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New York City does not insure for most risks, and its risk management model would hardly pass muster in a rigorous enterprise risk management review. But it works, so what's it to you?

The effects of patent protection could usher in a new era in the development of insurance industry patents.

Green building is taking off in the construction, design and real estate development worlds, and for good reasons. But with green reward comes unique green risk.

Introducing a new award program focused on innovation and excellence in risk management. Applications now being accepted, and the deadline has been extended.

Litigators and consultants now search through gigabytes of data instead of boxes of paper files. Finding, collecting and reviewing all that digital information, however, is a very costly endeavor.

Outsourcing and global sourcing have meant greater corporate exposure to breaches in the supply chain, but leading risk managers are stepping up to the challenge.

As global supply-chain management becomes more important to overall corporate strategy, companies should be wary of how they tackle these top five risks--it could mean the difference between smooth sailing and going down with the ship.

String bass ace Larry Stephens found there wasn't much romance in driving trucks and left ... to become an insurance adjuster and finally a risk management director.

Attention to claims technology ranks low for 2008, as the soft market pushes executives to concentrate on pricing and underwriting but interest remains among midsize carriers.

A handful of newer North American operations chiefs of European insurers and reinsurers are maintaining a wary eye on underwriting risks in the United States, even as they admit that the risks here are unlike any other in the world.

David F. Provost, a captive industry veteran, is qualified for succession with continuity in his cover letter.

Call it growth, call it cooperation, but the risk management community has formalized yet another process for growing up. Risk managers are about to find out just how good they are ... or if they're not good enough.

There is significant evidence that the increases in workers' comp medical costs are being driven by medical utilization rather than price.

Liberty Mutual's reinsurance chief extols freedom from those quarterly crosshairs and slams efforts to put the federal government in the catastrophe risk business.

Successful professionals don't always have the traditional educational background that you'd expect. A look at a few of our brightest 2008 Power Brokers highlights the advantages of schooling outside the classroom.