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Countrywide Insurance Group named Steve Cardinal president and chief operating officer of Countrywide Insurance Services. As a member of Countrywide Insurance Group’s executive team, Cardinal will oversee all aspects of Countrywide Insurance Services. He also will spearhead efforts to hire …

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Countrywide Insurance Group named Steve Cardinal president and chief operating officer of Countrywide Insurance Services. As a member of Countrywide Insurance Group’s executive team, Cardinal will oversee all aspects of Countrywide Insurance Services. He also will spearhead efforts to hire …

Risk Management Solutions Appoints Bentley COO

Risk Management Solutions based in Newark, Calif., has named Robert Bentley chief operating officer. Bentley, who was previously Global COO at Guy Carpenter & Co. LLC., will be responsible for all operational aspects of RMS and will report directly to …

RMS Creates ‘Climate Change’ Position to Evaluate Impact on Risks

Newark, Calif.-based – Risk Management Solutions, a provider of products and services for the management of catastrophe risk, announced the appointment of Dr. Celine Herweijer to the position of “Principal Scientist, Future Climate.” RMS stressed that the new role “reflects …

RMS Report Predicts Increasing Flood Risk in New Orleans

Risk Management Solutions released a report on the future flood risk faced by the city of New Orleans due to hurricane storm surges, concluding the threat of flooding continues to increase due to a combination of factors. The company said …

RMS Names Keogh to Head Global Client Development, Grant Chief Markets Officer

Newark, Calif. – based consulting and modeling provider Risk Management Solutions, Inc. announced the appointment of Bill Keogh to the position of Group Executive, Global Client Development, and the appointment of Matthew Grant to the position of Chief Markets Officer. …

Cat model reassessments cause rating and capital changes

Last fall’s disastrous hurricanes provided some rough times for the catastrophe modeling industry. Consequently the principal cat modelers — Applied Insurance Research, EQE International’s EQECAT, and Risk Management Solutions — went back to the drawing board to reassess their models …

Risk Management Solutions predicts hurricane activity to increase losses by 40 percent

Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., expects increases in hurricane landfall frequencies will increase modeled annualized insurance losses by 40 percent on average across the Gulf Coast, Florida and the Southeast, and by 25 to 30 percent in the Mid-Atlantic and …

Risk Management Solutions predicts hurricane activity to increase losses by 40 percent

Risk Management Solutions, Newark, Calif., expects increases in hurricane landfall frequencies will increase modeled annualized insurance losses by 40 percent on average across the Gulf Coast, Florida and the Southeast, and by 25 to 30 percent in the Mid-Atlantic and …

California Commission Hosts Forum on Catastrophe Preparedness

The California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation is sponsoring “Forum on Catastrophe Preparedness: Partnering to Protect Workplaces” on Friday, April 7, 2006, at the South San Francisco Conference Center. The conference will bring together leaders in homeland …