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News Desk

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There are times when we search fruitlessly for a news piece to inspire a blog post good enough for you readers. And then there are the rare times when we log on to various news sites and are inundated with headlines relating to this industry. Today is one of those days.

  • It looks like Munich Re has gotten itself into some hot water over a raunchy party hosted by Munich Re-owned Ergo Insurance. Though the party was held back in 2007, the reinsurance giant is still feeling the reputational sting (and likely will for a long time to come) over a party that rewarded top salesmen with prostitutes. The management in charge of organizing that event are no longer employed at Ergo.

    • There were about 100 guests and 20 prostitutes were hired. A German business newspaper said the prostitutes had worn colour-coded arm-bands designating their availability, and the women had their arms stamped after each service rendered.

  • On the completely opposite side of the spectrum, it was announced today that executives at Lloyds Banking Group will be handing back bonuses. This is due to the ₤3.2 billion hit the bank took for “mis-selling payment protection insurance.”
  • In the world of insurance rates, Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. reports that insurance and reinsurance that renewed during the first quarter of the year saw “average rate increases of 1.5%.”
  • This morning, I stumbled across this management blog, which proves to be quite the resource for managers in any industry, listing the 50 people to follow on Twitter that will provide you with a windfall of information to help you succeed.

Cavalcade of Risk #131: All Things Risk

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Welcome to the Cavalcade of Risk blog carnival, an aggregation of some of the best risk management and insurance-related blog posts out there. Before I get to the rundown of posts, thanks go out to David E. Williams at Health Business Blog for his insightful hosting of Cavalcade of Risk #130.

  • Let us begin with Dave Ingram‘s post regarding risk management entertainment systems (RMES), where he states, “The Risk Management Entertainment Systems create a very strong impression that ERM is a talking and paper shuffling activity.  A waste of scarce corporate time, resources and dollars. ERM needs to be about action.  If in the end, ERM does not result in any changes to a firm’s treatment of risks or selection of risks, then there was no real business reason for ERM.”
  • Claire Wilkinson writes about protecting your personal information on Terms + Conditions, the Insurance Information Institute’s blog regarding all things risk and insurance. She states, “the average organizational cost of a data breach increased to $7.2 million in 2010 and cost companies an average of $214 per compromised record up from $204 in 2009.”

And a few more from around the blogoshpere:

The next host is Russell Hutchinson at Chatswood Consulting — he’ll host the 5th anniversary edition of Cavalcade of Risk on June 1st. Don’t miss it!

UPDATE: Zurich Talks “Ring of Fire” at RIMS 2011

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(This post now include a video of the presentation given at RIMS 2011–definitely worth a view)

Zurich held a press conference this morning regarding a topic that has been in recent news more time than we would like — earthquakes. In “Epicenter Pacific Coast,” three CEOs from Zurich and one geologist from Simon Fraser University discussed the risk of a major earthquake in the United States and what can be done to prepare for such an event.

Mike Kerner, CEO of Zurich Global Corporate in North America, stressed the importance that individuals and companies in the States know:

  • Their exposures, and all of them
  • Are informed of risk engineering
  • Acknowledge that traditional policies may not cover all losses
  • What you can’t mitigate, insure
  • Understand specific policy terms (for example, the definition of “tsunami”)

Brent Ward, quaternary geologist professor, discussed the “ring of fire” that is known for being an earthquake hotspot — approximately 90% of all earthquakes occur in the ring of fire.

Ward stated that the Pacific Northwest, which lies within the ring of fire zone, has a similar configuration as that of Japan and Chile, where two of the worst earthquakes in history have recently struck.

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“On average, a major earthquake of 9.0 magnitude or greater only happens every 500 to 600 years in the United States, but when it happens, it’s going to be bad,” Ward said.

Following Ward, Mike Foley, CEO of Zurich North America Commercial, mentioned the frequency with which the world has experienced horrific natural disasters, especially in the populated ring of fire area. “Four of the five costliest quakes in the past 30 years occurred in the last 13 months along the ring of fire,” Foley said.

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“While we can’t predict, we can prepare.”

U.S. Treasury Creates Insurance Committee

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The U.S. Treasury Department has announced plans to create a committee to advise regulators on insurance issues. This comes after the insurance industry complained that it was being left out on details regarding important information from the Financial Stability Oversight Council.

Industry groups, including the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America, have said insurance companies need greater representation on the oversight council, a group of regulators created to prevent another financial crisis.

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This marks the first in a series of steps the Treasury is taking to establish the new Federal Insurance Office, created under the Dodd-Frank Act.

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The committee will be made up of insurers, regulators, public advocates and others.

The American Insurance Association (AIA) lauds the Treasury plan. Blain Rethmeier, an AIA spokesman, says, “Anything that brings more knowledge of insurance where there hasn’t been before is a good idea. While we’re still reviewing the details of the committee, we’re pleased to see they will be seeking the industry’s participation.

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Applications for committee positions must be sent to the Treasury Department within 15 days of the time the notice appears in the Federal Register.