Risk professionals are involved in just about everything these days, and like it or not, their visibility has skyrocketed. While this can be a good thing in any career, unfortunately the catalyst has been the recent financial mess, with risk management and enterprise risk management in some cases taking unfair blame.

As a result, risk managers I speak to say they meet regularlyor at least supply requestedinformationwith their board of directors to field questions about insurance purchases and insurer solvency. That means a lot of preparation and financial knowledge.

In other words, the pressure is on.

Today, risk managers need multiple resources and they need a place where their voice can be heard. This blog is the right place for that and more. Feel free to send me your observations, frustrations and topics youd like to see addressedwhether its forming a captive, reducing costs or remaining employedwhatever is on your mind.

After all, risk management is here to stay. Demands for and on risk professionals are greater than ever–andyou know what they say about being able totake the heat…

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