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  • Julia-Graham
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    Women in Risk: plugging the gender gap

    14 August 2014

    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

  • Solar Impulse 2
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    Flight into the unknown

    4 June 2014

    As the first plane to attempt a round-the-world trip using the power of the sun alone, Solar Impulse 2 is a unique risk – so what convinced one insurer to support it against all odds?

  • Extreme weather
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    Extraordinary year for natural disasters and extreme weather

    8 April 2014

    Increasingly volatile weather is becoming a global trend and businesses need to be prepared for extreme and unprecedented disruptions

  • Carl Leeman
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    Risk management for modern era

    15 October 2013

    Profile: Carl Leeman The chief risk officer for Katoen Natie understands the risks facing us in the digital age … and he’s keen to spread the message

  • emotions
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    Behavioural strategies

    12 December 2012

    Emotions play a significant part in the decision-making process, according to the latest in our academic essays series

  • Top risks for French risk managers
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    Top risks for French risk managers

    1 November 2012

    Cybercrime’s seemingly limitless potential for disruption is giving French risk managers sleepless nights

  • Pensions Insight
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    Resilience through sustainability

    31 October 2011

    Businesses must shift to an embedded sustainability strategy to guarantee growth and competitive advantage in the future

  • Electricity
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    Keeping the lights on

    3 October 2011

    Energy risk is a growing concern in a world where resources are becoming increasingly scarce, but mitigating this risk now offers a wealth of additional benefits

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    How to: Do business in frontier markets

    29 August 2011

    Emerging markets promise big gains – and risk management challenges to match. Ambitious companies should follow these five steps to crossing frontiers

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    How to: Seize the opportunity in risk

    31 March 2011

    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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    How to stay nimble amid the hurdles

    31 March 2011

    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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    The perfect space storm

    22 July 2010

    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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    A group activity

    1 July 2010

    A new healthcare law in the USA could spark the growth of employee benefit captives, says Helen Yates

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    Bear vs bull

    1 July 2010

    Their extreme conservatism may have helped captives escape the recession relatively unscathed, but is it time to take the bull by the horns and make their investments work harder? As Helen Yates is told, fortune still favours the brave

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    Think forward, think risk

    14 June 2010

    Enterprise-wide risk management and the increasing role of risk management in corporate strategies dominated the recent RIMS annual conference in Boston. Professor Jean-Paul Louisot reports

  • Some wood from pulp mills accused of causing deforestation and destructive operatoins has been found in paper awarded an eco-label
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    How to: Understand eco-labels

    14 June 2010

    An overabundance of eco-labels and soft testing criteria is making it hard to consume responsibly. Are these green seals losing their clout? Nathan Skinner investigates

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    Breaking the deadlock

    6 May 2010

    As M&A begins to pick up again, one firm is offering protection to both buyers and sellers

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    Chain reactions

    6 May 2010

    Whether it's a supplier going bust or a dispute with a key partner, the potential risks in a supply chain have only increased with the downturn. StrategicRISK surveys the issues

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    A whimper and a bang

    30 March 2010

    For European risk managers, the first decade of the third millennium began with the event that didn’t happen, the year 2000 or Y2K bug. As the decade continued, it brought fresh challenges to European risk managers, writes Lee Coppack

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    The inside job

    30 March 2010

    Which risks will be more dangerous in the future? Internal or external risks, ask Michael Bruch and Dr Rudolf Kreutzer of Allianz