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John P. Kotter, author and leadership consultant, was the guest of honor at Tuesday’s Keynote Luncheon here in Orlando.
He began his intriguing presentation with the comparison of two CEOs. Those in attendance were forced to focus on how the leadership and management styles of the two men differed drastically. After in-depth studies and interviews were [...]
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In talking to the risk managers, brokers and insurers populating RIMS 2009, there are two themes that run constant. The first is the unique opportunity that last year’s financial meltdown has presented risk managers to raise their profiles within their organizations and prove their value to senior management. Finally, after the onslaught of calamities of [...]
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Environmental awareness is something a number of the insurance industry’s major carriers and brokers have spent a lot of energy promoting, and with good cause, too. According to one broker I spoke with this afternoon, companies are finally seeing the immediate results of going green, in terms of lower operating costs and much-improved records on [...]
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Many corporations now have their own blogs as a platform to market themselves and spread their knowledge of their respective business practices. For this reason, RIMS hosted a session on the numerous risks of blogging. Speaking were Christopher Sloan of Liberty Mutual, Mark Flannery of Caterpillar and Andy Steggles of RIMS.
Andy pointed to the fact [...]
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The hurricane preparedness session at RIMS 2009 featured Dave Cocchiarella, Orlando’s own Central Florida News 13 meteorologist. Also speaking were Graeme Harper of Risk Strategies USA and Mark Yarmolich, vice president of risk management for Hercules Offshore, a provider of offshore drilling.
Dave Cocchiarella provided this forecast for the upcoming hurricane season as of April 7:
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