Property Casualty 360 (5/1/2019)
Businesses today operate on a global scale, and that impacts the risks they face. Managing these risks requires clear, culturally-sensitive communications. That was the message behind the keynote opening earlier this week during the 2019 RIMS Annual Conference in Boston.

Risk & Insurance Magazine (4/25/2019)
There’s a trend in recent mainstream media's reporting on commercial insurance coverage disputes that is causing considerable frustration in the underwriting and brokering community.

Insurance Journal (4/29/2019)
Economic and global trade concerns are challenging organizations' ability to invest adequately in preparing for and protecting the continuity of their operations, according to findings from Aon's 2019 Global Risk Management Survey, which aims to identify the challenges organizations face in assessing and responding to traditional and emerging risks.

Property Casualty 360 (4/29/2019)
Social movements have attracted much attention in recent years. Movements such as #MeToo, Time's Up and Black Lives Matter are just a few modern examples of social justice movements with strong intentions to reform the status quo in industries once thought of as impervious like Hollywood, media, sports and government.

Canadian Underwriter (4/30/2019)
A lack of understanding about alternative risk transfer (ART) solutions, particularly among C-suite executives, remains a major obstacle to their expanded use, according a new report from Marsh and RIMS.

Risk Management Monitor (4/24/2019)
A new study shows that changes in employee engagement and loyalty can indicate whether an employee is planning to leave, and these changes may start up to 9 months before an employee quits. In The 9-Month Warning: Identifying Quitters Before It's Too Late, workplace data analytics firm Peakon and its research arm Heartbeat drew on polling of 30 million employees in 125 countries to help employers spot the signs and mitigate resulting risks.

Insurance Journal (4/25/2019)
The number of workplace injury claims continues to decline year after year despite significant changes in workforce demographics that experts thought would increase claims frequency, according to a report by the National Council of Compensation Insurance.

Healthcare Finance (4/29/2019)
Chief financial officers and risk leaders at healthcare organizations are generally aligned, and prepared, when it comes to managing key risk areas -- but change is coming. And that change may force some in the industry to adapt.

Although they are new and often not well understood, emerging risks can be identified, evaluated and response plans can be implemented to create a competitive advantage for the organization, according to RIMS new executive report titled, Identifying and Evaluating Emerging Risks. The report explores emerging risk research and discovery processes, evaluation strategies, response planning, steps to integrate emerging risks into the known risk portfolio, as well as helpful tips to address and overcome expected challenges to enhancing capabilities. Download this report from our Risk Knowledge library (members-only).

Without purposeful activity and a clear return-to-work plan, injured workers can develop a "disability" mindset creating higher claim costs and longer delays, averaging five to six times the normal closure rate. During this webinar on May 15, you will learn how a risk manager, who faced significant legacy claim issues, developed a unique return-to-work program that could work for any company with few traditional light-duty options. Our presenter will be Kathleen Peck ARM, AIC, Risk Management Consultant at Genex.