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Spotlight on: wildfire risks and how to ensure business continuity
As wildfires spread across Europe and the Americas, Strategic Risk explores the steps risk managers can take to safeguard their employees and ensure business continuity
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Spotlight on: bird flu and the risk it could spread to humans
The FAO, the World Health Organization (WHO), and the World Organisation for Animal Health (WOAH) are urging countries to work together across sectors to prevent the spread of bird flu
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Risk guide: how to create the right culture to tackle people-related risks
Remote working plus a cost of living crisis and talent migration is leaving workforces disengaged and stressed. Unhappy employees put everything at risk, so organisations must protect their greatest asset and build risk cultures that put the heart of their organisations.
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Spotlight on: Travel risks and how to manage them
New security and health risks, plus a constant threat of travel disruption, mean many employees are reluctant to get back on the road. The duty of care is on risk managers to proactively plan for their safest possible travels.
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UK audit regime puts D&Os in the spotlight
Sweeping new reforms are set to place greater responsibility on directors and officers to ensure accurate financial reporting
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COVID-19: Spotlight on security risks
Protests and unrests, strikes and fraud and scams are just some of the security risks likely to be exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic
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Preparing for pandemic
As Coronavirus sweeps the globe, StrategicRISK examines how European businesses are dealing with the crisis and what steps risk managers can take to safeguard their organisations and employees
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China: Why the most populous country on earth is shaping the global economy
With GDP and growth envied by many Western countries, China is increasingly shaping the global economic landscape
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Firms are failing to address increasing corporate travel risks
Corporate growth in emerging and commercially underdeveloped markets is heightening the risks of business travel
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Breaking the glass ceiling for women in risk and insurance
Three women from Willis,Lloyd’s Market Association and Hempel who made it to the top of the male-dominated risk and insurance industry recall how they overcame prejudice and why they support greater diversity
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"We must raise the number of women at board level" − ACE chief
ACE Group country president France, Nadia Côté says the industry can benefit from greater diversity at every level
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"I'm not a supporter of the women's quota in Germany"
Bombardier head of risk engineering, global risk management and insurance, Malwine Braunwarth examines the issue of gender diversity
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Anne Charon: how I made it to the top of Zurich, France
Charon looks back at her career, explaining why she will never leave financial services and how she overcame prejudice in the sector
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"I sense a new energy among leaders in risk," – Willis' Ailsa King
Willis managing director of risk solutions on the challenges she faced in her career and how attitudes at the top are changing
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The Philippines: a land of extremes
The country has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but income inequalities, a growing population and being on a typhoon path mean it remains vulnerable
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Risk management at the forefront of Asia’s corporate expansion
StrategicRISK’s inaugural conference in Singapore highlighted key risks in the region for businesses
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Women in Risk: plugging the gender gap
In the first of a series of Women in Risk articles, FERMA president Julia Graham is on a drive to improve gender diversity in the risk and insurance profession. Here, she explains how and why
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Multinationals lack clarity over crisis risk solutions – XL Group
Misunderstanding of risks in emerging countries can unhinge operations when a crisis strikes, insurer warns
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Future of risk management: modern risk leaders
A new generation of risk managers is emerging, enterprise-wide risk advisers who take on a holistic approach
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Future 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