All Executive Reports articles – Page 3

  • Features

    Making ERM work for you

    2009-10-28T00:00:00Z

    Enterprise risk management (ERM) was the theme of the latest StrategicRISK Question Time event, held in association with Marsh Risk Consulting. Nathan Skinner reports

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    Steering through the minefield

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    The world of international business is a complicated one. Firms with overseas operations face a huge number of legal challenges, not least in the realm of insurance, writes Nathan Skinner

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    Handle with care

    2009-10-12T00:00:00Z

    Recent UK initiatives are at last giving issues over claims handling the attention they deserve. Sue Copeman reports

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    Taxing issues

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    In Europe, the Kvaerner ruling set a legal precedent that companies must allocate premium to where the risk is located. Praveen Sharma examines the challenges and offers some helpful suggestions

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    Get your facts straight

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Collating information on claims and ‘near misses’ can improve your risk profile. Simon Challis reports

  • Features

    The view from Europe

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Nathan Skinner summarises what is happening in Europe’s risk management associations

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    When to call in the experts

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Caroline Woolley and Martin Caddick say that claims experts, such as forensic accountants, can help plug the information gap and put companies’ claims policies in the context of business continuity

  • Features

    Global analysis

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Regulatory approaches to insurance vary throughout the world, even among countries that are in the same region. Nathan Skinner summaries some of the differences

  • Features

    Not all they seem

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Tony Dowding looks at how companies can prevent and deal with false and exaggerated claims

  • Special Reports

    Frequently asked questions

    2009-08-01T00:00:00Z

    What new liabilities does the EU directive introduce? Under various pieces of law, companies have always been responsible for the pollution they cause – the ELD just brings it all together, harmonising liabilities across member states to a minimum level. But the potential impact is big. Previously, if a ...

  • Special Report: Fighting Corruption and Bribery
    Features

    The cost of corruption

    2009-07-22T00:00:00Z

    Nathan Skinner reviews anti bribery and corruption measures – and discusses just how effective they are

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    Protesters disrupt Irish gas pipeline

    2009-06-19T13:30:00Z

    Environmental groups have staged a campaign against Shell’s controversial Corrib gas project

  • Features

    Product recall risk

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    In today’s world product safety is paramount. Nathan Skinner sets the scene for this special report on product recall

  • Features

    Policing your suppliers

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    With the threat of jail time, massive fines, exclusion from government contract work, and potentially ruinous damage to their reputations, companies should be putting bribery risks committed via third parties high on their risk agenda, says Neil Hodge

  • Features

    Managing product safety recalls

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Ed Mitchell and Thomas Zanner explain how to deal with recalls in the food and drink industry

  • Features

    Telling it like it is

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Communication can be the difference between a good and badly handled product recall, says Julia Johnson

  • Features

    European food safety

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Food producers should take all reasonable precautions and exercise due diligence

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    Corruption risks on the rise

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    There is probably no more corruption in the world now than there was 30 years ago, but corruption related risks for companies have substantially increased – particularly over the last decade – warns Robert Barrington

  • Features

    Know your business

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Identifying your suppliers and customers is crucial if you want to avoid international corruption scandals and legal penalties. Michael Short has the answers.

  • Special Reports

    Fresh capacity keeps rates flat in Sweden

    2009-03-27T09:07:00Z

    Traditional insurance lines should continue to remain soft for Scandinavian companies, predicts JLT