Features – Page 11
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FeaturesToday's European risk manager
Peter Joy looks at some of the findings of StrategicRisk’s Europe-wide survey of risk manager attitudes and concerns
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FeaturesChallenges for risk managers
How are European organisations dealing with corporate governance issues? And what is the impact on the risk manager’s role? Nathan Skinner investigates
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FeaturesGood for you?
Confused by health claims on foods? If so, you are not alone. Research commissioned by the UK Food Standards Agency (FSA) suggests that generally many consumers are confused by such claims. Laura Bellfield looks at what the EC plans to do about it
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FeaturesA framework to restore confidence
After the recent events in the banking sector, more financial services firms may turn to enterprise risk management, says Gordon Burnes
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FeaturesHolistic security
Despite the huge sums of money spent on network security, organisations appear incapable of protecting confidential data. A change of approach is required, argues Gordon Rapkin
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FeaturesProtecting your rights worldwide
Jackie Maguire and Sue Ratcliffe provide a guide to global IP protection
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FeaturesCRO: hero or villain?
As many companies move to recruit a CRO, Mike Wilkinson reviews the key issues organisations must consider to ensure they make the right appointment
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FeaturesCreating value
John Abbott pleads for a more enlightened corporate attitude to risk management
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FeaturesChallenges grow more sophisticated
Scenario planning can build capacity to adapt to large-scale political shocks
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FeaturesMore than money?
Fraudsters may not be motivated by personal gain alone, say Julian Parker and Ed Wilding. Can offender profiling help to spot them?
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FeaturesThe Hayward fault: Is it America’s most dangerous?
A repeat of the 1868 Hayward fault California earthquake today would have enormous consequences. Property worth more than $500 billion and approximately 5 million people in six surrounding counties would suffer badly from such a quake. By Thomas Brocher and other members of the 1868 Hayward Earthquake Alliance
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FeaturesBusiness interruption in the land of earthquakes
A large Japanese earthquake could have a devastating effect on the continuity of critical industries in the country and their earnings. By Dennis Kuzak and Masanori Kobayashi
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FeaturesTalking about modelling
The cost of homeowners’ insurance is a very sensitive subject in US coastal states, and the role that catastrophe models may play in helping underwriters determine rates is bringing them under increasing scrutiny from politicians. By Lee Coppack
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FeaturesPerspective on financial terrorism and insurance
With thousands of properties spread across the globe, HSBC has a significant exposure to terrorism and experience of damage to its City of London offices from an Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb in 1993. By Peter Walker
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FeaturesEurope continues to pursue offenders
Flouting European unfair competition rules is becoming increasingly costly. But some companies still do not seem to be taking the message on board
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FeaturesChanging work patterns
Simon Norris argues that a self-regulating approach, in which staff are free to organise and manage their own time in a responsible way, can offer more benefits to employers than taking a heavy-handed
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FeaturesDriving an integrated approach to governance risk and compliance
If people responsible for compliance are operating within silos, there may well be areas of neglect, warns Paul Pilkington
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FeaturesBreaching the wall
While risk management must be the first line of defence in any data protection strategy, Jeremy Smith urges companies to bolster that defence with robust insurance coverage
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FeaturesDon't forget the other half
Security of electronic data is one thing, says Chris Haden, but documents need attention too
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FeaturesNavigating the global regulatory minefield
Jonathan Pickworth introduces a survey which suggests that many companies are too complacent about regulatory risk
