if an organization is using an outdated claims system and obsolete business processes. In Nov. 1999, the City of San...

Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention

Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...

Special Coverage: NAPSLO Annual Convention

Oct 6 2003 // The NAPSLO Annual Convention took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego at the San Diego Marriott Hotel & Marina. For more Insurance Journal interviews and special video coverage of the NAPSLO Convention, including an...

Industry Adopting Enhanced RMS Risk Models for U.S. Catastrophe Risk

Sep 26 2003 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced that its new third generation earthquake and hurricane models for the United States are being adopted...

W. R. Berkley Appoints William P. Scott VP Financial Risk Management

Sep 25 2003 // W. R. Berkley Corporation has announced the appointment of William P. Scott to a newly created position with the Company as Vice President-Financial Risk Management, effective immediately. “He will be responsible...

Non-Profits, Public Entities Battle Market Conditions

Sep 22 2003 // As some in the industry see profits and smoother sailing ahead, other markets are having a tougher time. In a look at the non-profits and public entities markets, Insurance Journal spoke with several experts in those...

ACE USA Creates New Construction Group

Sep 22 2003 // ACE USA announced the creation of the ACE USA Construction Group. This new construction underwriting unit will be staffed by a team of experienced construction professionals dedicated to addressing the unique insurance...

Non-Profits, Public Entities Battle Market Conditions

Sep 22 2003 // As some in the industry see profits and smoother sailing ahead, other markets are having a tougher time. In a look at the non-profits and public entities markets, Insurance Journal spoke with several experts in those...

NAPSLO Special Coverage

Sep 19 2003 // Insurance Journal brings you special video coverage of the NAPSLO Annual Convention that took place Sept. 10-14 in San Diego. Insurance Journal spoke with a number of key leaders in the excess & surplus lines...

Acordia Acquires Houston Agency

Sep 9 2003 // Acordia Inc., a subsidiary of Wells Fargo & Company, announced acquired Wisenberg Insurance + Risk Management, a privately held insurance and risk management firm in Houston, Texas. The acquisition closed September 1,...

Alternative Markets Reach New Levels

Sep 8 2003 // “Client, insure thyself!” Well it hasn’t quite reached that point yet, but the hard market has caused insurance buyers to commence an unprecedented search for affordable risk management solutions. Pushed...

RMS Provides Risk Analysis for $100 Million Taiwan Earthquake Pool

Aug 28 2003 // Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions, a leading provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced that it has provided the risk analysis for a securitization of insurance risk by...

Swiss Re Report Says Hospitals Face Growing ‘Mad Cow Disease’ Threat

Aug 22 2003 // Hospitals face a growing threat from a new variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), the human version of “mad cow disease,” the killer infection that decimated British cattle herds in the 90’s. Swiss...

EQECAT Provides Risk Analysis for Largest Japanese Cat Bond

Aug 21 2003 // Oakland- based EQECAT Inc., a division of ABSG Consulting of Houston, Texas, announced that it has provided the risk analysis for a $470 million bond consisting of three individual tranches covering potential losses from...

Production, Service & Employee Satisfaction Drive Higginbotham to the Top

Aug 18 2003 // Fort Worth-based Higginbotham & Associates began as a small personal lines agency in 1948 representing Trinity Universal Insurance Company and SAFECO. Today it is one of the largest independent agencies in North...

Aon Risk Services Adds Key Staff in the Bay Area

Aug 13 2003 // Aon Risk Services announced the addition of four senior individuals to its Risk Management Practice located in San Francisco. “Our objective is to enhance our ability to meet the risk management needs of larger...

CPCU Society Gathers in New Orleans Oct. 11-14

Aug 11 2003 // CPCUs can learn about the latest property and casualty insurance topics at the CPCU Society’s 59th Annual Meeting and Seminars, taking place in New Orleans, Oct. 11-14. The Annual Meeting’s Property and...

Head Receives IIS Gold Medal Award

Aug 7 2003 // Dr. George Head received the John S. Bickley Founder’s Gold Medal from the International Insurance Society (IIS) recently at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York City. The award was presented at IIS’s annual...

Argonaut Sees 46% Increase in GWP for Q2

Aug 7 2003 // San Antonio-based Argonaut Group Inc. announced financial results for the three- and six-month periods ended June 30, 2003, noting that the group’s gross written premium during the second quarter increased to $199.5...

Old National Acquires Fort Wayne Agency

Aug 5 2003 // Evansville, Ind.-based Old National Bancorp has closed the deal to acquire Insurance & Risk Management, a 160-employee insurance agency with offices in Fort Wayne and Indianapolis, Ind. Insurance & Risk...