Insurance
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Demand for recall cover forecast to soar on back of horsemeat scandal
Demand for product recall insurance and risk management services from the food industry is expected to soar as the recent…
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EU data protection rules under threat as lobbyists taste success
New rules for data protection in the European Union (EU) could be watered down after successful lobbying from nine countries…
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Global political risk levels off but African threat spreads finds Aon map
Following a number of years in which Aon's Political Risk Map found that political risk rose worldwide as a result…
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Airmic tackles carrier identification concerns with new Litmus Analysis service
Airmic has a launched a new initiative to help members track their current global and legacy risk transfer partners by…
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Flattening Swedish market set fair as new insurers eye entrance
Swedish risk managers and brokers do not expect their local market to harden over the coming year but rather maintain…
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The heart of the matter – Dr Elizabeth Stephens, JLT
After seven years working on the political risk account at broker JLT, Dr Elizabeth Stephens has seen more than her…
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To go boldly
The first annual Global Risk Frontiers (GRF) project kicked off late last year as the Commercial Risk Europe team attended…
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The role of risk management
Risk managers from Cape Town discuss whether CEOs take risk management seriously and understand the benefits of the profession, as…
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D&O rises up corporate agenda in South Africa
South African risk managers who work for global multinationals must not only deal with the social, political and economic challenges…
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Time to knock down the ivory towers
Adrian Ladbury, Editor of Commercial Risk Europe, met Gert Cruywagen, Director of Risk at Tsogo Sun Group, founder of the…
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Keeping a lid on it
Commercial Risk Africa’s Kapila Gohel met Martin Rossouw, Risk Services General Manager at Mediclinic International, the South Africa-based global healthcare…
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The time is right
Mark Robins, Senior Vice President: Group Risk, at AngloGold Ashanti, the South African-based international gold mining group and member of…
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Governance code forces risk management action in corporate SA
The impact of the King committee corporate governance code [last updated by King III in 2009] for South African businesses…
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Africa political risk needs review after peaceful Kenyan elections
The mood in Kenya is optimistic as national elections went by virtually without a hitch. A new voting system worked…
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Time to lose the gobbledygook
The Global Risk Frontiers survey asks risk managers how the discipline can be truly embedded within organisations to ensure that…
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Booming Angola acts as African launch pad for Portuguese broker MDS
Portugal-based independent broker MDS has taken a further step in its international expansion path through the creation of MDS Africa,…
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Risk leadership is critical
Leadership from the top is essential when attempting to tackle big corporate culture challenges and attempting to truly embed risk…
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Safety spotlight on tourism in Africa results in dramatic downturn in revenue
The risk to tourism businesses of an accident or crime involving overseas tourists has been highlighted by a series of…
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Added value is the key
Gillian Edworthy, Group Risk Officer of South African chemicals group AECI, believes that the best way to truly embed risk…
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Ignore people risk at your peril: EADS’ Schwager
Culture and the risk of poor communication are just the kind of risks that can easily be overlooked by risk…