All Risk News articles – Page 319
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Economic crime warning
The UK Government should move quickly to make fraud a priority for the nation's police if it is to have any chance of fighting a "surge in economic crime".
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Corporate governance research
The UK Birmingham Business School has established The Centre for Corporate Governance Research.
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ICGN forms share voting committee
ICGN has formed two committees to further its aims for fairness for international shareholders.
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Byers calls for UK law change
The framework of company law needs both to allow and to encourage directors to take wider responsibilities into account.
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EASD best practice guidelines
The European Association of Securities Dealers (EASD) has issued pan-European corporate governance recommendations.
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NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
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UK ruling alerts ALARM
The UK House of Lords ruling on 27 July in Phelps v London Borough of Hillingdon has important risk management implications for local education authorities and the public sector in general.
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Lone workers vulnerable
Lone public sector workers often face greater risks of personal injury than people working in more obviously hazardous industries like North Sea oil.
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Freedom of information - new risks
The Freedom of Information Bill will give citizens access to information held by public authorities.
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Preventing fraud
A new CBI publication says corporate fraud costs businesses hundreds of millions of pounds each year, and ignoring the risk is not an option.
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Environmental liability paper
The deadline for submissions on the European Commission White Paper on Environmental Liability, adopted in February, is 1 July
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E-commerce liability
Internet service providers may be subject to the same libel laws as other media organisations.
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Reductions for driver training
Fleet operators who train drivers using Liberty Motor's Skilldrive scheme can obtain fleet insurance premium cuts ranging from 5% to 15%.
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Discount rates review
The Lord Chancellor should announce a decision this summer on the level of discount rates.
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Recovery's a disaster
A survey by Performance Concepts, Continuity and Recovery 2000, finds that 92% of companies fail to update their disaster testing or planning after installing new systems.
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Data protection
The new Data Protection Act extends the 1984 legislation in a number of areas and provides data subjects with some additional rights.
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Tackling cyber risks
Many insurance industry players are focusing on designing products and facilities to help companies deal with the new "cyber risks" arising from e-business activities.
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Energy tax concerns
UK companies are anxious about likely damage to business arising from the Kyoto environmental protection measures.
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Capital markets' political risks
Sovereign Risk Insurance is offering a political risk product for cross border capital markets transactions.
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Insurers comment on pain and suffering awards
In its March ruling the Court of Appeal considered the Law Commission's proposals on levels of damages for pain and suffering.
