The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research is adding classroom courses to its Certified School Risk Managers program in 2013.

Global insurance and financial services organization Starr Companies has appointed Jeffrey Hayman as president of its International Insurance Operations.

To achieve growth in what is shaping up to be a challenging 2013, insurers must recognize obstacles in the coming year and identify both the threats and opportunities they present, a recent Deloitte report says.

John Phelps, director of Business Risk Solutions for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., will serve as the president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society in 2013.

John Phelps, director of Business Risk Solutions for Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc., will serve as the president of the Risk and Insurance Management Society in 2013.

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U.S. natural disasters dominated insurance losses this year, with the top five insured-loss events occurring in the U.S. between March and October of 2012.

Businesses must put more effort into pre-planning for business interruption going into 2013, says a new Zurich report naming supply-chain disruption as the top risk blind spot of the year.