New Integro product lets clients minimize their exposure to catastrophic risk

Multinationals need to replace their fragmented policies and legacy systems with ultra-safe, ultra-sophisticated and ultra-standardized platforms and practices

While the threat of subprime mortgage litigation hovers over the financial services industry, potentially hitting insurers that provide directors & officers liability coverage, many companies are finding surprising softness when it comes to time to renew their D&O policies

You would think the ongoing weakness in the credit markets would have hit the insurance market that risk managers face. So far, the market continues on the soft side and that has helped keep the mood positive

Our cover story on D&O insurance trends gives a detailed account of the surprising softness in much of that market, which has managed to hold up against renewed threats of subprime lawsuits

The globalization of business sourcing and outsourcing has raised the bar when it comes to supply chain risks. Nearly 75% of 110 risk managers surveyed by Marsh Inc. reported higher supply chain risk levels since 2005, while 71% reported increased costs as a result of unexpected disruptions during those years

OpenPages Inc. has launched Version 5.5 of its governance, risk and compliance (GRC) platform, which lets risk managers throughout an enterprise easily access specific information that is critical to the decisions they make each day

Keane BRMS has unveiled SCORE 3.3, featuring enhancements to the controls, self-assessment and internal audit modules of the web-based GRC application

Despite the options that a deregulated market for electricity offers, many businesses overlook opportunities to manage the exposure and ultimately gain more control over costs

Treasurers are swearing off exotic investment options for plain old vanilla

Reliant Solutions Inc. has started selling ReliantAuditor, a continuous risk management solution for audit executives that includes a COSO framework.

Aveksa Inc. has launched the third generation of its Enterprise Access Governance Platform for entitlement- and roles-management.

NextPage, a leader in compliance and information risk management, has introduced technology that addresses risks associated with the structured and unmanaged data residing at the edge of the enterprise—in hard drives and scattered share drives.

Electronic transmissions can haunt companies forever. Still, one thing is certain: Too many don’t have up-to-date policies on retaining documents that are needed and culling those that are not

China’s regulators like to play it safe when it comes protecting the renminbi--often at the expense of the dollar

If investors can’t depend on credit ratings, then why have them?

Sure there are problems, but not if you stay on top of the risks

First, it was FAS 133 and now it is fair valuation rules. But despite this raft of regulation making derivatives usage even dicier than it was already, companies do not seem to be throwing in the towel.

The essentials of supply chain risk