Risk Management
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Ladies@Risk wins NARIM Award
Yvonne du Floo, Quality and Risk Manager at Synbra Holding and Jacqueline Plessius, Global Insurance Manager at TNT, the ‘founding…
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FERMA to respond to EU proposals on corporate governance and risk management
FERMA is preparing its response to the European Commission’s latest discussion paper on corporate governance that includes focus on the…
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Guernsey gets green light from Hong Kong as experts reiterate uses of captives
Following the news that Guernsey-based companies have been given the green light to float on the Hong Kong stock exchange…
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Japan quake shows traditional BI cover no longer sufficient for supply chain risk
Restrictive cover and limits placed on traditional business interruption insurance mean the product is no longer sufficient, as shown by…
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FERMA advises EC to calm down on collective redress
A Europe-wide approach to consumer collective redress driven by the European Union would have a seriously negative effect on the…
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French mutuals descend on Berlin to promote pan-European mutual concept
They advanced stealthily and German insurers had no advance warning. French insurance bosses and their wives, 90 people altogether, of…
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French risk managers step up communication effort on risks
Risk managers are all too aware that it is not easy sometimes to talk about their jobs. People often do…
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AMRAE and audit group urge active co-operation to raise risk profile
The recent financial and economic crisis that was sparked by the credit crunch has exposed the fact that most companies…
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Solvency II creating boom for risk professionals
Solvency II is driving demand for risk professionals in the insurance industry, increasing their remuneration packages and will ultimately lead…
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Global organisations underestimate intellectual property risk says report
Many global organisations and their risk managers are failing to understand the intellectual property (IP) risks that they face and…
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Take time for reflection-Comment
The news of the death of Osama Bin Laden, former head of Al-Qaeda, so soon after the wave of political…
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Time for action on global programmes
When experts gathered in London for Commercial Risk Europe’s Global Programmes seminar last month it soon became very clear that…
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Cartel fears could hamper German rate rises following cats-DVS
German industrial insurers could fail to achieve a market-wide hardening of rates and conditions because of fears of another probe…
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Dröse urges greater market cooperation on Solvency II lobbying effort
Günter Dröse, president of ECIROA and global head of corporate insurance at Deutsche Bank in Frankfurt, has called upon the…
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Final Bribery Act guidance offers comfort but severe concerns remain
Publication of the final and more detailed guidance from the UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that caused a delay to…
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Niche approach key for German industrial insurers facing profit squeeze
German industrial insurers are enjoying rising premium income in key lines, but are suffering from margins that have been too…
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Tactics must evolve to meet new piracy threat, experts say
Somali piracy has taken an alarming turn for the worse in the first quarter of 2011 and governments and organisations…
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Hidden costs of risk engineering can outweigh benefits
MSM Risk Management have warned of the hidden costs of risk engineering and added that without the correct approach the…
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Risk appetite in focus as IRM launches consultation paper
In response to events such as the global financial crisis and the publication of the Corporate Governance Code in the…
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Captives need improved counterparty and cat risk proposals under Solvency II
Risk and insurance managers that own captive insurance companies that will fall under the remit of Solvency II, Europe’s planned…