Less than a month into Lance J. Ewing’s job as a risk manager for Harrah’s Entertainment, Hurricane Katrina caused about $1.6 billion in damage to the company’s Gulf Coast casinos.
Talk about being thrown into the deep end.
Considering the experience gained through that trial and in the years since, it seems appropriate that Ewing would be selected to guard against risk for Chartis as head of its new Hospitality and Leisure Industry Practice Group.
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