All Editorial articles – Page 183
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Features
Licensing in IPR
Simon Harper discusses the points to watch for when acquiring rights to use other people's intellectual property.
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Features
Managing weather risks
Trading in weather derivatives has grown steadily in Europe since the first deal was struck in 1998.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Setting new standards
The initiative by Britain's three leading risk management bodies to define a new internationally recognised British standard for the practice of risk management is now well underway.
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Features
Totality of risk
The risk manager's role is fundamentally changing. Paul McDonald discusses the new language of risk with Sue Copeman.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Willis encouraging charities to join AIRMIC
The charity sector now has a significant body of members within AIRMIC, thanks to support from UK broker Willis.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
New AIRMIC chairman will take over at conference
For the first time in AIRMIC's history the mantle of AIRMIC chairmanship will be handed over at conference.
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Sir Clive Thompson to give AIRMIC lecture
Sir Clive Thompson, chief executive of Rentokil Initial plc, will give the prestigious 2000 AIRMIC annual lecture later this year.
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Features
Containing a crisis
Any company can be hit by a crisis. The key to survival is managing your way out of it. And the first few hours can be vital.
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Features
Learning from loss
Jonathan Clark advocates using loss adjusters' experience to reduce the risk of another major loss hitting your company.
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Features
Post Mortem
David Gilbert identifies five common reasons for corporate failure, ranging from elementary lack of basic controls to an ostrich-like failure to face facts.
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Analysis
Kidnapping: New record in 1999
Worldwide kidnaps for ransom reached a record peak in 1999, according to a survey by specialist insurer, the Hiscox Group.
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Features
Alchemy for project financing?
Rob Tucker explores the arcane world of Alternative Risk Transfer (ART) and Alternative Risk Finance (ARF) and its application within property and other structured finance deals.
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Analysis
Anti-competitive behaviour banned
The Competition Act 1998, which came into force on 1 March, prohibits anti-competitive agreements and behaviour.
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Analysis
Insurers comment on pain and suffering awards
In its March ruling the Court of Appeal considered the Law Commission's proposals on levels of damages for pain and suffering.
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Analysis
Capital markets' political risks
Sovereign Risk Insurance is offering a political risk product for cross border capital markets transactions.
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Analysis
Energy tax concerns
UK companies are anxious about likely damage to business arising from the Kyoto environmental protection measures.
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Analysis
Tackling cyber risks
Many insurance industry players are focusing on designing products and facilities to help companies deal with the new "cyber risks" arising from e-business activities.
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Analysis
Data protection
The new Data Protection Act extends the 1984 legislation in a number of areas and provides data subjects with some additional rights.
