Features – Page 10

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    Winds of change for agricultural risks

    10 December 2008

    Changing climate and commodity price trends are steering agricultural risk in a new direction. The result is a rethink of exposure, products and product design. By Thomas Heintz

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    A geographical understanding of risk

    10 December 2008

    The advent of satellite navigation and the birth of Google Earth, Google Maps and France’s Geoportail have alerted everyone involved in the management of catastrophes to the value of geographical information systems. By François-Xavier Goblet

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    Seeing risk: Floods

    10 December 2008

    The 2007 UK summer floods pushed flooding up the agenda for politicians and businesses alike. A year and a half later topographical maps and modelling technologies have improved to give us better tools to manage the risks. By Justin Butler

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    Emerging issues

    1 December 2008

    Nathan Skinner chairs a discussion on the issues that will be important for 2009 and beyond

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    Insuring against the downturn

    1 December 2008

    The economic downturn introduces new risks and emphasises old ones. Nathan Skinner investigates what is making companies cautious and how the insurance industry is responding

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    Everything changes, nothing changes

    1 December 2008

    Risk management is by no means a new idea. Andrew Leslie, deputy editor, StrategicRISK, looks back at medieval Europe to see how merchants and traders managed their risk

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    Solutions not problems

    1 December 2008

    A four pronged approach to supply chain risk management can improve resilience and the value of the insurance programme says Jim Carruthers

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    ERM for insurers

    1 November 2008

    Nathan Skinner chairs a discussion on risk management in insurance companies

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    Twelve steps to better security

    1 November 2008

    Some organisations are struggling to comply with the payment card industry’s new set of standards on data security. Nathan Skinner explains

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    Conflicted directors on thin ice

    1 November 2008

    Danielle Harris warns that new UK rules could force directors to stand down or risk possible claims

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    A grizzly end to Bear Stearns

    1 November 2008

    Lee Coppack tracks the demise of a well established bank

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    Achieving a share of the marketing mind

    1 November 2008

    David Abrahams considers the ways and means of introducing risk thinking to marketing colleagues in difficult times

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    Stefan Sigulla

    1 November 2008

    The ex-head of German risk management association DVS describes his path to the top

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    Bad credit

    31 October 2008

    Rating agencies need to clean up their act as regulation looms, says Neil Hodge

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    Bombs, bird flu and banana skins

    22 September 2008

    There are many catastrophic events that can cause disruption to business, but more often than not its a disorganised response that causes the most serious problems. Peter Power looks at the key features of a crisis management plan

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    More than just good PR

    1 September 2008

    Operating in politically and socially volatile regions need not be a potential recipe for disaster. Mike Penrose gives some guidelines for a strategy that will benefit both your business and the local community

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    The fight against money laundering

    1 September 2008

    ‘Pre-wash, wash and spin-dry’ are the cycles that apply to a washing machine and to money laundering. It may appear odd to compare the two but they reflect a reality based in law and in history, explains Charlotte Gaudin

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    See no evil

    1 September 2008

    Is Google as squeaky clean as its users like to think? Lee Coppack considers privacy and trust, and looks at the risks that may lie in wait for the world’s favourite search engine

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    Why flood losses are increasing

    1 September 2008

    Exposure, the governing factor An almost explosive growth in the values of property in flood-prone areas and the much greater vulnerability of the things that people own are the main reasons for rising flood losses. By Wolfgang Kron

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    Risk engineering

    1 September 2008

    In a competitive environment, preventing loss is vital. Nathan Skinner garners the thoughts of five risk managers on the subject