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• ACE Report: Imagination is the Key to Proactive Catastrophe Management

  By Anya Khalamayzer, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 12, 2012

  As businesses develop globally, risks multiply exponentially—and in response, ACE USA has published the “Global Catastrophe Guide: New Challenges to Casualty Risk Management,” which outlines the enormous perils faced by risk managers within the U.S. and beyond its borders.

• Eyes on the Road: NTSB Calls for Ban on Personal Electronic Devices

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 14, 2011

  After reviewing a fatal accident that occurred more than a year ago, the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) is calling for a nationwide ban on the non-emergency use of personal-electronic devices while driving.

• ‘Flash Robs’ Pose Serious Threat for Retailers

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 23, 2011

  With the advent of social media comes a new risk-management threat for retailers this holiday season: “flash robs”—mobs that show up with the goal of robbery in mind.

• Younger Insurance Customers Looking at Mobile Technology: Accenture Survey

  By Staff Writer  |  July 25, 2011

  There are significant gaps between what consumers want from their insurers and what they feel they are receiving, even though overall satisfaction levels are high, according to an Accenture survey of 7,000 people from 13 countries.

• Social Media: Risk vs. Rewards in a Web 2.0 World

  By John Dewitt  |  April 30, 2010

  The explosion of social media networks has created enormous opportunity as well as emerging risk for the business professionals who create, manage and use them.