Public sector entities are seeing more lawsuits over issues such as school violence, police brutality and global warming as the financial crisis deepens and plaintiffs look for deep pockets, experts advised.

Being the risk manager of a public entity, I'm told, is a difficult and at times thankless job and many public entities have their risk managers ...

Being the risk manager of a public entity, I'm told, is a difficult and at times thankless job and many public entities have their risk managers ...

The Public Risk Management Association (PRIMA) announced Craig Macdonald as the winner of its 2009 Public Risk Manager of the Year award yesterday during its annual conference.

With public entities getting hit by whopping budget cuts while coping with increased liability and added pressure to procure needed coverages, large pooling groups are becoming more and more important for risk managers, one expert in the field contends.

Little did Ron Hayes dream when he worked as a high school teacher, manager of a property-casualty insurance agency and later as a university athletic fundraiser that his skills would so perfectly suit him for a career in public risk management.

The insurance sector is hiring even after layoffs and is doing better than other business segments, according to a recruiting expert.

With the Public Risk Management Association conference coming up next week in Dallas, I’m once again focused on reputation risk, only this time, for the ...