All Risk News articles – Page 297
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Online onlyEuropeans join forces to develop a new pandemic flu vaccine
The four-year project has been awarded a grant of EUR3.5m from the European Union
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Online onlyAIRMIC responds to EU business insurance enquiry
AIRMIC supports broker remuneration transparency but says subscription market doesn't reduce competition
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Online onlyRoyal Society launches consultation on NanoCode for business
The aim of the NanoCode is to establish an international consensus on what constitutes good practice
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Online onlyUK’s separated plutonium stockpile poses severe risks warns Royal Society
Report says best option is to convert the plutonium into a fuel for nuclear reactors
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Virginia Tech awarded more than $960,000 risk grant
Grant will support ongoing recovery and risk assessment work
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Online onlyUS auto workers launch first national strike action in 30 years
The UAW has launched a national strike against General Motors to address issues of job security
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Online onlyUK famers face Britain's first case of Blue Tongue
The virus is thought to be the same strain as found in other parts of northern Europe
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Online onlyWWF calls for clear targets and early action on climate change
Agreement to build on the Kyoto Protocol
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Analysis
Discrimination still rife in UK
Last year, claims of sexual discrimination rose by 2,524 to 14,250 and racial discrimination cases increased by 786 to 4,103 in the UK. Only 86,083 of the 115,039 claims made were disposed of, leaving 28,956 claims unresolved. The Chartered Management Institute has responded with guidelines to help organisations put diversity ...
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Analysis
NEDS name top risks
A recent report names the top ten risks keeping non-executive directors (NEDS) awake at night as: health and safety, market risk, financial risk (including financial crime), environmental, implementation of large complex projects, high turnover of staff, pensions, knowledge of industry, speed of critical decision making, and organised crime.The report, Why ...
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Analysis
Living longer, costing more
Continuing increases in life expectancy have caused growing concern at the financial burden faced by occupational pension schemes and their sponsors. New insurance and investment-based products have been launched to help schemes manage the risks of future increases. But Mercer Human Resource Consulting warns that companies should take steps to ...
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Analysis
Business benefits from compliance
UK-based foreign private issuers are starting to see business benefits from their first year's compliance with the requirements of Section 404 of the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act. But in many cases the process has been time and cost intensive, with considerable room for improvement, according to a survey from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. ...
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Analysis
Brownfield housing – who pays?
As many as two-thirds of the three million new affordable homes pledged by UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown are likely to be built on former industrial land, including former landfill sites. But at present there is no clarity over who would be held liable for the consequences of contamination created ...
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Analysis
Recalls are a turn-off
As authorities report soaring numbers of recall and safety reports, their effectiveness in terms of consumer safety seems to be diminishing
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Online onlyUS Passes TRIREA
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Terrorism Risk Insurance Revision and Extension Act of 2007
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Online onlyDetroit air traffic controllers sue over toxic black mold
Complaint alleges that toxic mold remains in the control tower and workers continue to suffer health problems
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Online onlyBiometrics point to 8,000 “individuals of concern”
The UK government’s programme to fingerprint every foreign national applying for a British visa has reached record levels—over 100,000 a month
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Online onlyIRM: Climate change still not a priority
Climate change is still not a critical issue for business, finds an IRM poll
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Online onlyData theft from UK credit broker
Loans.co.uk has reportedly contacted police regarding the possible theft of thousands of customers' personal details
