All StrategicRISK Global articles in April 2010

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  • Features

    Cleaning up after ourselves

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Dorothée Prunier of ACE assesses the impact for companies of the European directive on environmental liability

  • Features

    A whimper and a bang

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    For European risk managers, the first decade of the third millennium began with the event that didn’t happen, the year 2000 or Y2K bug. As the decade continued, it brought fresh challenges to European risk managers, writes Lee Coppack

  • Features

    Because it's worth it

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Some organisations may be questioning the value of enterprise risk management (ERM), particularly in the light of the recent financial crisis. But Eddie McLaughlin says that ERM provides significant – and measurable – benefits

  • Features

    Towards a better world

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Sustainability, ethical standards and anti-corruption measures - these are the three big issues that should be dominating every corporate agenda, bellieves Nathan Skinner

  • Features

    Building blocks for the future

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    No longer able to leave all risk managing to the risk manager, the board is being forced to take responsibility. Neil Hodge asks how corporations will structure themselves to deal with a constantly shifting risk landscape

  • Features

    Check the small print

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    During a tough economy, outsourcing can seem like the perfect way for a business to cut costs and improve the balance sheet. But, Sue Copeman warns, the devil is int he detail

  • Features

    A decade of comment

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Sue Copeman looks back at the hot issues of the past 10 years and finds them not too far removed from the topics that concern risk managers today

  • Features

    Seal of confidence

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Dan Trueman discusses how businesses can protect their key intangible assets

  • Features

    Favourite covers

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    StrategicRISK’s bold and dramatic cover images tell the story and history of this magazine and the risk management profession

  • Features

    Prime crime

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Has fraud boomed in the recession? Or is it simply that cash-strapped copmanies are spotting things earlier? As the old adage goes, there's no such thing as a small fraud, just those that haven't had time to grow. Peter Davy reports

  • Features

    By hook or by crook

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    From Enron to Worldcom to Madoff, the last decade featured a number of momentous frauds and scams. But, as Andrew Leslie discovers, those profiting from people's desire to make a quick buck is not just a modern problem

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    Features

    The events that rocked our world

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Terrorism, war, natural disasters and financial ruin - the past decade saw it all. Nathan Skinner takes a look at these incidences and how the risk management world has changed as a result. For better or for worse, we'll never be the same again

  • Features

    Facing the facts

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Risk management has entered the public consciousness. But there's a major problem: you can'f force people to apply it, as Peter Davy explains

  • Features

    So where do we go from here?

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Our first decade has been, among many things, an invaluable learning process - and we intend to build on that in the decade to come, says Sue Copeman

  • Features

    A good name? Priceless

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Essential yet intangible, and so easy to lose, reputation must be a top priority for any organisation's risk manager

  • Features

    Storm on the horizon

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Think back ten years - had you heard of social networking sites? Thought not. More change is certain this decade, but it won't come risk-free, as Sarah Edlington reports

  • Features

    The inside job

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Which risks will be more dangerous in the future? Internal or external risks, ask Michael Bruch and Dr Rudolf Kreutzer of Allianz

  • Analysis

    Where are they now?

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Congratulations to some of the award winners of StrategicRISK’s European Risk Management Awards on the progress they’ve made

  • Features

    Seat of power

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Tougher corporate governance standards have changed how risk managers work, says Neil Hodge. Why, they've even been known to change boardroom thinking...

  • Features

    Protect yourself

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    With financial collapse usually comes a steep rise in executive liability claims, and yet the hard market expected for 2009 never materialised. But there is still scope for things to change in 2010? Thibaud Hervy at HCC takes a closer look