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    Our state of the industry survey reveals risk managers' top concerns for 2024

    2024-04-03T21:16:00Z

    Our 2024 State of the Industry survey reveals a risk profession that is evolving, with more practitioners than ever moving beyond insurance buying to focus on enterprise risk management. But with new threats emerging at a dizzying rate, the pressure is on to improve controls and communicate your value. Sara ...

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    Sector spotlight: how mining companies can manage growing ESG, regulation, and talent risks

    2024-03-12T18:31:00Z

    There are few industries more at the coalface of steep risk management demands than the mining sector. ESG pressures, regulatory demands, and leaching talent are creating a challenging mix of exposures for its risk managers, writes Trevor Treharne.

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    Spotlight on: risks facing the financial services sector

    2024-02-14T19:28:00Z

    Financial services firms face a significant cyber insurance coverage gap, as well as growing threats related to climate, geopolitics and technology. Here’s how to tackle the risks

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    Dealing with disaster: how to make sure your business is prepared for the worst

    2024-01-22T10:53:00Z

    When catastrophic weather devastates businesses, insurance alone can’t – or won’t – be enough. Know your exposures and devise mitigation plans now, before it’s too late.

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    How risk managers can lead the way on the transition to net zero

    2023-11-19T00:14:00Z

    Sustainability requirements are constantly growing. A green transition demands the enterprise-wide purview of the risk manager to understand not only the risks but the opportunities along the path to net zero. Sara Benwell reports.

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    Gaining the power to change your risk culture

    2023-10-29T23:48:00Z

    Our trio of experts share the steps they’ve taken to create a positive risk culture and how you can use these to embed risk into organisation-wide decision-making. 

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    Protecting your intellectual property

    2012-06-29T14:50:00Z

    Prioritisation of top-slice assets and risk identification are cornerstones of an effective strategy

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    How to manage a global supply chain

    2011-10-06T17:59:00Z

    Global sourcing can be a cost-effective measure, but it does present an array of potential risks that must be accounted for

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    How to: Do business in frontier markets

    2011-08-29T00:00:00Z

    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 stay nimble amid the hurdles

    2011-03-31T00:00:00Z

    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 human side of the risk equation

    2011-02-17T00:00:00Z

    Why taking a social scientific approach to risk management can help you see into the future more effectively

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    Special Report: Property Risk

    2010-08-22T00:00:00Z

    Robust property risk management practices may call for serious investment in loss protection – but the benefi ts for the corporate bottom line can often more than compensate

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    The inside job

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

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

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    Because it's worth it

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    Some organisations may be questioning the value of enterprise risk management (ERM), particularly in the light of the recent financial crisis. But Eddie McLaughlin says that ERM provides significant – and measurable – benefits

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    Building blocks for the future

    2010-03-30T00:00:00Z

    No longer able to leave all risk managing to the risk manager, the board is being forced to take responsibility. Neil Hodge asks how corporations will structure themselves to deal with a constantly shifting risk landscape

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    One size does not fit all

    2010-02-01T00:00:00Z

    It is nearly two years before Solvency II becomes law. Nathan Skinner finds out why its much-advocated standard model for solvency capital requirements is not the answer for beleaguered insurers and why captives need their own set of rules

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    Evolving threats

    2010-02-01T00:00:00Z

    As political risk uncertainty rises, the threat landscape is changing. StrategicRISK has teamed up with ACE to find out what tops your list of concerns and what you’re doing to mitigate them

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    Tools for change

    2010-01-22T00:00:00Z

    Tony Dowding sheds light on risk engineering and explains how a process associated with property protection can help firms fine tune their liability exposure

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    Charting disaster

    2009-12-22T00:00:00Z

    Following a year of economic turmoil and political tensions, Nathan Skinner highlights the global issues that will be on the world's risk register in 2010

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    An update of ERM systems

    2009-10-29T00:00:00Z

    There are products on the market to help companies make sense of the large amount of data that risk management can create. Sara Edlington talks to some of the companies that think they have the answer