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PRIMA
PRIMA Institute 2017 (PI17) is the premier educational program for new risk managers as well as seasoned risk professionals who seek to learn more about emerging trends and best practices. PRIMA Institute is an innovative educational symposium comprised of fundamental risk management curriculum, outstanding faculty and excellent networking opportunities.
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Route Fifty
The moon will block out the sun, and day will plunge into night. Birds will stop singing, crickets will start chirping, and many people will gasp, weep, or even howl when they see the sun’s corona shimmering in the darkened sky.
And some drivers, inevitably, will stop in the middle of the road to take a selfie.
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Emergency Management
There is a cadence to fire season and a predictability to the headlines: A wildfire is burning, homes are threatened, residents are urged to evacuate.
We’ve grown used to watching the air-and-ground assaults. The image of a DC-10 dumping retardant on burning brush is an indelible symbol of our attempt to control nature. We’ve come to expect that firefighters will bring flames into submission because they so often have — and this has made us comfortable.
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Governing
There is widespread concern these days that robots and automation will soon be permeating much of the American workforce — taking over factory floors, performing hospitality jobs, becoming ubiquitous in the casinos of Las Vegas. Even Silicon Valley worries about automation’s effects, although they likely won’t be as severe there as elsewhere.
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States Self-Insurers Risk Retention Group, Inc provides quality, cost-effective excess liability coverage and superior, personal service to our public entity owners in order to promote a long-term risk management partnership. MORE
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By Catherine Iste
 Being busy does not mean we are successful, happy or even good at what we do. It can mean we are invigorated by our work and enjoy filling every free minute doing or thinking about it. But often, we are busy because of someone else's poor planning, emergency or inefficiency. Without the benefit of a skilled executive assistant providing gatekeeper services, many leaders must find ways to directly handle pop-ins, emergencies and other time-sucking distractions.
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Government Executive
Federal law enforcement and other operational mission leaders are hearing about new requirements for enterprise risk management, an organization-wide approach to managing risks that has been in practice in the commercial sector for some time.
As they begin to understand ERM, many agency leaders are asking: What is the quickest way to check this box and get back to serving the mission?
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The Associated Press via CBS News
Heavy rains that caused flooding in some parts of the Houston area and prompted about two-dozen water rescues on Tuesday seemed to have let up, but with more rain expected authorities remain on guard and residents should stay prepared, officials said.
"Unfortunately, this is one of those Texas flood events that's part of living in Southeast Texas," said Michael Walter, a spokesman for Houston's Office of Emergency Management.
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By Seth Sandronsky
 Employers added 209,000 nonfarm payroll jobs in July versus June's total of 220,000 jobs, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics. And July's unemployment rate was 4.3 percent versus 4.4 percent in June and 4.3 percent in May, the BLS reported. Payroll jobs rose in food services and drinking places, professional and business services, and healthcare in July. Job growth in other major industries showed scant change.
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The Conversation
Sue Anne Bell writes: My phone rang around midnight: A major hurricane was predicted to hit a nearby coastal town, which was under a mandatory evacuation order. Many of the staff at a large hospital there had already evacuated, and an unknown number of patients from nursing homes and assisted living centers were being transported to the hospital. The remaining staff were desperate for help from experienced nurses.
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