All Feature articles – Page 17

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    Key risks

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    European risk professionals share their personal views with Sue Copeman on the risks that they consider crucial to their organisations.

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    How effective is your security?

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Steve Wright discusses how you can measure the effectiveness of security using ISO 27001.

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    Harmonisation produces discord

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    The provisions of the European Statutory Audit Directive have ruffled some feathers in the UK. Neil Hodge explains.

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    No demand - or no product?

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.

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    Managing supply chain risks

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    Business as usual?

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    Building an effective incident handling team

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Klaus Majewski describes one security manager's novel approach to on-the-job training.

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    Performing better

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    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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    Age is no bar

    2006-10-24T00:00:00Z

    Get wise to the new age discrimination laws that came into force in the UK on 1 October, says Rhian Gait-Parker.

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    Research on landfalling hurricane winds

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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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    Modelling Offshore Energy Risk

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?

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    Reviewing Model Changes

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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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    Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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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    Managing Uncertainty in Cat Models

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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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    North east hurricane could cost $65 billion

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    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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    Violence remains in the spotlight

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    It is essential to deliver the message that workplace violence and abuse will not be tolerated, says Noel Walsh.

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    Managing shareholder value and reputation risk

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Garry Honey & David Hensley report on the findings of a joint Crawford/StrategicRISK survey.

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    Regulation and risk management

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Ludwick discusses how the compliance function fits into risk management in the financial services sector.

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    When risk management saves lives

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack interviews Guy Lamand, StrategicRISK Lifetime Achiever award winner and recipient of the first ever French government prize for civil defence.