Features – Page 23
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FeaturesDestination Deauville
Amrae's January conference promises to be an interesting and entertaining experience
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FeaturesPresenting the FAQ
As the time comes to consider your entry for our awards, Sue Copeman answers your questions
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FeaturesDefining the undefinable?
A strategic risk is.....what? There are many ideas, but no consensus, says Garry Honey
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FeaturesEffective Disaster Recovery
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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FeaturesManaging new risks
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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FeaturesManaging reputation and value
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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FeaturesTowards sustainability
What part can business play in making the change towards a sustainable economy? Nathan Skinner reports on a recent conference
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FeaturesAchieving a double whammy
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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FeaturesComing distractions
The end of a year is a wonderful excuse for an editor to do some crystal ball gazing into what might happen in the next year and beyond
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From Chaos Theory to Commodities
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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FeaturesPost-Katrina Litigation, Shows Need for Clarity
Hurricane Katrina was the single largest loss in the history of the insurance industry. Its place in the annals of insurance is also secure by virtue of it being the single most litigated loss on record. By Claire Wilkinson
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FeaturesUK Summer Floods Highlight Gaps in Flood Maps
Flood maps in the United Kingdom provide a good overview and are relatively comprehensive compared to flood maps for other countries, which tend to focus mainly on high risk areas. However, the summer 2007 floods highlighted a need for more information on urban and rural drainage, small rivers and ...
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FeaturesRisks and Opportunities of Nanotechnology
Building materials incorporating nano-particles may better withstand extreme events, but insurers worry about the liability implications of nanotechnology
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FeaturesCulture that Avoids Disaster
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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FeaturesHow Building Codes Reduce Catastrophe Losses
Buildings completed under the requirements of a new Florida building code withstood hurricane winds in 2004 and 2005 while neighbouring, older properties were destroyed. But it should not take a disaster for our communities to adopt, implement and enforce the building safety codes that save lives every day. By Richard ...
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FeaturesGetting a Handle on Cargo
Cargo accumulations. Hard to understand. Harder still to quantify. Until now. By Herbie Lloyd
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FeaturesFrom Soup and Beer to Drought and Downpour
Some 30% of businesses worldwide have some direct exposure to weather related risks and 60% have indirect exposure. By Jean-Christophe Garaix
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FeaturesPublic Cat Schemes: Kittens Everywhere You Look!
Although the history of government insurance purchase for catastrophe risks is much shorter than that of the private sector, it is growing fast, as evidenced by the number of new schemes worldwide and the interest they have sparked in neighbouring countries. There are also clear trends in the development of ...
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FeaturesHow deep is your green?
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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FeaturesMotherless children
There are perils to insuring with unrated subsidiaries regardless of whom their parent is, warns Peter Hughes
