Reuters (3/29/2021)
The owners and charterers of ships unable to sail through the the Suez Canal for nearly a week face at least $24 million in expenses they will be unable to recoup as their insurance policies do not cover them, industry sources say.

Captive Insurance Times (3/30/2021)
RIMS, the risk management society, and George Mason University's Continuing and Professional Education (CPE) have teamed up to offer a series of workshops designed for federal employees and executives who are committed to building stronger risk management practices and more rewarding careers.

Insurance Journal (3/30/2021)
Natural and man-made catastrophes cost the insurance industry US$89 billion in 2020, in the fifth costliest year since 1970, according to a report from Swiss Re's sigma.

Canadian Underwriter (3/25/2021)
Fraudsters are taking advantage of anxieties arising from the COVID-19 pandemic to exploit victims in the Canadian P&C insurance space in novel ways, speakers said during a fraud webinar Wednesday.

Reuters (3/25/2021)
The chief executives of Facebook, Google and Twitter appeared before Congress on Thursday to answer questions about extremism and misinformation on their services in their first appearances since pro-Trump rioters assaulted the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.

Risk Management Monitor (3/30/2021)
As World Backup Day should remind us all, there is one risk mitigation measure every company should have in place and regularly reevaluate: a data backup strategy. 

Commercial Risk (3/26/2021)
Non-occupational disease has topped a poll of business risks by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI) after jumping from bottom position in the same survey 12 months ago, with 67% of respondents citing lack of preparedness as the main cause of business disruption last year.

Reinsurance News (3/25/2021)
Analysts at Allianz have warned that actions to address climate change pose significant operational and compliance challenges for re/insurance companies, with growing scrutiny for those that over-promise or lag behind.

Canadian Underwriter (3/26/2021)
Canadian property and casualty insurance professionals would like a more flexible, hybrid workplace, a recent survey shows, but the question for employers now is what such an arrangement might look like.

Property Casualty 360 (3/26/2021)
States across the country have started opening up eligibility to a wider range of individuals. And on March 25, President Biden set a new goal of distributing 200 million coronavirus vaccines within his first 100 days in office after surpassing 100 million doses on March 19th.

ERM Q&A Interview
Tina Gardiner has been a risk leader at the Regional Municipality of York in Ontario, Canada, for 18 years. She has led its ERM program, which was acknowledged by RIMS in 2019 for its bottom-up and more recent top-down processes. She discusses how ERM has driven progress for the municipality and successfully resolved cyber threats.

 

RIMS Webinar
In this engaging presentation on April 6, you will dramatically improve your ability to defeat work-from-home (WFH) burnout and Zoom fatigue in the context of COVID and the post-COVID recovery. Presenter Dr. Gleb Tsipursky will offer the most critical skills and take-aways needed to defeat these problems.