H.R. 5792: scrap that ASAP: expanding coverage areas for risk
retention groups without corresponding regulation is a
mistake.(CO
The National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies supports
repetitive markets and is a leader in the effort to seek free market
forms of insurance regulation. Our top legislative priority is . . .
H.R. 5792: pass it now: legislation stabilizes pricing and
increases commercial property insurance availability.(POINT)
The Liability Risk Retention Act (LRRA) is an example of
legislation that as served consumers well by making insurance more
available and fordable. The U.S. Congress first passed legislation . . .
Upcoming events.(Calendar)
OCTOBER
2-5
ASHRM Conference
The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management will host its
2008 Annual Conference and Exhibition for risk management professionals
at the Hynes Convention . . .
Risk manager retention: some companies like to hold onto their
risk, finding creative in-house ways to fund and mitigate their
e
Summary
* Many risk managers tend to stay with one company and with one
position for extended periods of time.
* The best risk management jobs involve an atmosphere of continuing
evolution of . . .
Terror risk: the next seven years: for now, the stalemate between
the forces of radicalism and the coalition of moderate states
Summary
* With the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization
providing a seven-year extension of a federal backstop for terrorism
losses, carriers can decide how much capital they want to . . .
How did the terror risk models stack up? How well did the models
do, seven years after Sept. 11, 2001? The modeled preferences--
Summary
* The seven years since Sept. 11, 2001, have been the most active
period in terrorism history. There have been 1,450 "macro"
terrorist attacks (a car bomb or worse) in 43 countries . . .
Ratings' enterprise five: Dreyer, Puccia, Easop, Mosher,
Mohrenweiser--the five ratings analysts who can strike fear or spell
re
Summary
* Interest in enterprise risk management is driven by a powerful
bottom-line reality: New ERM evaluations by credit ratings agencies are
poised to have an impact on companies' cost of . . .
A proselyte for a holistic view of risk: leaving the minutia of
spreadsheet-clogged white papers where they belong: on the shelv
The persistence, even popularity, of analogue watches and clocks,
even those without numbers, is testament to the fact that telling time
is more about the spatial relationship of the hands on the . . .
In search of a more perfect union: coaxing, or coaching, the
unions with a restructured disability program was the key to Southe
Labor-management antagonisms go back to the dawn of civilization.
Few elements of human behavior are older, but one is the tendency to
leave temporary solutions in place rather than put time and . . .
An eye for managing risk on the road: a small camera lets drivers
see how they're doing, and results can be used in court to def
In the process of turning a product into a service over the past
two years, Bruce Moeller has created a growing nationwide business.
Moeller--former president and CEO of San Diego-based . . .
Mainframe of mind: teasing workers' comp injury data out of
SEPTA's mainframe helped managers curb accidents.(RISK &
INSURANCE[R
By 2003, the workers' compensation department of the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority had been very
successful in reducing the number of open claims using normal, solid
claims . . .
Fear this: making headway by tackling others' fears.(RISK
& INSURANCE[R] RISK INNOVATORS: TECHNOLOGY)
To overcome the tear of risk, first you have to understand it,
according to Maria Diaz. As director of global risk management for Xerox
Corp., Diaz continuously challenges her colleagues and . . .
One platform for one and all: Internet-based platform links
underwriting and the risk control field.(RISK & INSURANCE[R] RISK
IN
Gary Morin and Paul Sundquist are in the early phases of an
innovative venture they've named Longship Network LLC. The men
first teamed up when Morin was at IT services company Software
Essentials . . .
Patience nets many virtues: Dana Berry used the patience learned
as an English teacher to rope sales into the risk management
ma
How does a former "phone cop" tackle a vexing risk
management problem involving customer credit risk? By combining the
analytical skills gained over years of work within the
telecommunications . . .
Serving managers a hardier menu of tools: making programs
accessible to managers via the intranet puts a dent in frequency
claim
For a company with dozens of restaurants as well as a beer
distributorship, the challenge isn't so much identifying the key
risk areas as it is finding a way to effectively communicate to
employees . . .
Course corrections: driving disability rates of his
company's drivers in one direction--downward.(RISK &
INSURANCE[R] RISK INNOV
With some 330 trucks out on the road for the better part of the day
making deliveries to customers, it's no surprise that auto
liability would be one of the big concerns for McCoy Building . . .
Running risk whitewaters: creating results in a Canadian YMCA
program that counts the perils of rafting among its risks.(RISK &
Remember when the total risk management program at your local YMCA
consisted of a sign on the wall by the pool that said, "Walk,
Don't Run?"
You probably won't find that sign at the YMCA of . . .
Culture change: weaving together strands of workers' comp
claims management for New York City.(RISK & INSURANCE[R] RISK
INNOVATO
Anyone who has toiled in workers' comp knows what it's
like to walk into a situation expecting a well-oiled machine and finding
a rusty, antiquated boiler instead. "It was stagnant," said
Ruben . . .
Rocking Little Rock: revamping "old school" thinking by
cutting waste and finding interim work for injured workers.(RISK &
INSUR
When Michael Knott arrived in Little Rock in 1993 to handle
workers' comp safety and loss control duties, he was astonished at
what he found. "Nobody was spearheading it," he said.
Workers' comp . . .
Teaching the children: Dawn Watkins is saving money in Los
Angeles for co-workers and to better educate kids.(RISK &
INSURANCE[R
For nearly a year, Dawn Watkins wore two risk management
hats--interim chief risk officer and director of integrated disability
management--the latter being her real job. By combining both . . .
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