All Risk News articles – Page 314
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Analysis
Gratuitous care claims could hit public sector
As the compensation culture continues to boom, local councils and other public sector organisations are being warned that gratuitous care claims could be the next emerging trend to increase the drain
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Analysis
Growing fear of terrorist attacks
More than one in three companies (36%) expect terrorists to deliberately target their organisation or staff, according to research released by RAND Europe and Janusian Security Risk Management, the se
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European Round-up
Around Europe
News and comments from the Federation of European Risk Management Associations
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Analysis
Protecting IPR
In March MEPs voted by 330-151 (with 39 abstentions) to support a proposed directive protecting intellectual property rights and aimed at helping combat the increase in counterfeiting and piracy
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Analysis
D&O Premiums still increasing
A report from Tillinghast, part of Towers Perrin, after research among 2,139 companies in the US and Canada, shows that Directors and Officers (D&O) liability insurance premiums increased by approxima
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Analysis
Ethical funds grow
The amount of funds under management in UK ethical retail funds has reached a new high according to Ethical Investment Research Services (EIRS) and the ethical fund market has grown faster than that o
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Analysis
Corporate killing warning
eCity law firm Norton Rose has released research on the Government's proposals for a new corporate killing bill
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Analysis
Government consults on chemicals
The UK government has published a consultation document seeking views on revising the UK chemicals strategy
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Analysis
Biodiversity Risks Ignored
eISIS Asset Management has published a report on how the world's major extractive companies approach the issue of biodiversity
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Analysis
MARITIME SECURITY
eControl Risks Group international maritime division has teamed up with Port Maritime Security International (PMSI) to offer a security solution throughout the logistics supply chain
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Analysis
MANAGING MERGERS
The UK Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) has launched a case study-based report on the management of international mergers and acquisitions
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Analysis
IT EXPOSURE
Despite the heightened threat from global terrorism, research from Compass Management Consulting suggests that companies' security and disaster recovery plans are not up to scratch and that companies
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Analysis
PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES
eDraft legislation, tighter regulation and the persistent threat of terrorism are redefining the extent to which UK organisations are expected to plan for an emergency, according to a new report from
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Analysis
CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY GUIDANCE
A new publication, The Corporate Responsibility Code Book by Deborah Leipziger, is a guide for companies trying to understand the landscape of corporate responsibility and searching for a route toward
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Analysis
KYOTO CHALLENGED
A group of experts from International Policy Network (IPN), a London-based NGO, called upon ministers meeting in Milan last December for the 9th Conference of Parties to the UN's Framework Convention
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Analysis
Taking Responsibility
Enterprise risk management and the internal auditor's role are top...
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Analysis
In Pursuit of Excellence
With business and society concentrating all too often on the downside of risk
