How to Boost Your Firm's Credit Rating Risk managers can take a series of steps that emphasize their robust ERM programs and will allay rating agencies' concerns.
ERM Alive and Well in Middle East By Christopher Mandel The problem is that the corporate culture shuns risk-taking so much that it can inhibit necessary innovation.
The Myth About Contractors and Risk By Rod Farrar Senior executives say, “There is no need to worry about that risk – I have transferred that to the contractor.” This is not possible.
5 Accidents Just Waiting to Happen By Rick Dalrymple To limit workers' comp claims and lawsuits, especially fraudulent ones, you have to avoid five common mistakes.
A Better Way to Think About Reputation Risk By Norman Marks Assessments of reputation risk should become part of the discussion when any risk is being considered, because almost all have an effect on reputation.
The Many Paths to a Career in Risk By Christopher Mandel Experiences across an array of business functions can help prepare for a career handling the variety of risk exposures that must be managed.
The Right Way to Test for Solvency By Dave Ingram The solvency of insurers is typically evaluated by looking backwards, at last year. The Full Limits Stress Test is a way to look forward.
Giving the Gift of Books on Risk Management By Norman Marks As we enter the gift-giving season, here are five books to consider as gifts for yourself, your team or a friend with a passion for risk management.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.