STOCKHOLM (AP) — The world’s tiger population could soon be extinct because of poaching, shrinking habitats and the use of tiger parts in Eastern medicine, environmental experts warned Friday. World Wildlife spokeswoman Marie von Zeipel said the world’s biggest wild…
An Elin rant
Poor, poor Elin. I am not condoning Tiger’s actions or mocking her pain but I think she’s done much better than most divorced mothers, immigrants and ex-nannies. “I’ve been through hell,” she said. “It’s hard to think you have this life,…
Insuring against an athlete being involved in a scandal
New York Times writes about companies insuring against scandals like the recent Tiger Woods events. In the wake of the Tiger Woods scandal, insurers are being inundated with inquiries from corporations seeking to protect their investments, their brands and even…
Hofmann writes about Tiger Woods and ERM
Mark A Hoffman writes in Business Insurance about a few topics near and dear to me: Tiger Woods and enterprise risk management. Have a read at this article and then search for some of the Tiger Woods-related posts published at…
Reputation insurance
DeWitt Stern, an insurance brokerage firm specializing in insurance products for the entertainment, arts, and advertising communities, will introduce “Reputation Risk Insurance” in 2010. According to the press release, the insurance will “compensate policy holders for lost sales, crisis management…
Tiger Woods sponsor index
In a December 9, 2009, story at Bloomberg.com, they describe that the Tiger Woods Sponsor Index made up of nine publicly traded companies linked to Woods. According to the story: “Accenture Plc, AT&T Inc., Berkshire Hathaway Inc., Electronic Arts Inc.,…
Twek illustrates the Tiger Woods reputation meter
Have a look at this graph posted by Twek.wordpress.com Twek illustrates Tiger Woods reputation meter
Tiger Woods reputation risk
Reputation is harmed when some other issue makes reputation an issue. It’s nice to add reputation risk to your risk register, but what are you going to do about it? What actions will you take to proactively avoid, transfer or…