by Marilyn Rivers, CPCU ARM AIC | May 9, 2025 | Risk Governance
Risk is glorious in its technicolor explosions of fact, fiction, supposition and opinion. For those of us who manage those explosions, we often wonder if our primary role in governance is the herding of cats. Cats, you say? Well, cats are highly intellectual and...
by Marilyn Rivers, CPCU ARM AIC | Mar 11, 2025 | Safety
Risk is an equal partner to safety in operational risk governance. The totality of our risk is a dynamic equation of respect for our risk partners, trust in our collective operational goals and the equality of inclusion in our best practices. Safety is a risk journey...
by Marilyn Rivers, CPCU ARM AIC | Mar 11, 2025 | Fraud, Webinar
Risk mitigation involves trust in governance – trust from your risk partners that an issue is universally reviewed in fairness with integrity and will be managed with those same qualities. What happens when an issue is shrouded in misinformation or subterfuge? What...
by Marilyn Rivers, CPCU ARM AIC | Aug 2, 2024 | Community
Public risk management relies on the practice of good fiscal governance. Tax dollars and government subsidies finance community services and resources. One might argue these resources are finite each calendar year and dependent upon a budget that allocates money for...
by Marilyn Rivers, CPCU ARM AIC | Jun 7, 2024 | Risk Governance
Operational risk is the risk of loss that generically results from failed internal processes, a lack of preparedness in governance, unforeseen external events, criminality, and/or a disconnect from community. The risks we manage are a continuous multidimensional...