Category Archives: Hazard Risk Management

Aspiring to the New Platforms

Even though overall information-technology spending is down in the financial services, risk technology spending is vibrant. BY TOM STARNER Emerging technologies, which allow risk managers to capture data in a meaningful way, are allowing managers to do so at lower cost and with less disruption than in the past. Cloud computing, mobile computing and predictive analytics, offer a…

Riskonnect offers a game-changing business collaboration platform…

Riskonnect offers a game-changing business collaboration platform to transform, improve the risk management discipline Riskonnect Inc. has brought a solution for the “discoverability” issue to the world of risk management, but that’s only one part of how Chatter, a new, award-winning collaborative capability is helping Riskonnect and its clients succeed at the business of risk…

Risk & Insurance: Technology In-Depth Series (Part 3): Making the Leap

Risk managers skilled at using risk management information systems are going to be able to ditch the mantel of safety expert/insurance buyer and transform themselves into a strategic member of the management team. By TOM STARNER, who writes about technology. Meet Jeff Gehrke, one of a newly emerging breed of risk managers. He faces the…

Risk & Insurance: Technology In-Depth Series (Part 2): The Passing of the Silos

Information technology has evolved and can unify an organization under one enterprise risk management umbrella.  By TOM STARNER is a freelance writer who specializes in writing and reporting on technology As director of risk management at Terex, a global heavy manufacturing company in Westport, Conn., that employs a large skilled workforce, Dave Wingo knows all…

Risk & Insurance: Technology In-Depth Series (Part 1): It’s the Speed of the Read

Mobile technology can advance the speed of claims resolution and loss analysis and tighten the control of risk management data. By TOM STARNER, a freelance writer who specializes in reporting and writing about technology Mobile computing, driven primarily by continued growth of hardware such as smartphones and smaller, more versatile tablet devices, is taking off….

Riskonnect Backs Its Claims of “Revolutionary Technology” for the Risk Management Industry with Its List of “First to Market”

Riskonnect’s Game-Changing Technology Has Enabled It to Be First to Market with Numerous Features and Functionality MARIETTA, Ga.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Independent risk management technology company Riskonnect, Inc. announced today its list of features and functionality where it has been first to market. Riskonnect’s game-changing, cloud-computing business model has brought revolutionary changes for those companies already on board. In…

Broker to Demo Risk Management Information System Willis DataWizeSM at National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference & Expo

Willis Casualty Expert to Participate in Executive Roundtable NEW YORK – (Business Wire) Willis North America, a unit of Willis Group Holdings (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, said today that it will be offering demonstrations of Willis DataWizeSM at the National Workers’ Compensation and Disability Conference and Expo in Las Vegas, Nevada November 10-12,…

The Cloud Casts a Shadow

The Cloud Casts a Shadow Lured by easy, inexpensive cloud-computing services, business units are bypassing IT departments when choosing solutions, creating a rise in “shadow IT.” David McCan – CFP.com | US June 15, 2010 The proliferation of cloud-computing services is enabling many companies to lower information-technology costs and the capital risk associated with innovation….

Risk Management Goals move closer to Reality

Business Insurance May 31, 2010 Risk management goals move closer to reality THERE’S A GOOD CHANCE that three items on the risk management legislative wish list soon will become reality, and that’s certainly good news. The three items-establishing an Office of National Insurance within the Treasury Department, reforming surplus lines taxation and regulation, and requiring…

Expect more from your risk management software vendor. Riskonnect provides 4 major upgrades per year, while maintaining your unique configuration. And, no additional fees associated with upgrades or maintenance….www.riskonnect.com.

Expect more from your risk management software vendor. Riskonnect provides 4 major upgrades per year, while maintaining your unique configuration. And, no additional fees associated with upgrades or maintenance….www.riskonnect.com.