This message was sent to ##Email## January 16, 2020   |   Home  |   About  |   Membership  |   Education & Training  |   Resources  |        TOP NEWS 2020 campaign to encourage helmet use, safety in sports WWMT-TV A yearlong, statewide effort hopes to reduce head injuries for children and teens participating in recreational sports. The Brain Injury Association of Michigan unveiled their Think aHEAD campaign Jan. 15. The organization said the program would focus on increasing helmet usage by creating incentives for kids to wear them during athletic activities.  READ MORE    SPONSORED CONTENT Promoted by Insurance Program Managers Group The most effective way to protect public safety employees How to use predictive data to reduce workers’ compensation claims Don’t fear your workers’ compensation audit — here’s what you need to know Minimizing claims costs by tackling core issues affecting workforce health The tools public entities need to mitigate risk and manage claims   Risk managers' trade group adds climate risk certification Bloomberg Environment Another sign that climate change is becoming a real financial risk: A leading risk management trade group is adding a new certification focused on sustainability and climate risk. The nonprofit Global Association of Risk Professionals said its new certification will push risk managers in corporate finance, supply chains, operations and technology to learn how to map out climate-related scenarios and how to measure climate-related risks, such as health effects and geopolitical issues.  READ MORE Additional safety officers placed in New York dorms, security initiatives ongoing The Daily Orange Residential community safety officers will staff all Syracuse University residence hall entrances 24/7 for the spring semester. SU's Department of Public Safety announced plans in September to hire 90 full-time, licensed residential community safety officers to station the entrances of each residence hall and validate the IDs of individuals entering the building.  READ MORE Risk management could be the new alpha Financial Advisor Ten years of relatively low volatility has lured asset managers and investors into a complacency that has them ignoring future potential risks, according to Jason Williams, portfolio manager on the quantitative equity team at Lazard Asset Management. A few bumps have hit the markets in the past decade, but much worse is probably coming in the next 10 years and investors are ill-prepared to weather them, Williams said in an interview with Financial Advisor magazine.  READ MORE Kentucky mayor proposes raising insurance premium tax to fund flooding costs WPSD-TV The city of Paducah, Kentucky, may consider another increase to your taxes to deal with recurring flooding. Last year, the Paducah City Commission voted to increase the insurance premium tax by 1% to fund a future indoor aquatic center. Now, Paducah Mayor Brandi Harless is asking the commission to consider an additional 1% or 2% increase to fund the the Stormwater Master Plan.  READ MORE Increasing liability: Poorly maintained trees continue to cost city of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Pittsburgh Controller Michael Lamb's recent performance audit of the city's law department should remind residents of the city's failure to remedy its ongoing problem with poorly maintained trees. According to Lamb's report, Pittsburgh continues to pay out tens of thousands of dollars for claims related to damage caused by city-maintained trees.  READ MORE Insurance experts offer advice after EFI tornado damages more than 70 cars at South Carolina high school WMBF-TV Some South Carolina High School students are now left to deal with the damage after an EF1 tornado tore through the school's parking lot and damaged more than 70 cars. In most cases, insurance plans should cover the cost, but without carefully reading the fine print you may find yourself paying out of pocket. According to most insurance agencies, the first conversations you should have is with your insurance agent.  READ MORE Cyber Everywhere: Leaders see cyber transformation as greatest challenge in risk management CyberScoop As malicious cyber activity grows more pervasive, diverse and costly for organizations, leaders in both the public and private sectors are adapting to a new normal of constantly evolving threats. That's according to a 2019 survey of 500 C-suite level executives on "The Future of Cyber" — and the initial subject in a new podcast series on enterprise cybersecurity trends called "Cyber Everywhere," underwritten by Deloitte.  READ MORE Colorado has seen the largest increase in natural disasters, study says Reporter-Herald The High Park fire, which killed one woman and destroyed over 250 homes in Larimer County in 2012, was one of many disasters that contributed to Colorado having the highest increase in natural disasters since 1980, according to a new study. A study from QuoteWizard, an insurance comparison shopping and research tool, used FEMA data to compare recorded natural disasters from 1980 to 1999 and 2000 to 2017.  READ MORE PRIMA Risk Watch Connect with PRIMA Recent Issues | Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Advertise | Web Version  Colby Horton, Vice President of Publishing, 469-420-2601 | Download media kit Bethanney Standerfer, Content Editor, 469-420-2688  | Contribute news Public Risk Management Association 700 S. Washington St., Suite 218 | Alexandria, VA, 22314 | 703-528-7701 | Contact Us  Learn how to add us to your safe sender list so our emails get to your inbox. 7701 Las Colinas Ridge, Ste. 800, Irving, TX 75063