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Asking a lot of "what-ifs" can hurt one's head, but that's all in a day's work for risk managers. Or should be.

A Northeast hurricane could drown New York City and parts of New England, and sink a few insurance and reinsurance carriers as well, with losses as high as $100 billion.

Globalization means more companies are doing business abroad, but it also thrusts upon a risk manager a world to which she is unfamiliar.

A few nails make a world of difference in keeping a roof secure and avoiding catastrophe-like property losses in average winds.

Discrimination suits aren't likely to take an employer under, but retaliation against complaining employees is a risk that's often overlooked.

A recent report on levees suggests 122 across the country are in disrepair. And flood risk was already overlooked enough.

Internet crimes are really just another form of old-fashioned theft. But the stakes are higher as data has become a commodity to be traded to the highest bidder.

Sprinklers may be a fixture in U.S. building codes, but companies are overlooking the best defense against fire losses in their newly acquired overseas locations.

The most overlooked risk in America is when the very managers entrusted with the stewardship of the government or a corporation, whether by hubris or intent, come up short.

The foul smell of vapor intrusion is wafting through the environmental insurance world. Federal regulators say the problem affects 439,000 sites nationwide.

The most insidious risk isn't one lurking in the company's backyard, but is instead an invisible disruptive ripple across town or over the horizon. That makes contingent business interruption one of the most frequently overlooked risks.

The likelihood that any of these risks would come to pass is remote enough for even the most obscure of Lloyd's underwriters to venture a pass.