Charles Taylor Launches Specialist Investigation Services, An Intelligence-Led Approach to Counter Fraud

Charles Taylor, the leading provider of services and technology solutions to the global insurance market, today launches Charles Taylor Specialist Investigation Services (SIS), to enable our clients to deliver an intelligence-led approach to counter fraud, manage risk and reduce their exposures. As a multi-sector investigation division, it draws on the Group’s decades of experience in… Continue reading Charles Taylor Launches Specialist Investigation Services, An Intelligence-Led Approach to Counter Fraud

Drive to Thrive: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for 2021

Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today published “Drive to thrive in 2021,” which highlights major industry trends and issues that employers, carriers, brokers, risk management and human resources professionals should watch throughout the coming year to remain ready as we move from “what now” to “what’s next.”… Continue reading Drive to Thrive: Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for 2021

USI Insurance Services Acquires Orgill Singer & Associates, Inc

AIG and Stone Point Capital

USI Insurance Services (“USI”), a world leader in risk management, employee benefit and retirement plan consulting, today announced the acquisition of Las Vegas-based insurance agency Orgill Singer & Associates, Inc. (“Orgill Singer Insurance”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Founded in 1986, Orgill Singer Insurance has grown to become one of Nevada’s leading full-service… Continue reading USI Insurance Services Acquires Orgill Singer & Associates, Inc

Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for 2020

Sedgwick, a leading global provider of technology-enabled risk, benefits and integrated business solutions, today published “Conversation threads for 2020,” which lists major global industry trends that employers, risk management and human resource professionals, and carriers should watch for in the coming year. Ushering in a new decade means new conversations, new complexities, new and exciting… Continue reading Sedgwick Highlights Industry Trends for 2020

AXA XL Launches Risk Innovation Incubator

AXA XL has launched Cube, a six-week program designed to enable risk managers to work alongside the firm’s risk and innovation team to develop innovative risk management solutions for complex risks. The program includes a series of workshops in which AXA XL and its clients will experiment and test new solutions, resulting in a prototype… Continue reading AXA XL Launches Risk Innovation Incubator

Zurich Appoints Peter Giger as Group Chief Risk Officer

Zurich, Switzerland - August 30, 2013: Logo of the Zurich insurance company on the rooftop of the group's headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland.

Zurich Insurance Group announced that Peter Giger will join the Group on October 1, 2019, as Group Chief Risk Officer and a member of Zurich’s Executive Committee. He succeeds Alison Martin who was recently appointed Chief Executive Officer Europe, Middle East & Africa (EMEA) and Bank Distribution. Giger joins Zurich after four years as Head… Continue reading Zurich Appoints Peter Giger as Group Chief Risk Officer

Clyde & Co Partners with Risk Management AI Start-Up

AIG and Stone Point Capital

Global law firm Clyde & Co has entered into a formal collaboration with start-up company, Assess Threat, which developed the unique Terrorism Risk Assessor (Tera) product. Tera uses a combination of real-time and historical data to assess the exposure and vulnerability of any asset or geographical location to terrorism, and then automatically produces a detailed… Continue reading Clyde & Co Partners with Risk Management AI Start-Up

Pat Walsh Brings Global Perspective to Alliant’s Northeast Team

Pat Walsh is bringing his global reach and longstanding risk management expertise to Alliant. As Executive Vice President, the White Plains, NY-based industry veteran will service a diverse and growing portfolio of clients that includes regional, national, and international corporations. “For more than three decades, Pat Walsh has been directly associated with excellence in service… Continue reading Pat Walsh Brings Global Perspective to Alliant’s Northeast Team

Emily Quinlan Adds Bay Area Strength to Alliant

San Francisco-based risk advisor Emily Quinlan has joined Alliant as Vice President, where she will provide a full range of risk management and insurance solutions to the company’s growing West Coast client base. “Emily has a proven track record in the Bay Area marketplace and has earned high accolades among her clients for combining deep… Continue reading Emily Quinlan Adds Bay Area Strength to Alliant

Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $575 Million to Resolve State Investigations

Wells Fargo shareholder suit

Wells Fargo will pay $575 million to resolve investigations by all 50 states and Washington, D.C., into a range of practices, the latest chapter in the bank’s long-running legal problems. The deal ends inquiries that began after federal regulators revealed in September 2016 that Wells Fargo employees had for years opened millions of unauthorized bank… Continue reading Wells Fargo Agrees to Pay $575 Million to Resolve State Investigations