Wednesday Writs: Risk Management Edition
A Risk Management Edition of Wednesday Writs. Also, “spectral evidence”, which is exactly what it sounds like.
Tagged: Risk Management
Ebola, Risk Management, and the Case for Principled Pragmatism
The national conversation we’re having about ebola might help party leaders get the vote out. It might also increase the risk of an outbreak.
by Tod Kelly
A Bit More on Charging for Risk
There is a certain profession that blatantly breaks driving laws every day, no matter where you live, right in front of you. There is a reason for this: they do not bear the cost of risk for doing so.
On Obamacare and the Real U.S. Healthcare Crisis, Part I: A Look In The Rearview Mirror
The US healthcare system is about to radically change, whether or not Obamacare stands. Exactly how it’s going to change, and the degree to which that change will be good or bad for the country, is a choice we still need to make. Before we can make that choice, however, we need to understand how we got here in the first place.
How Not to Fire People
Though I officially retired in October, I continue to do seminars and corporate trainings. Because of this I still keep my eye out for real world examples of businesses and employers practically begging to...
Ben Smith Doesn’t Understand How Insurance Works
In a post over at BuzzFeed that makes me want to pound my head against my desk, Ben Smith proves that highly visible political pundits can write regularly about health insurance from 2009-2013 and...
What risk management has taught me about the Trayvon Martin shooting
One of the byproducts of having spent the past two decades in risk management is that, for better or worse, I tend to view everything I see in the news through that lens. This...
