Risk Management Magazine
2008 Editorial Calendar 

Features: 1,800-2,000 words
The Features lineup for Risk Management Magazine is subject to change according to developing news and trends. Story ideas that are not already outlined on the editorial calendar are welcome. All stories should be objective, expertise-based items that will educate, inform and enlighten risk professionals. Thinly veiled endorsements of specific products and services will be edited out or rejected. (For clearly commercially oriented submissions, please consider the Case Study column). All submissions are subject to revision by the RM editorial staff.

January 2008: The Insurance Marketplace
Annual P/C Industry Review/Preview
Improving Contract Certainty
Living with Solvency II
Approaching Your First Renewal

Submit article proposals before: October 1, 2007
Accepted proposals due: November 1, 2007

February 2008: Legal and Regulatory Issues
What's New in Policyholder Lawsuits
How to Negotiate a Legal Settlement
Emerging Regulatory Issues
Legal Risks in Your Supply Chain

Submit article proposals before: November 1, 2007
Accepted proposals due: November 30, 2007

March 2008: Environmental Risk
Can the Insurance Industry Save the Environment?
Energy Sector Risk
When Activists Attack
Inheriting an Environmental Liability

Submit article proposals before: November 30, 2007
Accepted proposals due: January 1, 2007

April 2008: RIMS 2008 San Diego
The Best Risk Management College Programs
ERM Success Stories
Rise of the Risk Audit Committee
SPECIAL: RIMS 2008 San Diego Preview

Submit article proposals before: January 1, 2008
Accepted proposals due: February 1, 2008

May 2008: Crisis Management
Preparing for the 2008 Hurricane Season
You've Lost Your Critical Person. Now What?
Role-Playing and Rehearsing a Disaster Plan
Advances in Post-Disaster Cleanup

Submit article proposals before: February 1, 2008
Accepted proposals due: February 29, 2008

June 2008: Financial Risk 
Winners and Losers of the Subprime Lending Crisis
Using Risk Management to Beat the Street
Is Doing Business in China Worth the Risk?
What to Do When a Merger Goes Wrong

Submit article proposals before: February 29, 2008
Accepted proposals due: April 2, 2008

July 2008: Insurance Marketplace II
Mid-Year PC/Market Overview
ERM as a Rating Criteria
Fixing the Insurance Industry's Image Problem
Accessing the Reinsurance Market

Submit article proposals before: April 2, 2008
Full text for accepted proposals due: May 1, 2008

August 2008: Alternative Markets 
4th Annual RM Captive Domicile Review
Captive Investment Strategies
When to Return to the Mainstream Market
How Brokers Can Help Manage ART

Submit article proposals before: May 1, 2008
Accepted proposals due: June 2, 2008

September 2008: Strategic Risk
Managing the Risks of New Products and Markets
Surviving Internal Power Struggles
Balancing Ethics and Ambition
Great Moments in Strategic Leadership

Submit article proposals before: June 2, 2008
Accepted proposals due: July 2, 2008

October 2008: Risk Technology
Using Virtual Worlds as a Risk Management Tool
The Growing Role and Risks of Social Networking
The Risk Manager's Guide to the Web
Software Solutions for Gauging Risk

Submit article proposals before: July 2, 2008
Full text for accepted proposals due: August 1, 2008

November 2008: Risk and the Workplace
What's New in the Workers Comp Marketplace
New Strategies for Employee Wellness
Security Management and ERM
10 Easy Steps to Fewer Workers Comp Claims

Submit article proposals before: August 1, 2008
Accepted proposals due: September 3, 2008

December 2008: The Year in Risk
The Year in Risk/2008 Recap
A Global Look at Political Risk
Today's Risk Management Visionaries
Becoming a Risk Consultant

Submit article proposals before: September 3, 2008
Full text for accepted proposals due: October 1, 2008

2008 Spotlight Issue: International Risk
Country Profiles              
The World's Most Dangerous Workplaces
Overcoming Cultural Challenges
Coordinating Multinational Crisis Management
Doing Business in Developing Countries
The Returning Risk of Nationalization
Dealing with War and Civil Disturbances
The Canadian Approach to Risk Management

Submit article proposals before: March 31, 2008
Full text for accepted proposals due:  May 1, 2008

Columns: 750 words
Risk Management Magazine also runs several column-length stories each issue, either as stand-alone pieces, or as part of our Forefront section. Columns can be on any risk management topic, but subjects of particular interest include:

Legal Beat: Litigation, the legal system and the legal industry
Technology: New ways in which risk managers are using technology
Rules & Regulations: Discussion of new governance developments
Global Perspectives: Matters of international or worldwide interest
Case Study: Real-world applications of the latest risk management products and services
Market Watch: Issues and trends regarding re/insurance, banking and the wider financial markets
Outlook: Opinion pieces
RIMS Society Page: Any Society-related news and information of interest to the RIMS Membership
Details: Any topic that does not fit into the above categories