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Online onlyUK grants £67m for cutting freight emissions
Government backs programmes to help industry improve efficiency
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AnalysisTechnology and assigning blame
Dave Fisher explains that in order to reduce and remediate risk, an electronic audit trail is needed to compliment safe computing guidelines
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AnalysisEU proposing green procurement for public authorities
The Commission wants to use its spending power to push the development of greener products
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AnalysisProcurement – allies or adversaries?
What does the growing involvement of procurement in buying insurance mean for risk managers?
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Bluetongue detected in UK cattle
Defra announced the detection of Bluetongue in 18 imported cattle
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Online onlyGovernment stung by another data breach
A newspaper revealed that the UK government lost personal records of 5,000 prison staff
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Risk of pension ‘hangover’ from M&A
Companies must note the pension regulator’s action on ‘retrospective responsibility’ following the sale of a company
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Online onlyFed bails out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
The Treasury said it would buy as much as $200bn in preferred stock in the mortgage companies
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AnalysisUK’s top risks
The Cabinet Office's National Risk Register lays out the main threats to the country but offers little in the way of solutions
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FeaturesThe watercourse of nature
Anne-Claire Serres is an agronomist specialised in hydrology, who heads the catastrophe quantification team at Paris Re. She talks to Catastrophe Risk Management about her work. By Lee Coppack
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FeaturesThe new risk management landscape
As risk management becomes a boardroom issue, risk managers face new challenges, say Simon Perry and Geraldine Rutter
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Catastrophe RiskUS terrorism insurance inquiry
Large, high value urban properties find it hard to find terrorism cover
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FeaturesWho pays for hurricanes?
For decades residential and commercial property insurance policyholders in the United States have had a place to go if they are having difficulty obtaining coverage in the standard market. By Claire Wilkinson
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FeaturesMore than just good PR
Operating in politically and socially volatile regions need not be a potential recipe for disaster. Mike Penrose gives some guidelines for a strategy that will benefit both your business and the local community
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AnalysisPresent and future insurance risks
Insurance lawyers hosted a conference looking at the latest risk trends
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FeaturesForgotten, but not gone?
When cases of bird flu were widespread in 2005 and 2006, the risk of a worldwide human influenza pandemic was taken as a serious threat. While the threat has not receded, European companies may have let down their guard, says Graham Buck
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FeaturesWithstanding the forces of nature
A country’s entire population cannot live in a few select locations that are not vulnerable to natural disasters, but good precautions can make any place more resilient. By Robert Morelli
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FeaturesWhy flood losses are increasing
Exposure, the governing factor An almost explosive growth in the values of property in flood-prone areas and the much greater vulnerability of the things that people own are the main reasons for rising flood losses. By Wolfgang Kron
