Risk Management
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Airmic moves to help members cope with huge pace of change
Risk management and corporate governance are struggling to keep pace with the huge speed at which business models are evolving,…
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Lucas to tap Airmic’s broad membership
Airmic’s incoming chair Lynda Lucas wants to encourage greater engagement and participation from across the association’s diverse membership, including non-risk…
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Airmic meets growing demand for risk skills, explains outgoing chair
Paul goulding’s term as Airmic chair has spanned Brexit, the Grenfell Tower fire and failure of UK construction firm Carillion,…
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Future of risk and insurance profession in good hands
Confidence is rising among Airmic’s fastTrack membership of young risk and insurance managers, or those new to the profession, as…
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Nadim Semaan joins Alesco as a partner
Alesco Risk Management Services (Alesco) has appointed Nadim Semaan as a partner. Mr Semaan will join Alesco, a specialist insurance…
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World’s fastest-growing economy set for almost 10% growth in 2018
Ethiopia’s GDP growth will decelerate to 9.6% in fiscal year 2018 – July 2017 to June 2018 – down from…
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Another deal struck to ease land border congestion in Africa
Risk managers should be breathing a sigh of relief as yet another deal is signed to ease land border difficulties…
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International trade links with Rwanda growing fast
Rwandan growth in 2017 was better than expected and occurred in all areas except construction, according to the latest findings…
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Igrea signs up AGCS to claims charter but plenty more work to be done
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is the latest international insurer to sign up to Igrea’s claims charter that, among…
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Ferma navigates risk managers through US-Iran sanctions
Ferma has issued new advice to European risk managers following the US’s decision to reintroduce sanctions against Iran, urging companies…
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Business set to benefit from growth in SSA
Fostering private investment will be key to sustaining Sub Saharan Africa’s growth, which the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has reported…
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Equatorial Guinea plans business boost after joining Afreximbank
Equatorial Guinea has become the 50th member state of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank). Bank president Dr Benedict Oramah noted…
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First Institute of Risk Management-licensed provider named in South Africa
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has announced that W.consulting, Johannesburg, is the first provider of the internationally recognised Fundamentals…
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GDP at risk from geopolitical and security threats in leading cities up 16%
Annual GDP under threat from geopolitical and security risks to the world’s largest cities rose by 16% in the past…
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London, Moscow and Paris most exposed European cities to risk
London, Moscow and Paris are the most exposed European cities to a set of 22 risks, with a combined $24.6bn…
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Carillion highlights D&O insolvency culpability, with claims on the way
The collapse of Carillion earlier this year has shed light on how directors are increasingly being found culpable when a…
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Igrea gives insurers chance to explain their claims strategies at Madrid event
The Spanish large corporate risk and insurance sector meets in Madrid today at the latest Risk Frontiers conference, organised by…
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Man-made risks outstrip nat cat as Lloyd’s research shows $546.5bn annual GDP under threat in leading cities
An estimated $546.5bn of GDP is at risk each year from 22 perils across leading cities, with man-made threats posing…
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RIMS urges countries to adopt revamped ISO 31000 as risk management standard
RIMS has called for all countries to adopt ISO 31000: 2018 as their national risk management standard, following publication of…
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African countries fare poorly in Global Peace Index
Five African nations are among the worst ten countries in the world for peace, according to the 2018 Global Peace…