the risk management blog

byBrad Moody | May 14, 2020

It’s hard to imagine that, on any given day, over $3 trillion dollars moves via electronic transfer.  Financial institutions make these B2B transactions happen seamlessly on a global scale, and we often take for granted the very simple instructions…

byMark Lowers | May 01, 2020

In 1947, my Grandma Maggie was involved in a terrible car accident. While a passenger in an automobile heading to visit family, the car ran off a mountainside road near her childhood home in West Virginia. The car tumbled…

byLowers & Associates | April 30, 2020

In our work in high risk industries, we routinely uncover fraud and asset misappropriations. While it may seem counterintuitive, with the US and global economy currently at a standstill due to COVID-19 shelter at home directives, organizations should be…

byLowers & Associates | March 24, 2020

Emerging markets tend to fall into that riskiest of strategic planning quadrants: Unknown-Unknown territory. They bring with them both tremendous opportunity and enormous risk. The cannabis industry is one such market. While medicinal marijuana has been legal in Canada…

byLowers & Associates | January 15, 2020

Active shooter incidents have become a new normal in our society. As of Sept 24, 2019, there had been an average of 1.24 mass shootings per day in 2019, killing 377 people and injuring another 1,347 victims. “Run. Hide….