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Issue
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April 15, 2008
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Cover Story
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Breached
By Beth Enslow
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Features
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Risky Business
By Bob Stoffel
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.
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Revisiting the U.S. Market
By Jack Roberts
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.
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Claims Upgrades? Execs Doze On It
By Tom Starner
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.
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Joining the Rescue
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Running Workers' Compensation Utilization Reviews
By Maddy Bowling
There is significant evidence that the increases in workers' comp medical costs are being driven by medical utilization rather than price.
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Enter The Matrix ...
By Dan Reynolds
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.
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Carrying I.U.'s Risk Management Tune
By Susan Gurevitz
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.
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Columns
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Departments
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Special Reports
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Underwriting
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Underwriters are in short supply and in high demand, but who needs them anyway with the available technology? It turns out an artful underwriter will never go out of style, and insurers are stepping up efforts to train and hire top guns.
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More Special Reports
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In-Depth Series
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Risk Education In-Depth Series (Part 1): Reprogramming an Enterprise
By B.G. Yovovich
The number of universities offering education in risk management is increasing, but so are the demands being placed on their graduates.
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Past Installments
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Industry Risk Report
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Restaurants / Hospitality
The hotel operators in this group count the weather risks of coastal locations as one of their strongest concerns. Restaurant companies that are pushing for market
share in Asia must continue to be on the lookout for bird flu and other pandemics that could impact food supplies. Gaming companies have to keep a sharp eye on
their flanks as gaming competition continues to intensify globally. Click above to read more on this sector, or view the industry risk table.
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More Industry Risk Reports
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