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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedIt seems bed bugs are here to stay. Infestations have given rise to allegations claiming bodily injury, property damage and mental anguish. Additionally, hotels and corporations that have had to deal with the bed bug...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedIn early 2010, fears of a sovereign debt crisis spread throughout European Union member countries. The fears diminished confidence and created a widening of bond yield spreads and risk insurance on credit default swaps....
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 59, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedLeading at the Edge Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton's Antarctic Expedition (2nd Edition) by Dennis N.T. Perkins Ernest Shackleton's famous Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition from...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 59, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedColombia's powerful guerrillas, paramilitary groups and wealthy drug lords "have made the country a sanctuary for homegrown terrorist groups that carry out bombings, extortion, kidnapping and assassination," according...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 57, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedTHE RATIONAL OPTIMIST How Prosperity Evolves by Matt Ridley The Rational Optimist is nothing if not thorough. In each chapter, author Matt Ridley breaks down the driving forces that have shaped society from its...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 65, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedDonald (Sandy) Aspinall, Jr. has spent the past 30 years entrenched in the risk management and insurance field. Starting in 1988 as a marketing representative with Aon Risk Solutions and working his way up to managing...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 60, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedCyberattacks are the new normal. It seems each week a news outlet reports yet another high-profile data breach affecting businesses and consumers. Even so, many companies fail to realize the severity of the threat. In...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 66, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWanting more, Rodgers went back to school to earn her MBA, working in the legal department of CertainTeed Corporation, a Pennsylvania-based building materials manufacturer, while doing so. It was here Rodgers got her...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 59, Issue 5) Peer-Reviewed"Water is the new oil," was a sentiment made famous by legendary Texas oilman T. Boone Pickens. He believed this so much that he planned a billion-dollar project to pump water from an ancient aquifer beneath the Texas...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 56, Issue 5) Peer-ReviewedThe insurance industry is not only beneficial to the U.S. economy as a whole, it is critical to state economies, especially in California, where insurance contributed $28.2 billion to the state in 2006, or 1.6% of the...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 57, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedThus far, 2010 has been a record year for rainfall and floods. Unfortunately, it has also been a record year for the number of National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) lapses. The program, run by FEMA, lapsed for the...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 59, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedSMALL MESSAGE, BIG IMPACT The Elevator Speech Effect by Terri Sjodin We've all been there: someone asks about your business, your product or your quarterly goals and you can't come up with an eloquent answer....
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTELL TO WIN Connect, Persuage, and Triumph with the Hidden Power of Story by Peter Guber The ability to convince people to do certain things is something most business executives are taught before they ever...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedThe Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Reserve began slapping fines on major banks soon after the 2008 economic crisis. Three years later, banks are finally agreeing to pay the fines while regulators...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedThough retail banks have worked tirelessly to rebuild consumer confidence after the recession, it is proving even more difficult for banks in regions hit hardest by the financial disaster. According to Ernst & Young's...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 58, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedSociety has slowly moved away from its reliance on the U.S. post office. Since the advent of the internet and email, fewer individuals and businesses are mailing letters and documents. There is a certain segment,...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 59, Issue 9) Peer-ReviewedPRACTICE PERFECT 42 Rules for Getting Better at Getting Better by Doug Lemov, Erica Woolway and Katie Yezzi "Practice makes perfect" is a phrase often repeated by teachers and coaches. Multiplication tables,...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 57, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedIt has been a tough year for Iowa. The Hawkeye State has battled record-setting snowstorms, massive flooding, numerous tornados and. most recently, the largest egg recall in history. Back in February, President Barack...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 56, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedHow would you gauge the current state of the insurance industry and, more specifically, the state of Zurich? We have seen an unprecedented combination of events in the last 14 months. If you combine that with the...
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From:Risk Management (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedTHE RESPONSIBILITY REVOLUTION: How the Next Generation of Businesses Will Win by Jeffrey Hollender and Bill Breen Traditionalists and cynics may disagree, but it is a fact--companies and organizations large and...