Boston-based Karen Clark & Co., an independent provider of catastrophe risk management services, launched the KC Wind Damage Scale, a new tool to assess the likely insured damage from tropical cyclone

Insurance Technology Group Announces Policy Admin Study MarketWatch - 1 hour ago ... encompassing property and liability insurance; risk management and risk financing; employee benefits management; and workers comp, rehabilitation, ...

Chester Springs, Pennsylvania insurance program RelMark launched the Fire Sprinkler Risk Purchasing Group, Inc. offering fire sprinkler contractors' general liability insurance and risk management nee

One of the legacies of the era of corporate scandals earlier in this decade is a heightened awareness of corporate governance issues. This development is most obvious for publicly traded companies in the United States, with the governance requirements embodied in the form of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The heightened governance awareness has also had spill-over effects for private companies (refer here) and even non-profit entities (refer here).

 

But there are many other types of non-listed firms, beyond just private companies and non-profit enterprises - including joint ventures and family-owned firms, as well as venture funds, private equity firms and hedge funds. The heightened governance awareness has also affected these other kinds of non-listed firms. But many of the principles and practices developed for publicly traded companies may be ill-suited to these other kinds of non-listed firms.

 

 

In a comprehensive book entitled “Corporate Governance of Non-Listed Companies” (here), Professors Joseph McCahery of the University of Amsterdam and Erik P.M.

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Live Current Media Inc. Announces Record Second Quarter Revenue FOXBusiness - 10 hours ago ... intellectual property, risk management, licensing, content contract negotiations, commerce and distribution agreements, and dispute resolution. ...

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Relmark Launches Risk Purchasing Group For Fire Sprinkler ... Insurance News Net (press release), PA - 10 hours ago ... Inc., a risk purchasing group dedicated to addressing fire sprinkler contractors’ general liability insurance and risk management needs. ...

A recent survey by the Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc. shows that it is still a buyer's market for commercial insurance, with single-digit declines in average premiums in the second quarter of 2008. The RIMS Benchmark Survey results showed that directors and officers liability premiums...

Caribbean360.com

Jamaica launches disaster risk management project Caribbean360.com, Barbados - 13 hours ago KINGSTON, Jamaica, August 8, 2008 - A National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme has been launched in Jamaica to help the island deal with the ...

Zylog Systems in partnership with Kamakura corp Business Standard, India - 3 hours ago The Kamakura Risk Management system is said to be the world’s first system that analyses market risk, credit risk, asset and liability management ...

Neace Lukens ranked 30th-largest US insurance broker Bizjournals.com, NC - 6 hours ago Neace Lukens provides property, casualty and personal lines of insurance as well as surety bonds, employee benefits and risk management consulting. ...

National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme Launched Government of Jamaica, Jamaica Information Service, Jamaica - 2 hours ago Minister of Agriculture, Dr. Christopher Tufton officially launched the National Agricultural Disaster Risk Management Programme at the opening ceremony of ...

Index predicts significant growth ahead NewsOK.com (subscription), OK - 59 minutes ago Holmes Murphy & Associates, which has an office in Oklahoma City, has been named the 28th largest independent risk management and insurance brokerage firm ...

The Florida Catastrophic Storm Risk Management Center has launched www.stormrisk.org, a one-stop resource for citizens who want to learn about Florida's property insurance issues, especially in relation to hurricanes.

Risk management system for industries will be developed in Haldia The Statesman, India - 1 hour ago 2: The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) has proposed to develop a risk management system in the mega-industries which deal with hazardous ...

The Case for Risk Management and Insurance Education Insurance Journal, CA - 3 hours ago Meanwhile, keep me in mind on that Bermuda deal. Dr. Brenda Wells, CPCU, AAI, is an associate professor of risk management and insurance at University of ...

FG to Empower States, LGs on Disaster Management This Day, Nigeria - 6 hours ago The plan is geared towards risk management and improving the capacity of the various tiers of government to response to incidences of deserster whenever ...

Waste Management, Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Seeking Alpha, NY - 11 hours ago Risk management costs improve nearly 15 basis points as a percent of revenue driven by lower auto and general liability costs. The primary reason for the ... Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. Announces Second Quarter 2008 Financial ... Earthtimes (press release) Gevity Reports Second Quarter 2008 Operating Results Primenewswire (press

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CGI Group Q3 profit rises - update RTT News, NY - 1 hour ago ... business process unit providing claims adjustment and risk management services to the Canadian property and casualty, or P&C, insurance industry. ...

CGI expands Q3 2008 Net earnings from continuing operations by 28 ... FOXBusiness - 3 hours ago ... Canadian business process unit providing claims adjustment and risk management services to the Canadian property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry. ...

Resources needed for disaster work Fiji Daily Post, Fiji - 2 hours ago A challenge in implementing Disaster Risk Management in any region of the world is access to resources. In this respect, Pacific island governments have ...

Disaster Managers Issue Call To Action pacific, HI - 1 hour ago We underscore that this Communiqué is a “Call for Action” to develop, and strengthen where necessary, implementation of disaster risk management as an ...

Talks focus on disaster risk Fiji Times, Fiji - 7 minutes ago Cristelle Pratt, Ratu Epeli Ganilau and Dr Langi Kavaliku share a moment at the Disaster Risk Management meeting in Nadi. DISASTER risk management should be ...

Bradenton, Florida-based Southern Eagle Insurance Co. awarded a three year contract to GlobalOptions Group, a provider of domestic and international risk management services. GlobalOptions fraud an

Russian banks at risk from property sector: report Reuters - 4 hours ago MOSCOW, July 24 (Reuters) - Russian banks need to tighten their risk management to avoid a crisis similar to that in neighbouring Kazakhstan, ...

>>Disaster Risk Mgt Studies Included In Universities’ Curricula LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria - 1 hour ago The proposed establishment of professional certificate and masters degree programmes in Disaster Risk Management and Development Studies in Nigerian ...