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AGCS launches new services including risk consulting, captive fronting and crisis management
The suite of services, which is designed to complement Allianz’s traditional insurance offering, is launching in two core markets, Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) and the Mediterranean region.
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Exclusive: AXA XL to share anonymised claims data as part of its European-wide catastrophe model
AXA XL will share anonymised claims and nat cat data with risk managers in a bid to help them better model their nat cat risks, says Corinne Vitrac, head of AXA XL Risk Consulting.
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Crooked construction
China’s ambitious Belt and Road Initiative means huge opportunities for developers and investors. But with so many infrastructure projects in developing countries beleaguered by corruption and crime, can this one stay on the straight and narrow?
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Ups and downs of managing risk
Dean Kong, head of risk (AGM) for the Changi East megaproject – the development of a new passenger terminal to Singapore’s Changi Airport, tells StrategicRISK about the risk challenges of megaprojects
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Jargon busting – what should risk tolerance, appetite and profiles look like for a 21st-century business?
Risk terminology can get in the way of risk management, says Sarah Gordon.
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Slaves to your business
We are all complicit in modern slavery. Do you really know if there is forced labour in your supply chain? Because ultimately, the buck and the power to changed enslaved people’s lives, lands with you.
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StrategicRISK Q3 2019: Smoke without fire?
We all know: Don’t believe everything you read. But in a social media-led world where fake news works so hard to be king, how do we avoid getting burned? Because the most crucial messages could be lost if we can’t discern the facts from the fiction
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Getting to grips with risk criteria
Not all risks are easily measurable, but that doesn’t mean they can’t form part of your risk criteria, argues Sarah Gordon, chief executive of Satarla
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The myths that hold risk managers back from making a difference at the top table
“I look after strategic risk and you look after operational risk”. When you place risk management into categories, you stop performing ERM and prevent yourself from helping the board make risk-intelligent decisions. Here’s Sarah Gordon’s (chief executive of Satarla) take on #ChangingRisk and influencing decision-making
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Whaley Bridge dam collapse is a wake-up call: concrete infrastructure will not last forever without care
Part of the bridge’s reservoir spillway collapsed after being battered by heavy rainfall this summer, placing the dam at risk of a full collapse. A vital mitigation aid, Mohammad Heidarzadeh, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Brunel University London, takes a closer look at earthfill dam protections
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The essential ERM toolkit for risk managers
Backed by our #ChangingRisk campaign, we’ve launched a new training programme. This course is first in a series of two. Places are limited, book your place now to avoid disappointment
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Using risk management to influence decisions
Challenge your company’s risk profile, values versus objects, build a risk culture, are some of the outcomes in our risk management training course. This course is the second in a series of two. Places are limited, book your place now to avoid disappointment
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Let’s make every decision risk-based
Risk management isn’t about creating risk policies or appetite statements, it is about changing how business decisions are made, says Alex Sidorenko, CEO of Risk Academy. That’s why he has launched Risk Awareness Week, to challenge and change perceptions
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16 essential questions to ask for effective scenario planning
Scenario planning can help executives better understand the impacts of new goals and objectives set out in the organisation’s strategic plans. Here’s how you can optimise your scenario planning, writes Carol Williams, enterprise risk management consultant and founder of ERM Insights
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Managing major infrastructure risk
Major infrastructure projects present considerable opportunities to developers and investors, but transparency and corruption continue to threaten
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Environmental bonds: When polluter pays
If a site suffers an environmental accident, the operator is liable for clean-up – even if insolvent. Environmental bonds let you breathe, knowing your costs, and your reputation, are covered
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Who to see and what they’re saying at Airmic 2019
AIG, stand: 29-30 Who will be there? AIG has a team of experts from across the business to provide attendees with access to a broad range of specialists, including, Jon Gregory, global head of kidnap & ransom and crisis solutions, who presented on the topic, No crisis ...
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How to claim it from the weatherman
Almost nine out of ten businesses are impacted by the weather. In other words, the fortunes of 88% of companies depend on meteorological conditions.
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Does the Notre Dame blaze mark a failure in risk management?
The fire all but destroyed the roof of the 850-year-old building and felled its spire, to the dismay of thousands of horrified onlookers who lined the streets of Paris. Risk managers in France and across Europe ask, could the disaster have been prevented by more effective risk management?