Risk Management Magazine (11/1/2021)
While the 2021 hurricane season is not officially over yet, catastrophic weather events including Hurricanes Ida, Henri and Nicholas have already caused substantial damage, bringing record-breaking rainfall and flooding. 

Risk Management Magazine (11/1/2021)
According a recent Swiss Re sigma report, global property and casualty premiums will more than double over the next 20 years, soaring from $1.8 trillion in 2020 to as much as $4.3 trillion in 2040.

CBS News (11/11/2021)
A 22-year-old college student has died nearly one week after she was injured at the Astroworld Festival in Houston, marking the ninth person killed in the tragedy, her family's attorney.

PropertyCasualty360 (11/11/2021)
As many employees have adjusted to working from home, trading their cubicle for a kitchen table and the board room meetings for Zoom appointments, many have become accustomed to making a workplace out of practically anywhere.

Insurance Journal (11/9/2021)
The cyber insurance market in the U.S. grew to roughly $4.1 billion in direct written premiums in 2020, an increase of 29.1% from the prior year, reports the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC).

Bloomberg (11/11/2021)
The U.S. is raising the alarm with European Union allies that Russia may be weighing a potential invasion of Ukraine as tensions flare between Moscow and the bloc over migrants and energy supplies.

AP News (11/11/2021)
The contagious delta variant is driving up COVID-19 hospitalizations in the Mountain West and fueling disruptive outbreaks in the North, a worrisome sign of what could be ahead this winter in the U.S.

Canadian Underwriter (11/11/2021)
Old-fashioned methods by brokers for obtaining cyber insurance quotes just don’t work in today’s environment.

Insurance Journal (11/10/2021)
Fatal opioid overdoses nearly doubled in recent years among Massachusetts workers, with the construction, farming and fishing industries among the hardest hit sectors, according to an updated study from the state Department of Public Health.

RIMS Report
This year’s benchmark survey includes insights on changes to respondents’ ERM programs due to the shifting landscape brought on by COVID-19 as well as a new section on where and how risk management professionals are serving on boards of directors. This report is now available for members-only.

 

RIMS Virtual Workshop
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