Risk Management
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High impact scenarios for risk managers: building resilience
Three disaster scenarios–an influenza pandemic, war between China and Japan and malicious computer code–modelled by the Cambridge Centre for Risk…
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Insurers improving ERM finds Guy Carp study
Insurers are improving their Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) with most companies now managing capital through metric-based frameworks and publishing more…
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German risk management community loses key players to insurance industry
Germany's risk management community lost two prominent members to the insurance industry over the last week with Klaus Greimel of…
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RIMS concerned by onerous health and safety rule changes in US
RIMS has warned that proposed rule changes governing health and safety reporting for all organisations operating in the US would…
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Risk managers should prepare for sanctions over Crimea
Ahead of this weekend's referendum in Crimea on independence from Ukraine, risk managers are being advised to prepare for further…
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Risk managers and insurers eye further advances in MENA but big challenges remain
Growth in the MENA insurance market continues to outpace gross domestic product (GDP) on a regional and national basis according…
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Industry forum calls for more mature approach to cyber insurance
Companies must take a more mature approach to the purchase and use of cyber insurance, according to the Cyber Risk…
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Updates to ISO 31000 could include closer alignment with multinational activities
Forthcoming updates to both ISO 31000 and its accompanying Guide 73 will likely take the form of a simple 'cut…
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Ferma to publish first European Risk and Insurance Management Report
Ferma will this year publish its first European Risk and Insurance Management Report–incorporating the results of its 2014 Benchmarking Survey–to…
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Ferma vows to fight on as Parliament votes to exclude large risks from mandatory broker pay disclosure
Ferma is concerned by news that the European Parliament has backed European Commission proposals to exclude large risks from mandatory…
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RIMS calls for extension to TRIA before Senate Committee
RIMS this week called for an extension of the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) before the US Senate Committee on…
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Indian government adopts mobile phone natural disaster warning system
The Indian Government will adopt new technology to help warn citizens, tourists and business people of impending natural disasters in…
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AGERS supports ISO 31000 in Spain
Spanish risk management association AGERS is urging the country's companies to implement risk management systems according to the latest set…
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IRM offers cyber risk guidance as survey finds risk managers ill prepared
Many companies are failing to adequately protect themselves against the threat of cyber criminals with over 70% of risk managers…
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Airmic concerned by broker attempts to limit liability
Insurance brokers in the UK are under growing pressure from regulators, buyers and now the courts to put clients first.…
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Cannes will host Rencontres de l’AMRAE in 2015
The annual meeting of France's risk management association AMRAE will move to the Côte d'Azur in 2015 as the association's…
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LTAs in vogue as market remains soft
Long-term agreements (LTAs) are increasingly popular in the French insurance market as buyers attempt to take advantage of soft market…
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West is urged to reconsider relationship with emerging markets
Western economies must reassess their relationship with emerging markets or risk future loss of influence, said experts at Rencontres de…
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Insurers must justify sanction decisions: de Mestier
Insurers have a duty to justify to insurance buyers why they will not do business in certain countries, even if…
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Takaful insurance has way to go
Takaful insurance is developing but it still has a way to go before risk managers are likely to use it…