Karen Cutts, NU Columnist, Passes Away

Karen Cutts, managing editor of the Risk Retention Reporter and a longtime columnist at National Underwriter, died earlier this month at her home in Pasadena, Calif. She was 69.

Her husband, James Cutts, the publisher of Risk Retention Reporter, said in a statement that Ms. Cutts had a seven-month battle with pancreatic cancer, and had been on medical leave since her diagnosis on July 4, 2009.

Ms. Cutts was the founder and original publisher of Risk Retention Reporter–now in its 24th year–and related publications, including the annual “Risk Retention Group Directory & Guide.”