All Risk Type articles – Page 21
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AnalysisMore checks, tougher penalties
The EC targets employers of illegal workers with new rules to ensure similar penalties across all EU member states
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AnalysisGoing head to head with EU regulators
German energy group RWE and Italian energy company ENI under the regulatory spotlight over antitrust allegations
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Emerging risks impeding business development
Over one third of companies avoid investing in overseas markets due to political risk fears, according to report
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Environmental Risks RoundtablePierre Sonigo, Group and Environmental Risk Manager, Alcan, Chaired the discussionHans Brandt, Corporate Risk and Insurance Manager, Veolia TransportAdrian Clements, Senior Insurance Risk Manager, Arcelor Insurance Consultants, Arcelor-Mittal GroupPeter Joy, Head of Research, Newsquest Specialist MediaTomasz Miazek, Risk Insurance Manager, Telekomunikacja PolskaDidier Mellaerts, Risk Manager, Umicore ...
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AnalysisDealing with complexity
Pharmaceutical companies are regarded as high risk by investors and insurers alike, with a number of grey areas having the ability to dramatically affect an organisation's reputation.
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Features
Understanding IT system failures
The failure of an organisation's IT network can be debilitating, and it is a risk that affects almost all companies, across all industry sectors. By Shaun Cooper
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Preventing losses in the chemical industry
Safety risks are inherent to the operational process of chemical manufacturing plants and refineries, but also pose a major concern for chemical facilities in other types of industry. By Leonardo Piazzi
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Getting started
Gerry Callaghan discusses the practical considerations of implementing a successful absence management scheme.
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Developing your strategy
Benefit from the costs savings associated with successfully managing absence, advises Barbara Dahill.
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Analysis
Trading property damage risk
Gallagher Re and physical commodities exchange New York Mercantile Exchange, have agreed that NYMEX will list for trading and clear property damage risk contracts, subject to regulatory approval by th
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Features
Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism
Since 1983, civil war and terrorism have, in the eyes of the international media at least, provided an ever present backdrop to Sri Lankan affairs.
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Finding the leverage points
Modifying the behaviour of complex systems in such a way as to minimise risk and promote opportunity is a crucial risk management function. Andrew Leslie looks to an essay by the late Donella Meadows to identify the leverage points where risks or opportunities are likely to congregate
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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
Froogle continuity!
Google's 'Froogle' service compares cheapest internet sources for common consumer items. Business continuity solution economics prove harder to evaluate. Ian Hammond gives his company's own top ten affordable continuity "must-haves"
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Look before making the technology leap
Do not invest in technology until you know exactly what you require it to do, say Chuck Teixeira and Grant Waterfall.
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Competing in the age of the continuous enterprise
Keith Tilley believes that companies outside the financial services sector are generally unaware of the damage that downtime causes and of how to prevent it.
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Analysis
Cost of employee addiction
Recent studies reviewed by CiC highlight that:- one in five employees has existing or potential alcohol or other drug problems- around 10% of accidents in the workplace are alcohol related- up to 14m working days are lost due to alcohol-related absenteeism each year, nationwide across all sectors- the annual cost ...
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Executive Summary
Environmental liability risks are an important concern for Europe’s industrial base
