Risk Frontier Surveys
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Risk manager certification tricky as skill sets widen–Spain
The creation of a pan-European certification scheme for risk managers is a laudable project, but one fraught with difficulties because…
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Limited Latin American cat risk cover a concern for Spanish risk managers–Spain
The shortage of supply of Latin American catastrophe coverage is the biggest coverage headache for Spanish companies with operations in…
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Opinion divided on global programmes–North America
The effectiveness or otherwise of the global programmes offered to multinational companies by the leading international insurers remains a hot…
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Global Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–Asia
Below we bring you highlights from the Asian leg of our Global Risk Frontiers Survey, sponsored by ACE, AIG, Zurich…
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Risk managers must consider message as well as reporting lines–Asia
Although there is some debate as to whether the modern risk manager should report directly to the board, executive or…
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Plentiful capacity in soft Asian market but work needed to turn around commoditised price race–Asia
Asian risk managers are happy that a soft insurance market persists and they are able to access sufficient capacity for…
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ISO 31000 gets nod of approval but requires customisation–Asia
Asian risk managers have given ISO 31000 a thumbs up but stress the importance of adapting it to the local…
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Global Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–North America
Below we bring you highlights from the North American leg of our Global Risk Frontiers Survey, sponsored by ACE, AIG,…
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Risk managers cannot succeed on theory alone–North America
North American risk managers who took part in this year’s Global Risk Frontiers Survey agree wholeheartedly with their peers in…
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Risk managers need to sit where most needed–North America
The nebulous nature of risk management means that there is no simple answer to the question of where a risk…
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No silver bullet solution to risk education conundrum–North America
There is a thirst for a consistent, transportable and widely-recognised risk management education path and certification scheme among the global…
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Board understanding remains a ‘mixed bag’–North America
The financial and economic crisis of 2008 brought risk management to the very top of the international corporate agenda. But…
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No simple formula for risk transfer decisions despite rise of analytics–North America
There is no simple formula available to risk and insurance managers to decide which risks should be retained and which…
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Communicating at all levels is key to success–Asia
While Asian participants of our Global Risk Frontiers Survey believe that technical knowledge is important for any successful risk manager…
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Top down and bottom up approach is needed to ensure boards grasp ERM–Asia
Although there are exceptions, the majority of boards at Asian organisations do not understand the value offered by true enterprise…
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Global Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–Africa
In association with Ifrima and sponsored by ACE, AIG, Zurich and the QFC Authority we bring you Global Risk Frontiers…
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Risk managers must work with capital markets to deliver long-term transfer solutions–Australasia
Australasian risk managers and brokers believe growing interest from the capital markets in a slice of the risk transfer pie…
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Insurers must do more to help buyers place global progammes–Australasia
Global insurance programmes still provide many challenges for buyers and insurers must do more to help them place multinational coverage,…
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Global Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–Brazil
Below is the Brazilian leg of our Global Risk Frontiers Survey, sponsored by ACE, AIG, Zurich and the QFC Authority.…
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The risk bubble–Brazil
Risk management is on the rise in Brazil as indigenous companies go global and simultaneously deal with an increasingly competitive…