Features – Page 2

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    Conflicted directors on thin ice

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

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

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    Holistic security

    2008-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Despite the huge sums of money spent on network security, organisations appear incapable of protecting confidential data. A change of approach is required, argues Gordon Rapkin

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    Time to re-assess balance sheet threat

    2007-11-01T00:00:00Z

    What is the risk of one of your debtors defaulting? High and rising, says Bob Lilley

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    A Healthy Appetite for Insurance Risk

    2007-10-31T00:00:00Z

    Capital markets’ investment participation in insurance risk continues to grow at a remarkable rate. By Cory Anger

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    Risk without frontiers

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    Love it or hate it, globalisation is the name of the game now for major European companies. How are StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club members viewing the challenges? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey

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    EPL An inevitable trend

    2007-10-01T00:00:00Z

    In the US, where payouts over discrimination claims can be huge, insuring against such claims is seen as a must. Will Europe follow in US footsteps? Nathan Skinner investigates the probability.

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    Kill or Cure?

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    As from 6 April 2007, Part 36 of the UK Civil Procedure Rules 1998 has been extensively revised. Joanne Pruden looks at the implications for negotiating and settling claims

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    Regulation, risk and global strategy

    2007-09-24T00:00:00Z

    The need for EU-based insurers to develop and implement an enterprise risk management strategy in response to Solvency II was one of the topics at the International Insurance Society (IIS) 43rd annual seminar in Berlin in July. Jean-Paul Louisot reports

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    A range of views

    2007-06-06T00:00:00Z

    Andrew Leslie reviews the morning's topics

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    Walking the tightrope

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Andre Basile examines the risks facing directors and officers from emerging legal challenges

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    Seeing risk through a glass darkly

    2007-05-31T00:00:00Z

    Investigations into the accident at the Texas City refinery suggested that all was not well with BP’s perception of risk, says Lee CoppackOne of the world's most respected companies was responsible for the worst industrial accident in the US since 1990. An investigation by a US federal government agency found ...

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    Smash the rose coloured glasses!

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Ben Gilad says that executives who think they are right even when they are wrong pose the biggest strategic risk to companies.

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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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    SEC Pay Proposals

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Proposals by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the US financial services regulator, to amend its executive compensation disclosure requirements to improve transparency have been broadly welcomed

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    The price of globalisation

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Make no mistake Globalisation brings many benefits to business; it also increases the risks for corporate decision makers, warns Patrick Drinan.

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    NEW AGE THINKING

    2006-06-14T00:00:00Z

    With the Employment Equality (Age) Regulations being introduced later this year, Alison Love looks at what age discrimination will mean for UK employers

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    Out of Brussels

    2006-05-23T00:00:00Z

    Employers are bracing themselves for the implementation of what everyone reckons is the most significant piece of European legislation of all - the age discrimination strand of the European Employment

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    Smelling a rat?

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack discusses the reasons for Rentokil-Initial's desire to abandon its final salary pension scheme and the problems companies face generally in funding pensions

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    Mapping the risk

    2006-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Last month saw the publication of a new corporate governance risk map Sue Copeman writes.

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    Old and dynamic?

    2005-04-20T00:00:00Z

    Your HR department may be looking to recruit a workforce of young go-getters, but forthcoming equal treatment regulations will ban age discrimination Marian Bloodworth discusses what this means for UK