Risk & Insurance Magazine (7/24/2019)
The ranks of U.S. millennials -- those between the ages of 22 and 37 as of 2018 -- are projected to swell to 73 million this year, overtaking baby boomers as the largest U.S. population group. But that doesn't necessarily mean employers will be seeing more of them in the office.

Property Casualty 360 (7/23/2019)
CoreLogic, a global property information, analytics and data-enabled solutions provider, has released their residential and commercial flood and wind loss estimates for Hurricane Barry, the first hurricane of the 2019 season.

Canadian Underwriter (7/22/2019)
Media personality Kylie Jenner caused a stir last year when she asked on Twitter if anybody still uses messaging app Snapchat. "She's obviously such a strong [social media] influencer that I think it was alleged that she single-handedly wrote $1.3 billion off Snapchat's market value overnight," said Nathan Rose, senior underwriter and business development specialist with Burns & Wilcox Canada.

CFO Magazine (7/24/2019)
Companies are, of course, concerned about their ability to keep up with a rapidly changing business landscape. But driving that, in part, are concerns about their own lagging and misconceived digitalization strategies. So says Gartner in its latest Emerging Risks Monitor Report.

Risk & Insurance Magazine (7/23/2019)
As the cyber insurance market matures, carriers are increasingly looking to small and mid-sized businesses to achieve growth in the segment. To achieve that goal, insurers and brokers are adapting their strategies to target this market.

Property Casualty 360 (7/22/2019)
Equifax Inc. agreed to pay up to $700 million to resolve U.S. federal and state investigations into the 2017 hack that compromised some of the most sensitive information of more than 140 million people. "Companies that profit from personal information have an extra responsibility to protect and secure that data," FTC Chairman Joe Simons said in a statement. "Equifax failed to take basic steps that may have prevented the breach."

Forbes (7/23/2019)
We live in an age of heightened interpersonal conflict, stress and anxiety in the workplace. One of the fallouts of all of this is data theft. According to Verizon's 2019 Insider Threat Report, insider threat actors are prevalent in many industries, and the causes range from personal gain (such as selling sensitive data on the black market) to a disgruntled employee who lashes out in retaliation for a perceived slight.

Global Trade Magazine (7/23/2019)
Leading provider of supply chain visibility, Resilinc, identified a major oversight in terms of weather-related risk assessment and preparation within the supply chain. The company released surprising statistics revealing how unprepared supply chain suppliers are during potentially disruptive events such as hurricanes and weather-related catastrophes, sparking the deployment of an AI and data sciences-based hurricane-preparedness solution to better prepare supply chain resilience.

The Spencer Educational Foundation, the philanthropic arm of RIMS was founded in 1979 and to this day remains the premier organization funding the education of tomorrow's risk management and insurance leaders. This episode features Marya Propis and Jeanna Madlener. Marya is the Senior Vice President for All Risks, Ltd. and the Chairperson for Spencer Educational Foundation. Jeanna is the Vice President at Woodruff-Sawyer. She is also Spencer grant recipient and an active RIMS member. Marya and Jeanna will discuss why the foundation is so important, how it has influenced their own lives and careers, how you can also help aid Spencer's mission, and what to look forward to at Spencer's 40th Anniversary Gala this September.

Four years ago, Infosys, a major Indian multinational corporation that provides business consulting, information technology and related outsourcing services, was riding high, with its market capitalization in excess of $40 billion. Then, a series of controversies over alleged governance lapses resulted in the resignations of its CEO and certain members of its board of directors. In the interim, Infosys' reputation suffered a setback and its stock price plummeted. Tasked with plotting a comeback, the firm's new CEO and its new board chairman articulated a bold new strategy that relies in part on Deepak Padaki, Infosys' Chief Strategy & Risk Officer, to identify the risks confronting the strategy and develop effective mitigations. Read our ERM Q&A interview with Deepak Padaki.