Analysis – Page 33
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Nationalism: a major issue
Risk complexity, nationalism and arbitrary regulation have emerged as significant threats to multinational corporations' balance sheets, according to the latest global analysis by Aon political risk e
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Current and future risks
Regulation was also cited as a huge burden, costing, according to the British Chamber of Commerce, £10bn between 1997 and 2005. However, Royal & SunAlliance's Risk Uncovered Index2 identifies the biggest future risks facing UK businesses as predominantly stemming from problems close to home.Strong competition in the market place has ...
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AnalysisStick verses Carrot
Two recent reports suggest that the stick may work better than the carrot in making companies embrace good risk management, with mere guidelines not being enough.
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UNDERSTANDING UNDERPINS RISK ASSESSMENT
We live in a society that does not understand science and so cannot assess its risks As a result, we have overly cautious regulation that increases fear rather than reducing it.
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CORPORATES ARE SEEKING INNOVATIVE RISK SOLUTIONS
The global capital markets are becoming increasingly attractive to corporates in the communications and technology sectors as some (re)insurers fail to keep pace with change
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ENHANCING YOUR APPROACH TO SOX
US-listed foreign private issuers (FPIs) entering into their initial implementation year for Sarbanes-Oxley section 404 can apply many lessons learned by FPIs that conducted full-scale pilots, as well
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SPITZER REFORMS WERE 'OVERDUE'
Most of the insurance reforms introduced by New York attorney general Elliot Spitzer would eventually have come about anyway
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Worldcom verdict acts as warning
WorldCom chief executive Bernie Ebbers has been found guilty of $11bn worth of fraud, having failed to convince a jury that he was unaware of falsified accounts handed to him by his chief financial of
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Directors' duties bill fails
The UK Health and Safety (Directors Duties) Bill failed to pass its second reading in Parliament on 4 March
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UK Pollution Battle
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has launched a campaign to counter what it calls the 'environmental deregulationists', claiming that scaremongering by polluting industries on the costs o
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Food Safety Rules will boost insurance demand
The introduction in January 2005 of EC Regulation 178 for food safety will increase demand for product recall insurance, according to AIG Europe (UK) Ltd
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Hazards from EU Enlargement
A new study suggests that EU harmonisation could erode the cost advantages that newly-joined states currently enjoy, and could leave British importers liable if products sourced from these countries d
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Corporate killing warning
eCity law firm Norton Rose has released research on the Government's proposals for a new corporate killing bill
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PLAN FOR EMERGENCIES
eDraft legislation, tighter regulation and the persistent threat of terrorism are redefining the extent to which UK organisations are expected to plan for an emergency, according to a new report from
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Stress claim dismissed
An office manager who brought a claim against her employers for work-related stress has had her case dismissed.
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USA v Microsoft
Matthias Beck and Lynn Drennan suggest that Microsoft's inability to prevent the break up the software giant could be the risk management failure of the century.
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Disability discrimination good practice
From 2004, service providers will have to make "reasonable adjustments" to the physical features of their premises to overcome access barriers.
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NAPF backs report on company law reform
On 1 August, the UK National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF) publicly backed the "considered and measured" approach of the company law steering group.
