Risk Management
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Cambridge University business school launches Risilience to help firms manage risk
A new commercial operation called Risilience has been launched, based on the research produced by a risk-focused academic unit at…
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Insurtech Origami Risk launches vendor risk management tool
Insurtech Origami Risk has unveiled a new service designed to help firms streamline their vendor risk management process. Maintaining the…
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Insurers make pitch to risk managers for real-time data services
Risk managers should embrace data strategies that use real-time data and a single version of the truth in order to…
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Parima chief calls for greater action from risk managers on climate change
Franck Baron, chairman of the Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima), has called on risk managers to ensure their…
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Companies told to act now on climate risk reporting ahead of mandatory regs
The head of climate and sustainability strategy at Marsh has called on companies to accelerate their climate change reporting plans…
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Parima’s digital conference on resilience gets underway
The annual conference of the Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima) began today, with an opening session on the…
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Danske Bank reprimanded by Swedish FSA over anti-money laundering
Sweden’s financial regulator has criticised Danske Bank over its anti-money laundering (AML) failings and set the Danish institution a deadline…
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WTW appoints sustainability leader Fox Carney to resilience hub
Willis Towers Watson (WTW) has appointed sustainability expert Diana Fox Carney as a strategic adviser in its Climate Resilience Hub.…
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Employee Benefits 2021: Shaping a brighter future at work
Professor Gordon Clark, Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Oxford University, Tanya Brown from Nestlé, Cornelius…
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Fronting startup Concert raises $100m
Illinois-based Concert Group Holdings, the newly formed US fronting insurer, has raised $100m in capital to fund its growth. “Favourable…
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TMK to give its customers carbon risk rating
Tokio Marine Kiln has partnered with CarbonChain, an insurtech that provides carbon risk ratings on insured companies that help to…
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Multinationals underestimating social risks as they face big exposure from cities, warns Verisk
Verisk Maplecroft said “not enough” global companies are switched on to human rights risks in countries where they have operations…
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Wind power: Mitigating the environmental risks
While the climate case for renewables is undeniable and the economic case is becoming increasingly compelling, renewable energy does present…
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CR Benelux: A new voice for the region’s risk managers
Welcome to the first monthly issue of Commercial Risk Benelux, the latest of our new local-language newsletters for our European readers,…
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Risk professionals urged to grasp opportunity to help mitigate people risk post-pandemic
The pandemic has put people risk at the top of the corporate agenda and given risk managers a further opportunity…
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Credit Suisse settles Mozambique bond probe for $475m
Swiss banking group Credit Suisse is to pay $475m to settle charges brought by both UK and US authorities over…
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Sixty-nine percent of firms expect ransomware attack and 80% would consider paying ransom
A big majority (69%) of top IT executives think their business will be hit by a successful ransomware attack at…
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South Africa has third-highest number of cyber victims worldwide
South Africa has the third-most cybercrime victims in the world, losing ZAR2bn a year. That was the shocking figure cited…
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Annual US ransomware payments set to outrun previous decade combined
US financial institutions reported suspicious ransomware transactions worth $590m in the first six months of 2021, which already outstrips the…
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Rims received $7.6m Covid-19 event cancellation insurance payout
US risk management association Rims received a $7.6m event cancellation insurance payout after the Covid-19 pandemic forced its conferences to…
