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What role for government?
Frank Nutter, president of the Reinsurance Association of America (RAA), answers some questions from Catastrophe Risk Management about the US market, including proposals for more government involvemen
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From model output to price
Sophisticated methodologies and processes to price catastrophe risk are paramount if reinsurance is to remain a reliable and stable form of capital for clients underwriting in catastrophe exposed area
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Competing in the age of the continuous enterprise
Keith Tilley believes that companies outside the financial services sector are generally unaware of the damage that downtime causes and of how to prevent it.
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How effective is your security?
Steve Wright discusses how you can measure the effectiveness of security using ISO 27001.
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Regulatory confusion fuels fraud explosion
Simple, low-cost steps that could significantly reduce fraud are not being adopted by UK business. Richard Kusnierz explains why.
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No demand - or no product?
Loss of reputation is the big one - the hit that can bring a company to its knees. But so far, it is a risk that cannot be insured. Garry Honey thinks this may change.
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Performing better
Is regulation a burden or a blessing? Lindsay Cox says that enterprise risk management can turn compliance requirements into a valuable business performance management capability.
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Economic crime still soaring
UK companies are losing billions of pounds to economic crime. Hossein Hamedani discusses the results of a recent survey.
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New fraud legislation on the horizon
The UK Fraud Bill may become law before the end of 2006. Neil Hodge discusses the implications.
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IT compliance reduces risk
How can companies ensure they are archiving and protecting business data to comply with electronic data laws? Hugh Jenkins explains.
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The measurement challenge
Assessing reputation risk and clearly distinguishing it from other types of risks such as credit, market or operational risks is far from easy. Aldo Soprano, Daniele Ruspantini and Marco Penzo write.
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A positive approach
Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.
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Regulation and risk management
Kevin Ludwick discusses how the compliance function fits into risk management in the financial services sector.
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Don't forget the photocopier
You may have good security for your computer systems but what about other devices? Bernard Cassidy writes.
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Coping with a major security breach
Legal pressures, not to mention your moral obligation to assist unwitting victims, means that you should never delay when disclosing IT security incidents, says Martin Allen.
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Holding the Beauty Parade
They may all look good - but how do you choose the broker for you? Stewart McCulloch gives some tips.
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CONTROL & FLEXIBILITY
Despite reports that the insurance market is still softening, interest in maintaining existing captives and even starting new ones continues Alastair Paterson and Scott Gemmell explain why companies h
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SEC Pay Proposals
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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IS THE TIDE TURNING?
The law relating to contracts of insurance is complex and does not always favour the policyholder But proposed reforms could change this, say Jane Harte-Lovelace and Sarah Turpin.