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OpinionHow businesses can avoid disasters by working together
Gareth Byatt, Ilan Kelman, Ana Prados, co-leads of the Disasters Avoided project explore the role businesses can play in helping society avoid disasters
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OpinionRisk management as a practice and a profession needs to change – or become irrelevant
The articulation of risk management’s benefits and the way it is widely implemented and understood, is based on a fallacy, says Ben Cattaneo, founder of The Decision-Making Studio. Risk managers must evolve to stay useful.
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OpinionHow to boost your company’s immune system with strategic risk management
Volkan Can, enterprise risk manager of a global building materials company, and board member of the Enterprise Risk Management Association of Turkey, shares his tips on how risk managers can operate more effectively to improve the health of their organisations.
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OpinionRegulation watch: Progress on proportionality for Solvency II
In the latest in our series of FERMA updates from Brussels, Charles Low, head of EU affairs, explores new Solvency II amendments, which could create greater regional harmonisation across European captives
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OpinionOpinion: much of risk mitigation is a waste of time - what to do instead
The world is changing and risk managers must adapt, argues Hans Læssøe, founder of AKTUS and former risk manager at The Lego Group. Here are his top three suggested priorities
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AnalysisRisk managers turning to captives in challenging market conditions
New data shows that captives are growing ever more popular, here’s how to decide if one is right for your organisation
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InterviewsFranck Baron: why risk management needs a single professional standard
Risk managers across Asia needed a place to bond and so chairman Franck Baron founded PARIMA. Ten years on, he is passing on the reins, but his commitment to binding the industry together remains strong
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OpinionRegulation watch: What do CSDD changes mean for risk managers
In the first in a series of FERMA updates from Brussels, Charles Low, Head of EU Affairs and Typhaine Beaupérin, Chief Executive Officer, FERMA, explore the latest updates to the Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence and what risk managers must do next
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OpinionHeatmaps can be dangerous - how to make sure you’re using them effectively
Hans Læssøe, founder of AKTUS, explains when heatmaps and risk matrices can be useful, and how to use them appropriately
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OpinionOur battle against bias
Ahead of this month’s Dive In festival, two senior risk managers give their view on diversity and inclusion in the risk and insurance industry. Here, Karla Gahan of VinciWorks, says “by relying so heavily on shortcuts, we are tapping into our biases and risk making poor choices”
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InterviewsEver wondered how airports keep millions of passengers safe? Risk manager, Hans Joerg Schill, tells us how
Managing Fraport AG’s vast insurance operations, with its sky-high risks, is not a job for the faint of heart. Thankfully, managing director Hans Joerg Schill is always pushing the envelope
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HeadspaceThe very real threat of fake news
So-called ‘alternative facts’ in today’s online world reach many quickly and can ruin the reputations of those in the firing line. Risk managers must be primed to shut down bad buzz before it has chance to spread.
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HeadspaceInside Greenyard Frozen: the listeria outbreak
Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have had to recall thousands of frozen foods after harmful bacteria was found in products they sold. Such recalls can result in tumbling share prices or total collapse. Here’s what can be done to minimise the threats
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AnalysisWhy do we need risk management?
Renowned author, blogger and retired chief audit executive, Norman Marks, questions why we need risk management and what role ERM plays.
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HeadspaceTop risk priorities for a Philippine conglomerate
Ayala is one of the largest and most diversified Philippine conglomerates, with business interests in real estate, banking, telecommunications, water, industrial technologies, energy, infrastructure, health, education and other ventures
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HeadspaceReducing risk from a changing ocean
Leaders from across the political, economic, environmental and risk sectors gathered in Bermuda in May for the first Ocean Risk Summit
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HeadspaceRisk management lessons from the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster
Mike Lutomski, former International Space Station risk manager, spoke to StrategicRISK about one of NASA’s most tragic losses in space
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HeadspacePre-Airmic interview with John Ludlow
The future is now, as roads converge on digital revolution, Airmic’s chief executive John Ludlow tells StrategicRISK
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OpinionWhirlpool tumble dryers and fire safety
This article looks at the impact on the company’s reputation and what, in my view, could have been done to mitigate the negative publicity. By Shane Russell, crisis management specialist, red24assist
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InterviewsThree challenges for Malaysia Airlines’ risk manager
Badrul Hisham Yusoff, chief risk officer, Malaysia Airlines, spoke toStrategicRISK at the Risk Forum APAC 2018 conference
