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Morgan O'Rourke

With the start of the Atlantic hurricane season only two weeks away, experts across the board are predicting another active season. Today, AccuWeather.com released its findings calling for 16 named tropical storms, eight hurricanes and four major hurricanes. They expect three hurricanes to make landfall in the United States. These numbers are all slight increases [...]

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In a colorful presentation at RIMS 2013 in Los Angeles last week, NFL referee and attorney Ed Hochuli shared his secrets of successful negotiations gleaned from decades on the gridiron and in the courtroom. Accompanied by film clips showing him flubbing on-field instructions and being berated by coaches, Hochuli pointed out that there are two [...]

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RIMS announced the winners of its series of industry awards yesterday, which were presented during the RIMS 2013 Annual Conference & Exhibition Award Luncheon in Los Angeles. The Harry and Dorothy Goodell Award, RIMS’ most prestigious honor, was presented to Daniel W. Houston (pictured above), executive director, enterprise risk management and learning for The McCart [...]

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Robert Nighan (second from left) accepted the honor for Hall of Fame inductee David Sterling while the late Robert Spencer’s honor was accepted by his wife Charlotte (third from right) and daughter Libby (second from right). (Photo: Joe Zwielich) David C. Sterling and Robert S. Spencer are the newest members of the Risk Management Hall [...]

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