Features – Page 14

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    Driving an integrated approach to governance risk and compliance

    15 February 2008

    If people responsible for compliance are operating within silos, there may well be areas of neglect, warns Paul Pilkington

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    What is risk management?

    15 February 2008

    Risk management is a way of dispelling the fog of uncertainty in which we live, says H Felix Kloman

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    Coping with new rules

    14 February 2008

    Sweeping changes to environmental liability regulations are causing problems for insurers in their attempts to create suitable products, says Nathan Skinner

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    Communicating risk management

    14 February 2008

    David Gamble discusses the thinking behind an international project to spread the word

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    Between Fear and Reason – the French way

    14 February 2008

    Andrew Leslie reflects on last month’s AMRAE conference

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    Breaching the wall

    14 February 2008

    While risk management must be the first line of defence in any data protection strategy, Jeremy Smith urges companies to bolster that defence with robust insurance coverage

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    Don't forget the other half

    14 February 2008

    Security of electronic data is one thing, says Chris Haden, but documents need attention too

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    Navigating the global regulatory minefield

    14 February 2008

    Jonathan Pickworth introduces a survey which suggests that many companies are too complacent about regulatory risk

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    Presenting the FAQ

    17 December 2007

    As the time comes to consider your entry for our awards, Sue Copeman answers your questions

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    Ralf Oelßner

    17 December 2007

    A German viewpoint on emerging risk, aviation insurance and terrorism

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    Effective Disaster Recovery

    17 December 2007

    If fire, terrorists or hostile aliens zap your data centre, can you be back online before your business collapses? A good IT disaster recovery plan will be vital, as Carl Bradbury explains.

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    Managing new risks

    17 December 2007

    Which emerging risks do companies think are important? And are they doing anything about them? Nathan Skinner analyses the results of our readership survey.

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    Managing reputation and value

    17 December 2007

    A disaster throws a spotlight on a company’s performance. Some recover quickly; others do not. Research into the share price of airlines following a fatal crash gives an indication of the reasons for the difference. Deborah Pretty describes the results.

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    Towards sustainability

    17 December 2007

    What part can business play in making the change towards a sustainable economy? Nathan Skinner reports on a recent conference

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    Achieving a double whammy

    17 December 2007

    Fred Mundt, Alex Hindson and George Nassif describe how applying an enterprise risk management approach to product liability risk allowed an electronics materials company both to provide assurance to its customers and to achieve a big reduction in its insurance premiums

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    Risks and Opportunities of Nanotechnology

    14 December 2007

    Building materials incorporating nano-particles may better withstand extreme events, but insurers worry about the liability implications of nanotechnology

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    From Chaos Theory to Commodities

    14 December 2007

    Isla Gilmour is a meteorologist who advises commodities traders on the impact of weather on their business. She talks to Catastrophe Risk Management about how science supports this important market. By Lee Coppack

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    Culture that Avoids Disaster

    14 December 2007

    Six key areas of organisational culture are essential to prevent catastrophic incidents like the Texas City refinery explosion and loss of the space shuttle Columbia. By Scott Berger

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    How deep is your green?

    4 December 2007

    Tim Smit, co-founder of the Eden Project, talks to Nathan Skinner about climate change, CSR and the role of the sustainable enterprise in today's financial system

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    Kidnap – a booming industry

    1 November 2007

    People working abroad are at risk of being held to ransom. What are employers doing about it? Not enough, says Neil Hodge