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Carrie Ruddy "Playing partners: historically, Wachovia Corp. had looked at risk by line of business. After its merger with First Union, management decided to develop a more holistic approach. Finding the most effective solution was as complex a process as the merger itself—but well worth the effort". Risk & Insurance. FindArticles.com. 23 Dec, 2009. http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0BJK/is_5_15/ai_n5994394/
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Articles in April 15, 2004 issue of Risk & Insurance
- After a 10-year tenure, Ace Ltd. Chairman Brian Duperreault will step down as the company's chief executive officer in May, to be succeeded by Evan Greenberg, Ace's current president and the former chief operating officer of American International Group I
- Hard market's turbulence
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British brokers face new regulatory headaches: registration deadline set for mid-July
by Graham Buck -
Paradise painted black: the Oil Spill Scenario: a 15-million gallon slick drifted quickly because of strong tidal currents. Within a few days it reached all the coastal communities of the Puget Sound
by Robert Muir-Wood -
COSO 2: the big yawn the British enterprise risk regulations are hardly radical. There are no mandatory compliance or legal requirements
by Graham Buck - GuideOne Insurance
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The ubiquitous albatross
by Tad Deorio -
Green mountain giant: Leonard D. Crouse, Vermont's top captive finance regulator, holds the keys to the "Captive Kingdom." Crouse has been steering the exceptional growth of the state's captive insurance industry since 1990
by Thomas J. Slattery -
Continuity at a crossroads: as long as the bottom line remains robust, corporate boards rarely pay much attention to a firm's ability to survive … until the proverbial bullet hits them in the chest. Business-continuity managers say the concept still
by Lawrence Richter Quinn -
The deadly plague returns to America: the Pandemic Scenario: a mutated flu virus strain cripples the United States in a global pandemic. Employers struggle to function as a third of their personnel succumb to this virulent new bug
by Gordon Woo - Risk Management Information Systems
- Survey reveals comp costs
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Worth repeating
by Roger Crombie -
Cursing the darkness: the Blackout Scenario: incessant precipitation and freezing temperatures paralyze New York's complex power system, turning it into a winter wasteland. Essential services grind to a halt and many businesses in the Northeast are shut d
by Gordon Woo -
A plate full of headaches: food for thought: the contamination of the U.S. food supply, a serious public health risk, could devastate the economy and the $500 billion U.S. food processing industry
by Patricia Vowinkel - Zurich Global Energy
- Matrimonial confusion
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Mudslinging season is here: former presidential candidate and Vermont Governor Howard Dean and Democrat presidential nominee John Kerry traded barbs over the captive industry during the primary season this year
by Thomas J. Slattey -
Gustav bears down on U.S. East Coast: the Hurricane Scenario: Gustav, an intense Cat 4 storm, wreaks supreme havoc upon the Eastern Seaboard, leaving a trail of losses from Key West to Cape Cod
by Auguste Boissonnade - Enterprise risk: a new study confirms what every risk manager already knows. There is a gapno, make that a crevassebetween the design and planning of ERM programs and their actual execution and implementation within a corporation
- Willis Group Holdings Limited
- Insurer to pay Tyco ex-CEO fees
- Connecticut court ruling
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ERM: all talk, little action: there's no lack of agreement on the importance of enterprise risk management in insurance circles, but just don't ask insurance companies to implement it
by Cyril Tuohy -
Echoes of Sept. 11: the Terror Scenario: despite improvements in security since Sept. 11, terrorists take aim at Chicago's Loop, launching three highly coordinated truck bomb attacks
by Andrew Coburn -
Playing partners: historically, Wachovia Corp. had looked at risk by line of business. After its merger with First Union, management decided to develop a more holistic approach. Finding the most effective solution was as complex a process as the merger it
by Carrie Ruddy - USI Holdings Corp
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The role of reinsurance
by William F. Cleave -
Staples' captive: 'yeah, we've got that'. For the giant retailer, setting up a captive was an open-and-stapled-shut case. Now Staples is set to benefit
by Thomas J. Slattery -
Today's 10 greatest risks: what are the greatest risks we face in the United States? Risk & Insurance posed this question to Risk Management Solutions, a leading risk modeling firm. The answers evolved into unique scenariosfictional accounts of
by Jack Roberts -
A big one, though not the big one: the earthquake scenario: despite the high level of earthquake preparedness in many parts of California, lossesboth human and propertyare still breathtakingly high when nature decides to shake things up with a
by Fouad Bendimerad -
Open season on contractors in Iraq: as the Iraq occupation enters its second year, casualties and deaths among civilian workers and contractors has escalated
by Jack Roberts -
Desperately seeking 'Loverage'
by Roger Crombie -
The devil's rampage: the Wildfire Scenario: a catastrophic fire holds an entire city hostage while residents and business owners run for their lives and firefighters risk theirs
by Auguste Boissonnade - Industry risk report
- Upcoming events
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Employee benefits: will the bust turn to boom? Michael Lusk, the Archer Daniels Midland vice president responsible for the company's pioneering employee benefit captive domiciled in Vermont, explains how it came about and what ADH plans for the future
by Thomas J. Slattery -
Mississippi river rages: the Flood Scenario: the Mississippi river system's flood protection plans and devices are overwhelmed. Thousands watch helplessly as their dreams drown in rising water levels
by Robert Muir-Wood -
Vive L'Entreprise! As the concept of enterprise risk management continues to capture the attention of many corporate boards, Aventis, a French global pharmaceutical firm, spent a year plotting its plan for enterprise risk management
by Mindy W. Toran - Florida Bar Board of Governors
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From the editor & publisher
by Jack Roberts -
A boost in captive fronting: but, nearly a third of captives now forgo fronting, despite the 'satisfaction' reported in a survey
by Michelle Kerr -
SOx strikes again
by Linda S. Kaiser -
Hell on rails: the Industrial Accident Scenario: fires spread from a tanker car and jeopardize the facilities of Texas' largest city. "Houston, we have a problem," is the understatement of the day
by David Miller -
Feasting on fat: the fight over fat pits public health advocates against food companies. Whoever wins, the odds are that obesity claims will increase the cost of health insurance, life insurance, disability and workers' comp coverage
by Patricia Vowinkel -
Software matters: the code-based solutions: a packaged code-based solution allows the insurer to easily configure and adjust operating variables
by Randy Schuldt -
Reflecting on Roger
by John M. Campbell - Stepping down, then up
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Casualties of war
by Peter Rousmaniere -
Pentecost worm unleashed on computer networks: the Cyber Attack Scenario: silent killers wreak havoc on the Fortune 1000. Databases are corrupted in the blink of an eye causing mayhem for corporate managers
by Andrew Coburn -
Catching a break: "the marketplace is improving slowly," one survey respondent says. "With any luck, risk managers will work with carriers to keep pricing reasonable and not push the market into another downturn cycle."
by Anthony J. Kuczinski -
Software matters: the tools-based solutions: tools-based solutions allow insurers to focus on creating value rather than reinventing the wheel
by Wendy Corman
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