Public Sector Risk

An increasing emphasis on enterprise-risk management in the corporate world is reflected in the higher-education sector, with more courses and research exploring the concept at universities with established RM programs.

An increasing emphasis on enterprise-risk management in the corporate world is reflected in the higher-education sector, with more courses and research exploring the concept at universities with established RM programs.

Agents can serve their nonprofit clients by helping them identify the best options for insuring their unpaid workersthe volunteers who are such a valuable extension of the nonprofits human resources.

Opioid misuse and abuse is a huge problem in the workers compensation field, contributing to an increase in deaths and medical costs. Meant to be prescribed after major surgeries or major trauma, these drugs are intended for short-term use or end-of-life cancer pain. Short-term is meant to signify a span...

Corporate risk managers looking to protect their propertyand by extension, their organizations overall financial stabilityshould consider viewing their facility risks from an engineering perspective, according to one catastrophe-risk expert.

NU spoke with some of the top players in risk management to discover where the greatest challenges and opportunities are in 2012. Some common themes that emerged: the increasing attention being paid to cyber liability; the ever-growing importance of developing, or further refining, an enterprise risk management program; and the...