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AnalysisThreat from al-Qaeda is low level attacks
A terror risk forecasting company says that the threat to UK property stems from loosely coordinated small scale attacks
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AnalysisAon: Covering the cost of FMD
Aon consultant warns that standard business interruption policies will not cover foot and mouth disease related losses
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AnalysisBack to basics?
Buying insurance is still a major part of most risk managers’ role. Sue Copeman interviews Lockton chairman Mike Hammond
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AnalysisGrowth in CROs
More chief risk officers being introduced into company management structures
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Class actions across Europe?
Some European countries have already seen legislative changes designed to facilitate the bringing of group actions in some cases. How do StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club correspondents view class actions and their possible impact? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey
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Public sector risk in PPPs
A survey has revealed that the public sector is a key source of risk during the construction phase of public-private partnership (PPP) projects. The Anatomy Of Construction Risk: Lessons From A Millennium Of PPP Experience, published by Standard & Poor's Ratings Services, also revealed that there was only a weak ...
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AnalysisFace up to climate change
Companies need to face up to the realities of climate change and the risks that it poses to their long term interests. Environment and Climate Change Minister Ian Pearson, addressing a meeting of US businesses in New York on 9 May, said that a business's vulnerability to the threats of ...
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Corporate responsibility
At a workshop hosted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, directors Jon Hauck and Tina Trickett set out to explore what corporate responsibility is and what is driving its future, in front of a mildly sceptical audience. Their theme was that the issue was of growing importance to organisations, and that big statements from ...
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Measuring risk management success
One of the key challenges facing risk management professionals is the ability to demonstrate a link between enterprise risk management and improved financial performance that usually comes in the form of reduced earnings volatility. At this workshop, hosted by Eddie McLaughlin, managing director of risk consulting, Marsh Ltd, James Maxwell, ...
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More than corporate philanthropy
Jon Hauck says that corporate responsibility is now recognised as a crucial element of success
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AnalysisAon gains ground on Marsh
Survey suggests Marsh could face problems retaining key corporate accounts
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Still not prepared
Multinational corporations are facing increasingly diverse, complex and exotic risks, and may not have all the resources in place to manage them effectively, according to Aon's first global risk management survey.More than half of the survey's 320 respondents said they were not prepared for the risk they rated as most ...
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New guidance on physical interventions
BIIAB (the leading awarding body for the UK licensed retail sector) and Skills for Security (the skills and standards setting body for the security business sector) have launched a good practice guide to address the issue of physical interventions. The aim is to reduce the incidence and impact of injury ...
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Correction
In our April article, Time for Review, the conclusion on the UK Bartoline ruling's influence in other countries should have read: 'The Bartoline ruling would be persuasive in the courts of other countries and likely to have an influence on any judgements handed down in other territories should a comparable ...
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Spending more on internal control
A survey of non-SEC registered companies with a turnover of over €1bn in 17 countries, says that 75% of them plan to invest more in internal control after seeing significant business benefits. However, many CFOs and heads of internal audit believe some internal controls are ineffective, with the biggest blind ...
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Crime goes unreported
A survey by Infosecurity Europe of 285 companies has found that a third of businesses do not report their information security crimes and breaches. According to interviews with a panel of 20 chief security officers of large enterprises, businesses are subject to attempted e-crime every day, but it is hard ...
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FSA issues annual report of incidents
Food Standard Agency issues report stressing need to report incidents of food/environmental contamination...
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AnalysisTo be or not to be
The future of new corporate manslaughter legislation hangs in the balance as the House of Lords prepares to vote
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AnalysisMore checks, tougher penalties
The EC targets employers of illegal workers with new rules to ensure similar penalties across all EU member states
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AnalysisGoing head to head with EU regulators
German energy group RWE and Italian energy company ENI under the regulatory spotlight over antitrust allegations
