The Risk Management Blog
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On the heels of their “Top Risks for 2010″ report, the Eurasia Group released its “2010 Leaders to Watch” list, highlighting the world leaders that are expected to make the biggest impact on the world this year. Not surprisingly, considering that U.S./China relations claimed the top spot in the “Top Risks” report, number one and number [...]
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Iceland has not had much good publicity in the past two years, and it doesn’t look like that will change any time soon. Back in 2008, Iceland’s government and economy essentially collapsed, leaving the country’s 304,000 residents in despair after what is now called the largest banking collapse in economic history. Now into 2010, the [...]
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A group of notable industry insiders gathered Tuesday to participate in the “View From the Inside Looking Out,” the panel discussion at the 14th annual Property/Casualty Joint Industry Forum. I was lucky enough to attend this event, held at the Waldorf-Astoria hotel in Midtown Manhattan. It seemed as though every major insurance/reinsurance group was represented, [...]
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Obviously, all quantitative measures of this ongoing tragedy are still preliminary at best and total guess as worst, but, for what it’s worth, a Haitian Red Cross official is estimating that 45,000-50,000 people died in the earthquake. “No one knows with precision, no one can confirm a figure,” Victor Jackson, an assistant national coordinator with [...]
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