Risk Management

Triaging Operational Risks: A Practitioner’s Guide to Business Continuity

One of the core skills required for a business continuity and disaster recovery professional is the ability to conduct comprehensive business impact analyses (BIAs). This involves a meticulous review of critical business functions and operations that analyzes dependencies across vendors, facilities, personnel and technology infrastructure.

Whole Foods’ Caty Wynn on the Importance of a Mental Health Lens in Workers’ Comp

Make Predicting and Preventing Supply Chain Failures Your Next Superpower

Navigating the Future of Insurance: Harnessing 5 Next-Gen Technologies

Your Team Is Primed for the Big Game. Is Your Side A D&O Coverage Primed for a Coach’s Misconduct?

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4 Key Insights from The Hanover’s Small Business Risk Report

The Hanover report analyzes the small business risk landscape and shares valuable insights for small business owners.

The Wright Brothers Never Imagined This. High Fuel Prices, Pilot Shortages and Terminal Shutdowns Threaten Aviation Margins

As more travelers fight to book seats on a dwindling number of flights, airlines cannot afford any additional disruptions.

Gearing Up for Summer? Here Are Some Risk Areas to Review to Keep You and Your Adventurers Safe

Whether by land or on water, your summer activities need proper protocols, risk review and insurance protection in place to keep adventurers and facilities safe.

Since When Did Health Care Become More About Convenience Than Security?

According to a white paper by cybersecurity provider Sophos in May 2021, 34% of health care organizations were hit by ransomware in the last year.

‘Rust’ and Astroworld Festival Fatalities Accelerate Calls for Stricter Entertainment Industry Safety Standards and Tighter Enforcement

Preparing for the worst is perhaps the best way to forestall the liability fallout in the case of an injury or death in the entertainment sector.

6 Common Mistakes to Avoid if You Want to Maximize Your Cyber Insurance Claim Recovery

Despite the ever-rising prevalence of cyberattacks, the field of cyber insurance is still relatively new and evolving. Do you know, then, what’s inside your policy?

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RIMS Has a New CEO. Gary LaBranche on Embracing the Role and the Risk Management Industry

RIMS’ new CEO shares how he built his career in professional associations and talks about his future plans for the organization.

What You Don’t Know About Cyber Insurance Can Cost You

In order for cybersecurity insurance policies to be top notch, companies must be playing their part in mitigating cyber risk.

8 Cloud Security Megatrends and How They Play into Organizational Cyber Risk

A session at RIMS discussed 8 cloud software megatrends and how they relate to an organization’s cyber risk.

Phishing, Smishing and Vishing — Oh My! Don’t Leave Your Employees in the Dark When It Comes to These Cyber Threats

There are several threat techniques hackers are using to infiltrate a company’s system. Understanding the difference between them is paramount.

Don’t Worry, Newly Proposed SEC Climate Change Rules Could Boost Your ERM Strategy. Here’s How

The SEC maneuvered ESG factors further into the risk category with its recently proposed rule.

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Welcome to the Roaring 20s: Managing Political Risk in Changing Times

A session at the 2022 RIMS conference looked at how companies and businesses can mitigate the risk brought on by global political events.

Are Mid-Sized Companies Ready for Future Pandemics? Somehow, Many Still Don’t Have a Mitigation Strategy

Although COVID cases in the U.S. have eased of late, companies still need to have a plan for additional flare-ups. But many don’t.

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Why Protecting Insurers’ Digital Assets Is More Important than Ever as the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Continues

The continued conflict acts as an urgent reminder for agencies to review their cybersecurity strategies.

Cyber Is a Supervillain: Will 2022’s Cybersecurity’s Valiant Defenders Come to the Rescue?

A recent report by Kroll details a stark increase in cyberattack occurrences from Q3 to Q4, as well as which sectors were most effected.

Managing Global Risks Comes Down to Relationships, These Risk Managers Share

Global risk management programs are never one-size-fits-all. They’re tailor-made through unrelenting collaboration between partners.

Telemedicine Licensing Regulation Compliance Is Vital. Here’s What Happens When You Get It Wrong

A telemedicine visit in another state leads to legal action for this fictive health care system.

Why Shouldn’t Injured Workers Benefit from the Employee Engagement Strategies the Pandemic Taught Us?

Organizations should consider what programs are needed to keep occupationally injured workers who need to be home for a substantial period engaged with the organization.

An Uptick in Health Care M&As Is Just What the Doctor Ordered. Here’s One Risk Expert’s Prescription

Health care facilities are acquiring data-driven entities as well as rebranding to show their new capabilities.

Cyber Warfare: How the Russia-Ukraine Conflict Changes the Global Cyber Risk Approach

With the ongoing war in Ukraine, the conversation turns to what the cyber implications are for the rest of the world.