Risk Management
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Risk managers feel pressure to perform with role not fully defined finds survey
A recent survey by RIMS and Marsh & McLennan companies suggests that there are rising expectations on risk managers to…
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IRMSA gains official stamp for risk education in South Africa
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has announced that the South African Qualifications Authority Board (SAQA) has approved…
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Risk managers call for TCoR to address more than insurance premiums
Risk managers are questioning the suitability of industry metrics used to assess the effectiveness of risk management programmes, suggesting that…
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Insurers ‘Stone Age’ IT systems must adapt-Risk Frontiers
Insurers must up their game to deliver better service and claims handling, Gregor Kohler, Head of Insurance at German chemical…
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Financial crisis and regulation focus for French risk managers
The effects of the financial crisis and a growing regulatory burden are the major risks faced by French companies today,…
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Half of European companies unprepared for emerging risks finds ACE
Around half of European companies say they are unprepared to deal with many of the most prominent emerging risks, citing…
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Most internal audit functions have room for improvement survey shows
Eighty per cent of chief audit executives (CAEs) believe their organisations' internal audit function has room for improvement, and 75%…
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Risk managers battling to navigate choppy financial waters-Risk Frontiers
We spoke to Gary Marshall, Group Risk Manager at Polestar UK Print Limited, about the effects on risk management of…
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Facing industry fears…Switzerland
When asked about the scariest insurable risks currently the discussion at this year’s Swiss meeting swiftly moved onto the role…
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Big risks need big response–UK
The first question in this year’s Risk Frontiers survey was: ‘What are the biggest business risks faced by companies in…
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Big answers needed for big risks–UK
The first question in this year’s Risk Frontiers survey was: ‘What are the biggest business risks faced by companies in…
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Raising the bar–UK
The focus on broad business risks in most of Europe’s leading companies means that risk managers have found themselves dragged…
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Ever expanding headaches–UK
One of the most noticeable responses of European companies to the recent economic downturn has been an effort to rapidly…
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Just missed it–UK
Supply chain risk and the insurance coverage provided for it has been in sharp focus since the catastrophic events in…
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Y2K all over again?–UK
Cyber risk is clearly a hot topic currently in risk management circles just as it is across society in Europe…
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Ferma announces certification plans to bolster profession
Last month Ferma launched an ambitious project to plan the creation of pan-European certificates of professional competence for risk managers.…
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Transparency and teamwork–comment
The thought-provoking report from the European Network and Information SecurityAgency (ENISA) published at the start of this month and featured…
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Russia joins the party–Russia
Anne-Christin Gröger, part of the Commercial Risk Europe's German team, recently travelled to Moscow for the annual RusRisk conference. She…
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Russian risk managers must up game to catch attention of boards and help companies
Russian risk managers face major challenges in their bid to gain more influence over management boards at their companies, according…
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Es Paratus–Russia
The prospects of a long-term global recession may not be so pressing in Russia as one of the so-called BRIC…