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FeaturesFuture of risk management: new risk culture
Risk leaders consider how the 2008 financial crisis, globalisation and technological advances have changed the risk manager’s role
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FeaturesExtraordinary year for natural disasters and extreme weather
Increasingly volatile weather is becoming a global trend and businesses need to be prepared for extreme and unprecedented disruptions
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FeaturesEmerging-market multinationals consider captive insurance
Tomorrow’s captive owners are likely to be based in India, China or Brazil
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FeaturesDifficult road ahead to recovery
Although Italy’s economy is not in as critical a state as analysts had anticipated, the country will have to navigate its way past various obstacles on the way to financial and social stability
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FeaturesManaging your way out of a crisis
Recent research shows that most companies will face a value destroying catastrophe at least once every five years. Here two experts show how responding well to one can actually help boost the value and reputation of your company
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FeaturesHow to manage a global supply chain
Global sourcing can be a cost-effective measure, but it does present an array of potential risks that must be accounted for
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FeaturesHow to: Seize the opportunity in risk
The real market movers are those that are able to embrace risk as part of their business models and use it to their advantage. But when the stakes are high, how do you make sure you come out a winner?
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FeaturesHow to stay nimble amid the hurdles
Regulators are running risk managers ragged as they struggle to meet ever-more complex general requirements as well as the needs of their business. We check out the obstacles in their path
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FeaturesPhilip Osmond, British Airways
In an exclusive interview, the airline risk boss explains how you can't always plan for every eventuality and why risk resiliency is the order of the day
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FeaturesHow to: Deal with nanotechnology risks
Nanotechnology is carving new frontiers in manufacturing, medicine and food processing, creating a stream of new risks in its wake
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Continental shift
The Environmental Liability Directive has been on the agenda for years, but now that it has reached all corners of Europe, multinational organisations no longer have any excuse for turning a blind eye to the consequences of their environmental actions
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Environmental Special Report: Going green is key
The Environmental Liability Directive has brought with it a new urgency to take environment risk seriously. Despite other financial pressures, companies can’t afford to let green issues slip down the priority list
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Not so smart …
Using a mobile phone can be a risky business. But while any link with cancer is still to be proved, there is no doubt about the dangers of driving and using a hand-held and the phones’ vulnerability to security lapses, writes Andrew Leslie
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FeaturesSpecial Report: Property Risk
Robust property risk management practices may call for serious investment in loss protection – but the benefi ts for the corporate bottom line can often more than compensate
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FeaturesThe first line of defence
The effects of a blaze in a large building or facility go beyond just safety and structural damage, and can be ruinous – to the local infrastructure, economy and environment. But installing sprinkler protection could take businesses out of the line of fi re, says FM Global’s Brendan MacGrath
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New world order
Corporate multinational property insurance programmes can provide signifi cant cost and control benefi ts – but risk managers should be aware of the potential pitfalls
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FeaturesSpecial Report: Public sector risks
Local authorities are being forced to get creative in order to cut costs without losing precious services – and all done in the full glare of the public eye, finds Sue Copeman. In this special report on the public sector, we focus on the impact such changes will have on ...
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FeaturesThe perfect space storm
As solar activity hots up, could we be heading towards another massive sun storm? The effects of such a superstorm could be devastating to the technology-dependent modern world - we need to up our sun protection, says Nathan Skinner
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FeaturesThe new pollution
Once just a ‘low likelihood’ technical concern, environmental liability is now seen as a standard business risk, moving fast up the priority list. More companies are considering using their captives
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FeaturesCaptives after the crisis
Captives proved their long-term importance as businesses held steady through the recession, writes Paul Allen. But Solvency II and other regulatory reforms could shake up its future
