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AnalysisDealing with complexity
Pharmaceutical companies are regarded as high risk by investors and insurers alike, with a number of grey areas having the ability to dramatically affect an organisation's reputation.
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Analysis
Training - prima Risk institute for China
The PRMIA Institute has formed a partnership with the RiskChina Research Center and several university programmes in China to launch the PRMIA Institute - China. The focus of the partnership will be the provision of training programmes in China that feature leading international faculty as well as the top faculty ...
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Analysis
Global opportunities
The likelihood scenarios are computed on probabilities of trends for main risks and opportunities for 2007, and are based on mining the internet and expert analysis over the last year. They show:1. Preventing the escalation of the Israel-Palestine/Arab issue from becoming a wider Middle-East conflict = 82%2. Balancing the country ...
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FeaturesPerformance of Commercial Buildings in Hurricanes
The hurricanes striking land in the US in 2004 and 2005 have provided a wealth of experience on commercial building writes Timothy Reinhold
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Features
Loss prevention from the ground up
Getting loss prevention experts involved early reduces the risk of project disaster and delay. By Martin Vinkenfluegel
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Features
Preventing losses in the chemical industry
Safety risks are inherent to the operational process of chemical manufacturing plants and refineries, but also pose a major concern for chemical facilities in other types of industry. By Leonardo Piazzi
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Features
Extreme weather and commodity prices
Extreme weather conditions and natural or man-made disasters usually cause a blip in commodity prices. How big a shift and how long it lasts depend on many factors. By Hugh Craig and Lee Coppack
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Archive
RAPM pivotal to increasing profits
Some 90% is risk managers surveyed say their firms are using Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurements, or plan to implement them in the next three years.
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Archive
New president appointed for RMIA
The board of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia appoints Grant Whitehorn as president.
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Archive
Topics and trends
A steady stream of regulation has imposed stringent requirements on European company directors and officers. Sue Copeman looks at the areas that risk professionals believe have implications for manage
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Archive
RUSSIANS GOING GLOBAL
Vladislav Soloviov believes that embracing international corporate governance standards can help Russian companies shake off their negative image
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Features
A Model of Tenacity
A little over 20 years ago, a young woman, metaphorically clutching her new masters degrees in economics and business administration, went to work in Boston for the US subsidiary of one of Britain's l
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Features
Russians going global
Vladislav Soloviov believes that embracing international corporate governance standards can help Russian companies shake off their negative image.
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Features
Topics and trends
A steady stream of regulation has imposed stringent requirements on European company directors and officers. Sue Copeman looks at the areas that risk professionals believe have implications for management liability in 2007.
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Analysis
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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Roundtables
Executive Summary
Environmental liability risks are an important concern for Europe’s industrial base
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Roundtables
Roundtable Part 2
PIERRE SONIGO: Do you believe, Arie, that you have good control over your environmental risks? ARIE J VAN DER STEEN: We have been through a lot of acquisitions and divestments in the last 20 years or so. Basically, our environmental liability risks are associated with really old operations – they ...
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Roundtables
Roundtable Part 3
TOMASZ MIAZEK: But this would not apply to the internal walls, the construction of the building itself. This is what the people responsible for selling the buildings are asking me.ARIE J VAN DER STEEN: What are they worried about?TOMASZ MIAZEK: They are worried that some asbestos may be discovered.ARIE J ...
