Risk Management Magazine

1 week ago | rmmagazine.com | Hilary Tuttle

CHICAGO—At the RISKWORLD 2025 conference in Chicago, RIMS honored a number of individuals and chapters for their significant contributions to the evolving sophistication of the risk management profession.

3 weeks ago | rmmagazine.com | John Hintze

In recent years, the intensity of storms and the length of droughts that exacerbate wildfires have coincided with increasingly variable weather patterns generally attributed to long-term climate change. For example, Hurricane Helene originated last September in the Gulf of Mexico and eventually wreaked havoc as far north as Appalachia, and a few months later, wildfires ravaged neighborhoods deep inside Los Angeles County during the region’s typically wetter months.

1 month ago | rmmagazine.com | Neil Hodge

For the past few decades, the prospect of a trade war triggered by tariffs and other protectionist policies had never posed a serious risk to companies, but times have changed. With the United States announcing sweeping tariffs on all imports, as well as higher reciprocal tariffs on dozens of countries, uncertainty remains about how, when and to what extent other countries will respond, while experts expect far-reaching and significant impacts to both businesses and consumers.

1 month ago | rmmagazine.com | Neil Hodge

Compliance training is often dismissed as a “check-box” exercise that satisfies regulatory or contractual requirements but does not provide any real value. Regulators, professional bodies and other key stakeholder groups may see the benefits of promoting enterprise-wide awareness about the legal risks arising from a range of key issues such as cybersecurity and data protection, modern slavery, or health and safety.

1 month ago | rmmagazine.com | Russ Banham

As the new Trump administration continues to enact its agenda, many insurance industry experts anticipate that shifting regulatory priorities could impact directors’ and officers’ liability and the D&O insurance market. However, since the second half of 2022, when record high premiums confronted directors and officers across all industry sectors, D&O liability insurance capacity, coverage and pricing have rebounded. These favorable market conditions are expected to persist.