All Regions articles – Page 73
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Features
Russians going global
Vladislav Soloviov believes that embracing international corporate governance standards can help Russian companies shake off their negative image.
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AnalysisFlood threat in the United Kingdom
The east coast of England is under threat from rising sea levels, the ABI has warned in a report on the coastal flood risk. Existing flood defences must be improved
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Features
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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Features
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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Analysis
Current and future risks
Regulation was also cited as a huge burden, costing, according to the British Chamber of Commerce, £10bn between 1997 and 2005. However, Royal & SunAlliance's Risk Uncovered Index2 identifies the biggest future risks facing UK businesses as predominantly stemming from problems close to home.Strong competition in the market place has ...
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Features
Changed duties and liabilities
Craig Blakemore discusses the implications of new UK company legislation.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
AIRMIC dinner speech notes
Former Secretary of Defence Michael Portillo put the value of risk management into a wider perspective when he spoke at the annual AIRMIC dinner. Portillo described the critical balance governments today have to make between fighting terrorism and preserving civil liberties. "It is all about measuring risk," he said.Portillo addressed ...
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Features
All aboard for Nantes
The 15th annual conference of AMRAE, the French Risk Managers' Association will take place in the city of Nantes between the 24 and 26 January 2007. Andrew Leslie gets a preview from Alain Poullet, President of AMRAE's Scientific Committee.
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Features
An adaptive approach
Do companies which fully comply with codes automatically have good governance? The answer is an emphatic No, believes Paul Forrest of BDO Stoy Hayward
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Analysis
Identity theft is predicted to soar
ID theft cost British businesses £50m in 2005, and this is set to increase by 1,300% by 2020 to £700m.
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Features
Harmonisation produces discord
The provisions of the European Statutory Audit Directive have ruffled some feathers in the UK. Neil Hodge explains.
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Analysis
Eastern Europe faces confusion over EU laws
Eighty per cent of companies operating in Central and Eastern European countries consider their overall awareness of EU legislation to be at a low or medium level despite the fact that 85% consider EU
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Features
Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
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Analysis
Pan-european pensions beckon
Multinational companies could be missing an opportunity to save costs and reduce risks by continuing to operate separate pension schemes across Europe, according to Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
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Features
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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Features
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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Features
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.
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Features
When risk management saves lives
Lee Coppack interviews Guy Lamand, StrategicRISK Lifetime Achiever award winner and recipient of the first ever French government prize for civil defence.
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Features
New fraud legislation on the horizon
The UK Fraud Bill may become law before the end of 2006. Neil Hodge discusses the implications.
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Features
Economic crime still soaring
UK companies are losing billions of pounds to economic crime. Hossein Hamedani discusses the results of a recent survey.
