All North America articles – Page 23
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Online onlyFBI-led panel to help fight cybercrime
International law enforcement agencies are set to join forces to help in the fight against organized cybercrime
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Extra-territorial jurisdiction claims increasing
Willis finds more US law firms are getting involved in litigation against non-US companies
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OSHA proposes $2.78m fine against Ohio-based uniform supplier
Follows Tulsa, Okla., employee death in industrial dryer
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Online onlyLockton responds to Mattel toy recall
Companies must put in place robust risk management planning and recall insurance to protect their businesses
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Online onlySafeBoot says US is ‘streets ahead in the data protection game’
SafeBoot warns that failure to embrace data encryption technologies leaves organisations open to large damages
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US Labor Department implements civil penalty rules under PPA
Regulation allows department to assess civil penalties against employers who fail to give employees notice of the right to sell company stock
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Assurant fires two execs following SEC investigation
Company terminates a chief actuary and VP of risk management
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Online onlyUS fatal work injury rate drops to lowest level since 1992
The rate of fatal work injuries in 2006 was 3.9 per 100,000 workers
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ACE releases podcast on risk transfer options
Online discussion focuses on the effective evaluation of risk transfer products in a rapidly evolving environment
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AnalysisFace up to climate change
Companies need to face up to the realities of climate change and the risks that it poses to their long term interests. Environment and Climate Change Minister Ian Pearson, addressing a meeting of US businesses in New York on 9 May, said that a business's vulnerability to the threats of ...
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US Treasury sponsors pandemic crisis response
US to test ability of financial services sector to respond to pandemic crisis
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Port security risk management
NBC weapons seeping across the US border, and the potentially catastrophic result, represent the ultimate risk for US federal, state and local authorities. By Christopher Rissetto and Jason Matechak
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A Model of Tenacity
A little over 20 years ago, a young woman, metaphorically clutching her new masters degrees in economics and business administration, went to work in Boston for the US subsidiary of one of Britain's l
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What role for government?
Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), answers some questions from Catastrophe Risk Management about the US market, including proposals for more government involvemen
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The extradition risk
Gillian Eastwood and Paul Lomas summarise the current extradition arrangements in the US and UK, assess the change in the extradition risk and outline some practical steps for managing it.
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The WoW Factor in Hurricane Damage Mitigation
Wall of wind (WoW) research capability developed by the International Hurricane Research Center in Florida will change standards for building practices and retrofitting technology of existing structur
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Reviewing Model Changes
Commercial catastrophe model vendors have made key changes this year to their US hurricane and European windstorm models. Especially for US hurricane, the effect on modelled loss is material.
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Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes
The OECD has launched an international network that will gather high level public officials, representatives of the private sector and academic experts with a view to exchanging information and provid
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Managing Uncertainty in Cat Models
Difficult questions raised by the 2005 hurricane season on the merits of the various types of analyses that underpinned trading decisions continue to worry senior management.
