Last week, a jury in Corpus Christi, Texas awarded $21 million in damages to a woman who was struck by a Coca-Cola driver who had been talking on her cell phone at the time of the accident. The plaintiff’s attorneys were able to successfully argue that Coca-Cola’s cell phone policy for its drivers was “vague [...]
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Fleet Risk Management
Benjamin Franklin was a man of many talents. In addition to being one of the key Founding Fathers and one of the most famous people of his day, he was a noted businessman, scientist, legislator, diplomat, author and philosopher. And according to Wendell Bosen, director of risk management for Management & Training Corporation, Franklin was [...]
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Risk management and the sports world unexpectedly intersected in a morning session at RIMS 2012, when panelists discussed how adopting an ERM strategy can help mitigate cyber risk while under the watchful eye (and whistle) of session moderator and well-known NFL referee Ed Hochuli. Much like in an NFL game, Hochuli, who is also an [...]
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As the saying goes, “Winning isn’t everything.” That is unless you’re the general manager of a Major League Baseball team. Then it’s probably the main thing. But in the baseball world, winners and losers are often separated by millions and millions of dollars. The smaller market have-nots can’t easily compete with their wealthier large-market counterparts that can spend [...]
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