Thanks to bailouts, Hill & Knowlton PR saw an increase in ‘risk-protection’ business

“Hill & Knowlton, the public relations firm whose clients include American International Group Inc., said demand from companies getting government bailouts helped it win more business in 2009 than each of the two previous years,” Bloomberg reported. “Hill & Knowlton has seen ‘huge’ growth in so-called risk-protection services for the insurance, financial and automotive industries, where some companies have been perceived as failures or have received government funds, Paul Ta…