Features – Page 6

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    Find a partnership

    6 June 2007

    Ed Huston discusses how to set up a successful affinity partnership

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    Find a partnership that works

    6 June 2007

    Ed Huston discusses how to set up a successful affinity partnership

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    Acting without pretext

    6 June 2007

    Aaron Stephens and Lucinda Brett explore and comment on 'pretexting' developments in the US and UK, with a particular focus on the application of the new Fraud Act 2006

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    Serious but misunderstood

    6 June 2007

    Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence

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    Serious but misunderstood

    6 June 2007

    Lee Coppack discusses the findings of a new study on global business and the threat of political violence

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    Reflections in New Orleans

    30 March 2007

    From a distance the roads look unremarkably. There are few cars, but it is the middle of the day. Closer up there is clearly something wrong.

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    Windstorm Kyrill: A glimpse into the future?

    30 March 2007

    Windstorm Kyrill is a reminder that windstorm is a real threat to insurers and reinsurers in Europe. By Julian Alovisi, Claire Souch and Jane Toothill

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    Athena and Artemis

    30 March 2007

    Using Geographic Information Systems to Manage Flood Risk. By Suzanne Corona

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    CRESTA Celebrates its 30th Anniversary

    30 March 2007

    30 years after its establishment, CRESTA has become a recognised name with a broadly accepted industry standard. By Christina Bayerl and Peter Hausmann

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    Lighthill Risk Network: a community of expertise

    30 March 2007

    April 2007 sees the launch of the Lighthill Risk Network, an international community that will link business and research. By Paul Wilson and Peter Taylor

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    A letter from the editor to a major UK insurer

    30 March 2007

    Dear property insurance manager,Thank you for the cheque reimbursing us for the damage to our roof in windstorm Kyrill. We are happy that you did not allow us to increase our deductible from £100 to £1,000 as we had suggested a few months earlier. The claim cost you, or more ...

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    Managing Promotions

    12 March 2007

    Marketing promotions that do too well can be just as expensive as those that fail to meet expectations. With only around eight per cent of promotions coming close to their forecasts, Philip Penlington

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    Extortion - Held For Ransom

    12 March 2007

    Clive Stoddart warns that companies which fail to educate employees on the dangers of kidnap could be exposing themselves to legal action - but individuals need to take responsibility too.

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    Environmentally aware

    12 March 2007

    StrategicRISK's Benchmarking Club respondents confirm that most European companies are well aware of their potential environmental liabilities.

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    Keeping IT simple

    19 December 2006

    Sean Elson spells out the pros and cons of new UK fraud legislation.

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    Look before making the technology leap

    19 December 2006

    Do not invest in technology until you know exactly what you require it to do, say Chuck Teixeira and Grant Waterfall.

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    The extradition risk

    19 December 2006

    Gillian Eastwood and Paul Lomas summarise the current extradition arrangements in the US and UK, assess the change in the extradition risk and outline some practical steps for managing it.

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    Topics and trends

    19 December 2006

    A steady stream of regulation has imposed stringent requirements on European company directors and officers. Sue Copeman looks at the areas that risk professionals believe have implications for management liability in 2007.

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    Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism

    19 December 2006

    Since 1983, civil war and terrorism have, in the eyes of the international media at least, provided an ever present backdrop to Sri Lankan affairs.

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    Ten Years of Earthquake - Insurance in Japan

    19 December 2006

    In this article, we look back over the past 10 years in the Japanese insurance industry with the focus on earthquake coverage. We also attempt to make some predictions for the future direction of eart