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Analysing protection
Willis Group Holdings has launched a proprietary analytical tool that it claims provides robust decision support to clients in the design of D&O insurance programmes.WISDOMS draws from a database of historical D&O losses, accounting and corporate governance metrics, high risk events, and stock price volatility in order to generate loss ...
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US companies suffer competitively
The regulatory policies and enforcement approaches of US authorities make US companies less competitive in global markets. Almost two thirds (60%) of those surveyed at a global compliance conference hosted by law firm Eversheds said they struggle for attention or resources to implement regulatory compliance globally. SOX compliance appears no ...
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Respecting indigenous rights
A report jointly released by the Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRIS) and the Centre for Australian Ethical Research (CAER) looks at the measures companies are implementing to address indigenous and land rights issues.The report examines the policies of seven large companies, and finds that while most offer a basic public ...
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AnalysisBuilding a sustainable enterprise economy
What role can businesses play in forging a peaceful and sustainable future for the earth and its inhabitants?
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AnalysisEC report voices competition concerns
After over two years of information gathering and deliberation, the European Commission has issued its final report into the conditions of competition in the business insurance sector
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UK audit reporting warning
A quarter of the UK's larger companies do not provide proper reports to shareholders on audit practices, a leading pension fund group has claimed. In its response to the Financial Reporting Council's (FRC) recent consultation on the Combined Code on corporate governance, the Local Authority Pension Fund Forum (LAPFF) says ...
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AnalysisReputation – what does it mean?
Northern Rock is not the first financial crisis to prompt headlines talking of damage to reputation
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AnalysisThe future of European employment practices liability?
Dicrimination, harassment and unfair dismissal claims are no longer a US only issue. But to what extent are they really an issue for European employers?
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AnalysisAre firms prepared for emerging risks?
Fortune 1000 companies may not be taking a long term view of risk management and preparing accordingly for emerging risks
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AnalysisTravel risk assessments
Employers appear to be failing in their duty of care to staff who travel for work
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AnalysisAon: Covering the cost of FMD
Aon consultant warns that standard business interruption policies will not cover foot and mouth disease related losses
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Corporate responsibility
At a workshop hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, directors Jon Hauck and Tina Trickett set out to explore what corporate responsibility is and what is driving its future, in front of a mildly sceptical audience. Their theme was that the issue was of growing importance to organisations, and that big statements from ...
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More than corporate philanthropy
Jon Hauck says that corporate responsibility is now recognised as a crucial element of success
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AnalysisTo be or not to be
The future of new corporate manslaughter legislation hangs in the balance as the House of Lords prepares to vote
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Global opportunities
The likelihood scenarios are computed on probabilities of trends for main risks and opportunities for 2007, and are based on mining the internet and expert analysis over the last year. They show:1. Preventing the escalation of the Israel-Palestine/Arab issue from becoming a wider Middle-East conflict = 82%2. Balancing the country ...
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Regulation - Policing the Policemen
A new UK House of Lords ad hoc committee formed to investigate the role of regulators has issued a call for evidence.
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A textbook case of what not to do
Gerald Ratner appears in the textbooks on reputation management as a horrible example of what not to do, to the extent that 'doing a Ratner' has entered business language to mean a senior executive wh
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The - 2007 European Risk Management Awards
The judges have deliberated - and we can now announce the shortlist for StrategicRISK's 2007 European Risk Management Awards.
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Nationalism: a major issue
Risk complexity, nationalism and arbitrary regulation have emerged as significant threats to multinational corporations' balance sheets, according to the latest global analysis by Aon political risk e
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Current and future risks
Regulation was also cited as a huge burden, costing, according to the British Chamber of Commerce, £10bn between 1997 and 2005. However, Royal & SunAlliance's Risk Uncovered Index2 identifies the biggest future risks facing UK businesses as predominantly stemming from problems close to home.Strong competition in the market place has ...
