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• FIO Advisors to Meet March 30 as Treasury Keeps Overdue Report Close to Vest

  By Elizabeth Festa  |  March 13, 2012

  The first meeting of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance has been scheduled at the U.S.Treasury Department, even as interested parties await the report to Congress from Treasury’s Federal Office of Insurance.

• Businesses See Economy as Greatest Risk in 2012, Two Studies Say

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet  |  January 19, 2012

  Economic risk is the top concern on business professionals’ minds going into 2012, according to two new, separate surveys conducted by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) and the World Economic Forum.

• WEF: Financial Risk Trumps Environmental Concerns

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 12, 2012

  Experts and industry leaders see world-economic conditions having far greater consequences on society in the near term than environmental risks, according to a report from the World Economic Forum.

• Advisory Committee to FIO Includes Regulators; Excludes Legislators

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 10, 2011

  The Treasury Department has announced the 15 members of the Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance (FACI), which is charged with advising the newly created Federal Insurance Office—but state legislators are upset they aren’t being represented.

• Treasury Dept. Announces FACI Members Who Will Advise FIO

  By Arthur D. Postal, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 2, 2011

  Officials of Chubb and Liberty Mutual and consumer advocate Birny Birnbaum are among 15 people named today to the Treasury Department’s Federal Advisory Committee on Insurance.

• Buffett Adds Investment Exec as Part of Succession

  By Associated Press  |  September 12, 2011

  Berkshire Hathaway has hired a second hedge fund manager to help run the company's investment portfolio and prepare for what it described as the eventual retirement of 81-year-old billionaire Warren Buffett.

• Hollander to Lead Insurance Advisory Group for E&Y

  By Staff Writer  |  February 17, 2011

  Dave Hollander has joined Ernst & Young’s Financial Services Office as principal and insurance advisory practice leader.

• Psych Is Key Factor In Risk Preparedness

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 15, 2010

  Corporations and individuals often underestimate their exposure to risk and are unprepared for disaster when it strikes, say experts who study risk.

• Psychology Major Factor In Risk Preparedness

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 8, 2010

  Corporations and individuals often underestimate their exposure to risk and are unprepared for disaster when it strikes, say experts who study risk.

• Willis Research Network Adds 10 U.S. Partners

  By Staff Writer  |  October 7, 2010

  The Willis Research Network (WRN), a public/private scientific research collaboration, has added 10 new United States partners to its network of 30 science institutions.