All Archive articles – Page 13
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IGSC to develop risk assessment system
CEIOPS unveils the 2007 plan of activities for its Insurance Groups Supervision Committee.
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Aon creates largest global risk consulting unit
Aon has formed Aon Global Risk Consulting, creating one of the largest risk consulting, captive management and risk engineering groups in the world.
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Marsh adapts to changing risk environment
Marsh chief executive Alex Moczarski outlines changes to allow the broker to respond more effectively to the volatile risk environment.
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Risk management application inconsistent
Moore Stephens survey reveals inconsistencies in risk management application
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Features
Time for Review?
The news that the recent UK high court judgment in Bartoline Limited v (1) Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc & (2) Heath Lambert Ltd (2006) may now be going to the Court of Appeal has created even more uncertainty in an already confused situation. John Cooper and Bob Martin ...
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Solutions for pension trustees
Lucinda Hunn advocates the belt and braces approach of pension trustee liability insurance.
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Analysis
New management reports
The British Standards Institution has published four environmental management reports aimed at industry and government. Each focuses on a topic and looks at its implications for corporate responsibility.- Focus on climate change gives a detailed insight into climate change and explains how legislative policies and tools such as taxation and ...
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Features
No weak links
Behind every large company is a chain of smaller suppliers. And that company is only as strong as the weakest link. Ken Charman explains why the survival of Europe's major companies requires businesses to work together to build effective contingency plans
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Legal responsibilities
Andre Basile explores some of the more worrying aspects of the UK Pensions Act, which he says threatens deals, dealmakers and trustees.
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Analysis
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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People - Discrimination danger
UK employers are being urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.Law firm Mace & Jones said that UK employers are increasingly looking to assess their skills as part of the recruitment process. But the firm warned these tests are only legally acceptable if ...
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Corporate - Protecting NEDs
Law firm Halliwells has launched what it claims is the UK's first legal risk management product to identify the legal and regulatory risks faced by non-executive directors (NEDs) in the finance sectors.The first stage of Halliwells' Non-Executive Protect is a risk review. Following completion of a questionnaire, specialist lawyers conduct ...
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Final straight for corporate killing?
It looks as if the proposed UK legislation on corporate killing may at last make it to the statute book. Andrew Stokes provides an update.
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The Benchmarking Club
Coping with a crisis
How well are organisations geared to coping with catastrophes, crises and incidents? Do they make distinctions in the way they plan for them? Sue Copeman discusses the responses from StrategicRISK's Benchmarking Club
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Analysis
Training - prima Risk institute for China
The PRMIA Institute has formed a partnership with the RiskChina Research Center and several university programmes in China to launch the PRMIA Institute - China. The focus of the partnership will be the provision of training programmes in China that feature leading international faculty as well as the top faculty ...
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Special Reports
Avoiding conflicts
Being a director and also a trustee of the company's pension scheme means achieving a careful balance, says Mark Duke.
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Features
Where America Leads.
Reza Alexander believes that new US electronic disclosure rules herald a wake up call which will reverberate throughout the rest of the world.
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Winning on all fronts
Being environmentally friendly and maximising profitability are not mutually exclusive, says Viktor Mann, who believes that his own company has an important story to tell.
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Operational Risk
Cary Depel: Starting with the big picture, we have a number of important topics, among which is the impact of Basel II.
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RAPM pivotal to increasing profits
Some 90% is risk managers surveyed say their firms are using Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurements, or plan to implement them in the next three years.
