Public Risk Magazine

Public Risk provides risk managers with timely, focused information in an easy-to-read format. It features articles from risk management practitioners as well as industry professionals.

Articles range from current trends, risk management procedures and guidelines, legislation changes, spotlights and more that will engage your office while keeping them informed!

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January/February/March Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Ransomware — The Threat is Real; Best of the Blog: Mediating public meetings, planning special events, and public safety solutions; Navigating the Evolution: Risk Managers as ERM Policy Entrepreneurs in Municipal Risk Management; and Get to Know Ashley Bonner, Recipient of the 2024 PRIMA Pioneer Excellence Award.

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October/November/December Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about From the Brink of Extinction to Nuisance: How to Deal with Canada Geese Issues; Transforming Local Government Safety: Strategies for Fatal Risk Reduction; and Proactively Managing Risk in Adversity as Governance Undergoes Change.

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July/August/September Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Sean Catanese: Champion of Risk Management Awarded Public Risk Manager of the Year; A Risk Management Challenge: Imagining the Unimaginable; Maintaining Reliable Deliveries in Uncharted Waters: Equipment Breakdown; Ethical Responses to Allegations of Sexual Misconduct — Are you Prepared?; and Infectious Disease Prevention and Protection at the Workplace: How COVID-19 is Shaping Programs Going Forward.

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April/May/June Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Laurie Olson, PRIMA’s New President; Can We Prevent the Next Critical Incident?; Improve Your Risk Profile to Become a More Favorable Risk; and Building Trust to Build Your Team.

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January/February/March Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Navigating the “New Normal” in Workers Comp: Rethinking Work and Automation; Get to Know David Parker, Recipient of the 2023 PRIMA Pioneer Excellence Award; Virginia Supreme Court Reverses Judgment Against Police Officer: Affirming His Defense of Another as a Matter of Law; and Strain at a Gnat, Swallow a Camel While “Saving” Money With Your Worker’s Comp Claims.

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November/December Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Five (and For Most of You, Six) No-Cost Ways to Help Reduce Vehicle Claims and Losses; First Amendment Wheel Doesn’t Stop Spinning: What Risk Managers Need to Know for Dealing with Schools; and The Impact of Resilience on Recovery from Injury or Illness.

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September/October Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Thinking Differently: New Approaches for Treating First Responder Injury and Trauma; Policing Our Schools: The Public Risk Management Challenge; and Best of the Blog: Popular PRIMA blog posts you may have missed.

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July/August Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about Allie Matthews, PRIMA’s 2022 Public Risk Manager 
of the Year; Protecting School Students, Staff and Insurance Budgets Against Today’s Leading Risks; and Understanding what Medical Bills the Jury Sees: A Primer on Florida Law for Risk Managers.

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May/June Issue of Public Risk

In this issue, read about The Impactful Return of PRIMA’s Annual Conference; Re-Introducing PRIMA’s New President, Scott Kramer, MBA, ARM; Preparedness Critical to Disaster Recovery: Long-Term Response Often Overlooked in Planning Process; and It’s All Your Fault… Or Is It?: Public Entity Documentation Supports “No Notice” Claims Defense.

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