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Risk Management Gets a Boost: Customizable Event Insurance Debuts

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With significant guidance from industry association Destinations International, the insurance and risk-management firm Anderson Benson has rolled out coverage for event disruption and cancellation that allows host organizations to put together a policy specific to their needs.

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First Class: Meet the Inaugural 15 Over 50

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Senior Business Events Manager. RIMS, Risk Management Society. Destination Management Connection. Senior Director of Conference and Events Management. International Meeting Managers, Inc. Columbus, Ohio. President/CEO. Tradeshow Logic. Acworth, Georgia. Mark Everton. Visit Oakland. Muskego, Wisconsin.

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Soft targets: 8 steps to protect participants

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However, since the Nice Attack, there have been similar incidents at Ohio State University as well as in Berlin, Jerusalem, the United Kingdom (Westminster) and Stockholm. Ten children were killed that day. This was not the first attack of this nature. In 1981 and 1983, there were similar incidents in Beirut.

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Fyre Festival and planning in cinema

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The first time I saw this was at an ILEA (ISES at the time) event in Columbus, Ohio. Risk Management Girl (me) thrills at this one, of course.”. In a final effort to save the restaurant, the brothers plan to put on an evening of incredible food,” Stuckrath says. Back to the real world. I am Not Your Guru.

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Planning for a Secure RNC in Cleveland

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“They interface with the Secret Service, the city of Cleveland, and the Ohio State Highway Patrol.”. Ohio is an open-carry state, and while items as diverse as swords, axes, and brass knuckles are banned from the special event zone – a secure area where demonstrators cannot speak or hold parades – guns are permitted.

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Navigating changing gun laws

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Ohio law allows firearms to be brought into the convention venue, and the Republican Party supports gun rights. But if their event will include a controversial celebrity or a political figure in attendance, they may have to rethink their approach. The 2016 Republican National Convention in Cleveland is a good example.