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Bill Coffin

The Results Are In

by Bill Coffin on November 30, 2009 · 0 comments

The Reinsurance Association of America has released the underwriting results for a group of 19 U.S. property/casualty reinsurers for the first nine months of 2009. On the whole, the numbers look pretty good: Even though the group wrote $278 million less in net premiums compared to last year ($18.7 billion versus $19.0 billion), what they [...]

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Forty years ago today, the first episode of Sesame Street hit the airwaves, revolutionizing the ways in which television could be used as an educational tool, particularly for young children. I was born in 1970, so I have never known a world without this show. It was always on in my house as my brothers [...]

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They’ll Pay for This!

by Bill Coffin on November 9, 2009 · 0 comments

So news is going around that billionaire media magnate Rupert Murdoch is not only going to begin charging for all online content at his various media properties (which include The Wall Street Journal and The New York Post in the United States, and The Sun and The Times in the United Kingdom), but he is [...]

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The Risk Management Monitor is proud to present its first episode of the RiskCast, a podcast featuring the latest talk, insight and analysis of risk management in the news. Presented by the editorial staff of the Monitor and Risk Management magazine, the RiskCast isn’t afraid to have fun while it covers the stories that matter [...]

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