A Glassy Lake or Steep Waterfall? The Challenges of Predicting Black Swan Events
The last 20 years have produced an increasing number of disruptive, complex and unpredictable events, even black swans. In this session at RIMS 2021, two risk management experts explore ways to identify and assess exposures to build resiliency to these events in your organization. Guests included: Bob Bowman – Senior Director, Risk Management, The Wendy’s […]
To Hell & Back – Disaster Lessons from Risk Managers
There can be numerous challenges faced during the emergency phase and into the recovery phase of a disaster. At the PARMA 46th Conference and Expo, a panel of County Risk Managers discussed what worked and what failed in their disaster planning, and how a community can survive and bounce back from the unthinkable. Speakers included: […]
Disaster Planning and Response
At the 2019 PARMA Annual Conference, Kimberly George from Sedgwick and Mark Walls from Safety National hosted a live “Out Front Ideas with Kimberly and Mark” event focused on disaster planning and response for public entities. The panelists were: Martin Brady – Schools Insurance Authority Tim Karcz – California Joint Powers Insurance Authority Bill Simonson […]
Disaster Response for Public Entity
At the 2017 PARMA Conference, a panel discussed disaster response planning for public entities. The panel was: Ken Hernandez – County of San Bernardino Steve Robles – County of Los Angeles Michelle Colosimo – Black Swan Solutions Ariel Jenkins – Safety National Disasters can be both natural disasters like earthquakes or floods and also man-made […]