A rate comparision of the CURIE and Quebec Property and Liability programs is now available.   Please see Subscriber Resources - Articles of Interest.  You must log-in to the CURIE website to have access to this information.

The 2012 Ontario Higher Education Risk Management Symposium (aka: the Ontario Universities Risk Management Workshop) will be held at the Donald Gordon Centre, Queen's University at Kingston on May 28-30.   A limited number of hotel rooms are available at the Donald Gordon Centre (DGC).  Those interested in staying on site are asked to contact the DGC directly at: 613.533.2221. Please use, "2012 Ontario Higher Education Risk Management Symposium May 28-30" as the booking reference.   It is recommended that you reserve your room as soon as possible. More details to follow in the new year but in the meantime if you have a topic that you would like to discuss or present at next year's symposium, please feel to send an email to any of the Chairs below. The Chairs wish to thank Catherine Hagerman, Queen's University, for her assistance in coordinating the venue.  And to CURIE, for its ongoing support of the Ontario Higher Education Risk Management Symposium. Chairs: Sasha Alexander,  University of Guelph (sasha@uoguelph.ca) Steve Pottle, York University (pottles@yorku.ca)

RIMS 2012 Annual Conference & Exhibition April 15 - 18, 2012 Philadelphia Convention Center, Philadelphia, PA For additional information click here 

9th Annual - Campus Fire Safety, Security and Risk Management - Professional Development Conference and Expo March 5 and 6, 2012 Columbus, Ohio  For additional information click here

Under Subscriber Resources - Articles of Interest you will find a Special Report by Advisen.  The report is a survey on Enterprise-wide Cyber Risk Management Practices.  You must log-in to the CURIE website to have access to the report.

The University Rates from the Marsh Global Education Benchmark Report are now available.  Please see Subscriber Resources - Articles of Interest.  You must log-in to the CURIE website to have access to this information.

The presentations from the 2011 CURIE University and College Risk Management Meeting in Ottawa can be viewed under Subscriber Resources - Presentations The presentations can only be accessed by logging into the CURIE website.

When will a waiver be enforced?  The attached article reviews the recent decision in Loychuk and Westgeest v. Cougar Mountain Adventures Ltd. in which the RMS member firm Lindsey Kenney LLP successfully argued the enforceability of a Waiver of Liability and Assumption of Risk Agreement and had the plaintiff's claims for personal injuries dismissed with respect to an accident which occurred on the defendants zipline.

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Guy Carpenter has produced an updated CAT-i report on the powerful earthquake that struck off the coast of northeastern Japan on 11 March. Both the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and the Japanese Meteorological Agency (JMA) have recently upwardly revised their measurements of the earthquake’s magnitude to 9.0, making it the fourth most powerful earthquake in the world since 1900 and the largest in Japan’s history. Emerging reports indicate widespread property damage across northern Japan. Fears over the fate of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant have increased. Three explosions and a fire have hit the facility over the last few days, seemingly causing radioactive leaks. Indeed, Japan’s government has announced this morning that radiation from the plant has now reached harmful levels. Guy Carpenter has posted a CAT-i report on the event to the Cat Central site.  To access the Guy Carpenter CAT-i report;  http://www.guycarp.com/portal/extranet/insights/catcentral.html