Welcome back to the Merritt Risk Management Manual and Risk Management News.

We live in troubled times. Ordinary issues like workers’ comp are flaring up again, after years of relative calm; terrorism and political risk—once worries only for high-profile multinationals—are real threats to any facility with a mail box. Risk management has never been a more important part of business decisions.

Are you prepared?

You will be. Earlier this year, Silver Lake Publishing acquired the Merritt Risk Management Manual and the Risk Management News newsletter. Now, Silver Lake Publishing is proud to announce the relaunch of these classic technical resources. This subscription includes the complete three-volume text of the Merritt Risk Management Manual, four quarterly updates to the Manual and twelve monthly issues of the award-winning Risk Management News newsletter.

The Manual has been updated to reflect the hard realities of the post-9/11 world. But it remains the “encyclopedia of risk”—part glossary, part primer, part graduate-level seminar. Its sections include:
• a mathematical and statistical primer on risk management;
• an overview of the commercial insurance markets—how they work and
how their claims are processed;
• a review of specialty insurance markets—and where you can find
effective, though little-known coverage;
• strategies for building layers of insurance and self-insurance protection;
• a legal perspective on risk;
• how progressive management can minimize any organization’s chances
of loss;
• an experienced guide to disaster management;
• sections dedicated to risk issues in specific industry sectors; and
• a comprehensive exposure inventory and vulnerability assessment.
Many subscribers say that the exposure inventory is, itself, worth the price of subscription. We say the whole Manual serves as a consultant-in-a-box, ready to answer detailed and technical questions at a moment’s notice, 24/7/365.

And there’s more. The monthly Risk Management News newsletter gives you useful updates from the cutting edge of risk management theory and practice. Regular beats include:
• analysis of both standard and specialty insurance markets;
• a round-up of legal developments that impact insurance, risk management
and asset protection;
• management best practices for managing risks before they become
losses or claims;
• reports on legislation, law enforcement and regulatory developments
relevant to your entity;
• news from financial markets involving everything from interest rates and
commodities prices to currency exchange and cat futures;
• case studies of risk management done well…and done badly.

A special renewal package is available to you if you’re a former subscriber or you’ve used one of our sister publications. As the Merritt Risk Management Manual’s publisher (and one of its original editors), I welcome you back to this excellent resource. You can activate your account at no additional cost and access the complete text online immediately—Order online from the Silver Lake Publishing Catalog or just send us an email at riskmanual@silverlakepub.com.

We’ll email you back an access code that allows you to register here and at Silver Lake Publishing's Insurance Training Collection. Take a few minutes to review The Manual's Table of Contents before you renew. You’ll be glad—for years to come—that you did.

Sincerely, James Walsh,
Publisher