crisis management News

Liberty Mutual Adds Crisis Management Endorsement

Liberty Mutual Insurance has added a crisis management endorsement to its new commercial lead umbrella policy form to help protect mid-sized companies. The endorsement offers policyholders up to 72 hours to identify a crisis and file a claim to receive …

RIM Offers Free Apps to Appease BlackBerry Customers

Canada’s Research In Motion Ltd said it will offer free premium apps worth more than $100, in a bid to appease its customers following BlackBerry service disruption last week. Research In Motion said the complete selection of premium apps will …

BlackBerry Maker Scrambles to End Global Outage; Repair Damage to Brand

The company that makes the BlackBerry smart phone is working frantically to end a three-day global service disruption that has frustrated millions of its customers and pumped up pressure on its management to make sweeping changes. Research In Motion [RIM], …

Aon, Zurich Launch Innovative $100 Million Reputational Risk Coverage

A company’s reputation often constitutes one of its most valuable assets; however, as the damage to value, as well, as the nature of the risks that may cause it, are hard to calculate, obtaining coverage has been a complex process. …

Aon Risk Appoints Bentele, Dalchow to New Global Crisis Management Posts

Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., announced the appointment of Christof Bentele as the Crisis Management Practice’s chief broking officer with immediate effect. He is currently Aon’s global product leader for recall and contamination business. Aon …