Features – Page 2

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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

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    The way ahead

    2009-09-12T00:00:00Z

    With the theme of this year’s FERMA forum being the future of risk management, Lee Coppack looks at how the risk manager’s role is evolving in Europe

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    Are risk models irrelevant?

    2009-05-06T00:00:00Z

    They couldn’t save investment banks from extinction so what value are financial risk models? Nathan Skinner summarises the views of participants in this month’s debate

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    What do you know?

    2009-02-28T00:00:00Z

    Managing risk information successfully has become a priority for European companies. Graham Buck asks what a risk information system needs to be effective for everyone within the organisation

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    Seeing risk: Floods

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    The 2007 UK summer floods pushed flooding up the agenda for politicians and businesses alike. A year and a half later topographical maps and modelling technologies have improved to give us better tools to manage the risks. By Justin Butler

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    Catastrophe risk management using multiple models

    2008-12-10T00:00:00Z

    While catastrophe models follow a similar overall approach to risk assessment, there can be wide variations in results, leaving users to question which is the most appropriate. By Atul Khanduri

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    Achieving a share of the marketing mind

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    David Abrahams considers the ways and means of introducing risk thinking to marketing colleagues in difficult times

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    That uncertain feeling

    2008-11-01T00:00:00Z

    All measurements are made because somebody, somewhere, needs information. This information is often used to enable decisions to be made. In order to minimise risk, these decisions must be reliable, says John Hurll

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    Strategic planning to reduce flood impact across Europe

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    On 26 November 2007, the new European Directive on the assessment and management of flood risks entered into force. For the first time, EU legislation requires its members to plan strategically to reduce the adverse consequences of flood events on human health, economic activities, the environment and cultural heritage. ...

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    The Black Swan slain

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Developing futures scenarios is a strategic risk management technique for considering what could happen in the future and its possible impact on a company’s objectives. The goal is to establish the basis for managing uncertain or unknown events.By Scott Randall

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    Essential criteria for the creation of reliable cyber insurance

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    If there is valuable data, you can guarantee threats to its security will not be far behind

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    A framework to restore confidence

    2008-06-06T00:00:00Z

    After the recent events in the banking sector, more financial services firms may turn to enterprise risk management, says Gordon Burnes

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    The changing face of corporate defence: Part 1

    2008-05-18T00:00:00Z

    Sean Lyons asks to what extent the corporate world is preparing itself for defending the interests of all its stakeholders

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    Challenges grow more sophisticated

    2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

    Scenario planning can build capacity to adapt to large-scale political shocks