All Archive articles – Page 11
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Book Review
Book Reviews
Managing Risks in Public Organisationsby Martin Fone & Peter C YoungPerpetuity Press 2005Risk and Crisis Management in the Public Sectorby Lynn T Drennan and Alan McConnellRoutledge 2007The pace of change in the concept of what risk management is and does shows little sign of slowing, and even within the brief ...
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European Round-up
A new model of capitalism?
The results of a bid to find a new model for sustainable business and a sustainable economy among business leaders, government departments, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs, will be announced at a major conference this autumn.The Next Great Transformation: Sustainable Enterprises will be held at the Eden Project, UK, on 24-26 ...
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Performing on claims
Plans for a claims performance index for insurers have moved a step further with a workshop being planned for October between members of AIRMIC and some of its partner organisations who have expressed interest in taking part in a pilot study. AIRMIC members approved the proposal to create the index ...
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European Round-up
Risk management diary dates
2007SEPTEMBER 11-13INSTITUTE OF RISK MANAGEMENT RISK FORUMHatfield University, Hertswww.theirm.orgSEPTEMBER 28AIRMIC RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EXHIBITIONNovotel, 10 Pepys Street, London EC3N 3NRwww.airmic.comSEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 3 FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS (FERMA) FORUMGenevawww.ferma-asso.orgOCTOBER 4-5 ENERGYFORUM ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENTAmsterdamwww.energyforum.comDECEMBER 5 AIRMIC ANNUAL DINNERRoyal Lancaster Hotel,London
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Multiplication of standards
AIRMIC has told the British Standards Institution (BSI) that it has some reservations about the structure of the draft new British risk management standard 31100. BSI has been conducting consultation on the draft, which it wants to publish as a standard in February or March 2008.The International Standards Organization (ISO) ...
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Roundtables
Roundtable Part 3
John Windsor: That is a lesson that we learned recently: you have to have planned maintenance, whether it is your own property or leasehold. When you are a tenant, you have to ensure that you know what the landlord’s maintenance programmes are and that they are doing the job properly. ...
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Analysis
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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Editor's Letter
Risking everything for profit?
How much influence can a company really have over their outsourced suppliers?
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Features
Tax risk Why you should care
Companies deemed low risk can expect fewer HMRC interventions, reviews and penalties, explain Anita Paddock and Chris Oates
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Features
Serious but misunderstood
Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence
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Online only
Gaining competitive advantage
Today’s workshop on Using Technology To Gain Competitive Advantage Through Risk Management aims to explore and link:The most important sources of competitive advantage and/or business benefit from risk managementWhich aspects of IT software functionality are most likely to deliver those benefits.Chairman Anthony Oakley, Willis, and presenters Clive Thomson, Willis, and ...
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Features
Into the 21st Century
We need to be sensitive to organisational culture say Andrew Hill and Alex Hindson
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Features
Keeping your eye on the ball
When economic conditions are good, companies may let their cost-cutting measures slide. But Tim Jones warns that they are seriously damaging their future competitiveness
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Features
The spy in the machine
Criminals are increasingly using keyloggers to obtain confidential information. Sacha Chahrvin tells you how to stop them
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Features
OGC principles of risk management
Robert Chapman summarises 12 principles that should underpin risk management
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Analysis
Corporate - Protecting NEDs
Law firm Halliwells has launched what it claims is the UK's first legal risk management product to identify the legal and regulatory risks faced by non-executive directors (NEDs) in the finance sectors.The first stage of Halliwells' Non-Executive Protect is a risk review. Following completion of a questionnaire, specialist lawyers conduct ...
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Archive
Accounting firm pays to settle class-action
According to reports, the accounting firm Ernst and Young will pay $9.08m (£4.6m) to settle an investor class action lawsuit
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Archive
Accounting firm pays to settle class-action
According to reports, the accounting firm Ernst and Young will pay $9.08m (£4.6m) to settle an investor class action lawsuit
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Archive
Barclays rolls out new online security device
Barclays is sending out handheld chip and PIN card readers to online banking customers in a pioneering anti-fraud initiative.
