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Cloud technology challenging the notion of what a corporate network is: RIMS speaker

April 13, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – Hacktivist-type attacks like those involving Sony Pictures Entertainment and Ashley Madison have gotten very personal and are coming at a time when cloud technology is transforming corporate networks, Brad Gow, senior vice president of Endurance Insurance, said

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RIMS executive report outlines steps to successful risk taking

April 12, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – RIMS, the risk management society, issued a new executive report Tuesday that explores how a formal risk appetite and risk tolerance statement “can become a powerful strategic tool for not only managing risk, but also for maintaining

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Cyber incidents in mining a complex topic for risk managers, mining product development has not kept pace with needs: Munich Re

April 12, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – It is important for risk managers in the mining sector to understand the most critical scenarios for their companies and to analyze the true impacts of cyber incidents, suggests Günter Becker, head of mining for Munich Re.

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William McGannon, David Mikulina named to the Risk Management Hall of Fame

April 12, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – William McGannon, a risk management pioneer who had a resounding impact on Canada’s risk management profession, is among the two latest members of the Risk Management Hall of Fame (RMHF). McGannon – long-time employee of NOVA Chemical

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First open source cyber scenario released by AIR Worldwide during RIMS 2016

April 11, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO — Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide has launched what it calls the first open source deterministic cyber risk scenario, a move meant to help individual companies and the insurance industry as a whole better understand aggregated risk from

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Forecasting emerging risks expected to get tougher: Marsh/RIMS report

April 11, 2016 Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – Cyber attacks – once again identified as a top critical business risk – are expected to be a source of emerging risks, but forecasting for all emerging risks could prove more challenging over the next three years,