All Feature articles – Page 17
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Performing better
Is regulation a burden or a blessing? Lindsay Cox says that enterprise risk management can turn compliance requirements into a valuable business performance management capability.
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Building an effective incident handling team
Klaus Majewski describes one security manager's novel approach to on-the-job training.
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Business as usual?
You have a problem and you need to switch to your alternative off-site facility. But will it be the seamless transition you planned for? Jared Landin discusses how you can avoid unpleasant surprises.
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Managing supply chain risks
In September we asked readers - our Benchmarking Club - to complete an on-line questionnaire on supply chain risk management. This month's report summarises their response.
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Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
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No demand - or no product?
Loss of reputation is the big one - the hit that can bring a company to its knees. But so far, it is a risk that cannot be insured. Garry Honey thinks this may change.
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Harmonisation produces discord
The provisions of the European Statutory Audit Directive have ruffled some feathers in the UK. Neil Hodge explains.
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How effective is your security?
Steve Wright discusses how you can measure the effectiveness of security using ISO 27001.
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The right to know
Need to know more about a particular site? Kelly Harris discloses a little-used route for accessing environmental information.
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North east hurricane could cost $65 billion
A north east hurricane hitting New York State could result in insured losses of $65 billion, Lloyd's America President Wendy Baker has warned.
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Managing Uncertainty in Cat Models
Difficult questions raised by the 2005 hurricane season on the merits of the various types of analyses that underpinned trading decisions continue to worry senior management.
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Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes
The OECD has launched an international network that will gather high level public officials, representatives of the private sector and academic experts with a view to exchanging information and provid
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Reviewing Model Changes
Commercial catastrophe model vendors have made key changes this year to their US hurricane and European windstorm models. Especially for US hurricane, the effect on modelled loss is material.
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Modelling Offshore Energy Risk
Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?
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Research on landfalling hurricane winds
Catastrophe modeller AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is to sponsor research by Texas Tech University on the detailed structure of hurricane winds over land.
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Managing risk across the supply chain
Ruud Bosman discusses the need for effective supply chain risk management and suggests some strategies.
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Life after SOX
Has all the aggravation, not to mention the considerable cost, incurred by many large European companies to comply with the US Sarbanes-Oxley Act been worth it? Fiona Sheridan gives her view.
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A positive approach
Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.
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Reassurance or no assurance?
Sean McGahan reviews recently enacted UK legislation on compensation.
