All Risk News articles – Page 310
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Analysis
STRUGGLING TO MAKE SOX SUSTAINABLE?
Non-US companies that are required to comply with Section 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley legislation for the first time this year, are so focused on the year one deadline that they are struggling to make t
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Analysis
COMPLACENCY PUTS UK ORGANISATIONS AT RISK
Many UK organisations are failing to prepare for disruption, despite evidence outlining the business benefits of disaster planning, says a survey published last month by the Chartered Management Insti
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CIMA WELCOMES NEW COMPANY LAW CLAUSES
The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA) welcomes the proposed new clause of the Company Law Reform Bill, laid before Parliament on 3 May, which limits directors' liability to statemen
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Analysis
CLIMATE CHANGE-HAS ANYTHING CHANGED?
The Chartered Insurance Institute (CII) is to undertake its third major study into the effects of climate change for the insurance sector
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Analysis
PENSIONS RISK MANAGEMENT
The UK Association of Corporate Treasurers (ACT) is introducing a certificate paper in pensions risk management (Cert PRM), which will specifically address the regulatory and market issues facing UK c
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Analysis
Virus infection still a problem
Infection by viruses was the biggest single cause of the worst security incidents for UK companies in the past two years, accounting for roughly half of them, a new survey shows
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RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR FOOD RETAILERS
Food retailers who are extending their reach into non-food products as sourcing them becomes easier and selling them offers higher profit margins, are exposing themselves to a variety of new risks
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Analysis
PANDEMIC BUSINESS CONTINUITY REVIEW
Aon Limited has launched a new pandemic business continuity review service The service is intended to help businesses assess their readiness for pandemic crises from a human capital resources perspect
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Analysis
ENHANCING YOUR APPROACH TO SOX
US-listed foreign private issuers (FPIs) entering into their initial implementation year for Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 can apply many lessons learned by FPIs that conducted full-scale pilots, as well
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Analysis
BIRD FLU SCARE PUTS COUNTRIES ON TRADE RISK ALERT
According to Jardine Lloyd Thompson's latest political and economic risk ratings guide for the first quarter of 2006, six countries in South East Asia and Africa have been downgraded because of the po
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Government support for rehabilitation
Lord Hunt of Kings Heath, government spokesman on Work and Pensions in the House of Lords, has welcomed the joint campaign by AIRMIC and the Confederation of British Industry to promote workplace reha
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European Round-up
Investing surplus insurance capital
Insurance companies with surplus capital could use it effectively by helping their clients to invest in risk reduction measures, the president of FERMA, Marie-Gemma Dequae, told the European Insurance
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European Round-up
Benchmarking survey under way
Over 2000 risk manager members of national associations in the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) have received electronic questionnaires for the third pan-European risk manag
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AIRMIC Portfolio
A new spin on the airmic conference
John Tiner, chief executive of the Financial Services Authority (FSA) has one of the most important roles in the country in relation to the work of most AIRMIC members, but it is not immediately clear
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European Round-up
LOOKING AHEAD TO 2007
The Swiss Risk Management Association (SIRM), which is organising the next FERMA Forum, to take place in Geneva in October 2007, has chosen 'Responsibility and Sustainability' as the theme of the even
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Analysis
Global terrorism ranking
India and Russia, two of the most popular destinations for foreign direct investments (FDI) in 2005, are ranked second and third respectively, right behind Iraq, in JLT's ranking of the riskiest count
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Analysis
Risk Management is key to surviving a flu pandemic
As fears of a pandemic triggered by cases of the H5N1 (avian flu) virus increase, businesses need to have strategies in place to enable them to react immediately and effectively in the event of the vi
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Rehabilitation event
Department for Work and Pensions Minister Lord Hunt is the keynote speaker at the next event in AIRMIC's campaign to promote greater use of rehabilitation for employee injury and illness. David Ireland of the international construction company Vinci will chair the event, which takes place on 22 March at the ...
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Training in enterprise risk management
AIRMIC is offering four training courses on enterprise risk management (ERM) free to members. The courses, which will conducted by Paul Hopkin in his role as principal of risk assurance, will take place in London, Edinburgh and probably also in Manchester, with the first one on 8 March. They explain ...
