Features – Page 24
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FeaturesInsurers bracing for a rougher ride
Karin Clemens asks whether the current market is sustainable
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FeaturesHolding on to what they've got
Insurers are competing fiercely for business. And that has to be good news for buyers, says Guy Malyon
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FeaturesCRO interview
In this month’s StrategicRISK interview, Nathan Skinner probes the risk management strategies of steel giant ArcelorMittal
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FeaturesTreading a tightrope?
Do StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club correspondents think that IT security measures are sufficient and should laws be tightened in this area? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey
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FeaturesThe regulator investigates
Regulators take insider trading very seriously. Their powers to search for evidence are growing. Comply, or face disaster, say Jonathan Pickworth and Elizabeth Bremner
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FeaturesControlling conflict
Sue Copeman reviews a new report on the management and avoidance of disputes
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FeaturesThe carbon opportunity
Companies are cottoning on to the opportunities in being up front about carbon use. The question is how best to measure it? Nathan Skinner reports
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More than just procurement
Mathias Estrade, Cyril Végni and Audrey Gandon underline the importance of managing the risks at the heart of the purchasing function
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Time to re-assess balance sheet threat
What is the risk of one of your debtors defaulting? High and rising, says Bob Lilley
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Kidnap – a booming industry
People working abroad are at risk of being held to ransom. What are employers doing about it? Not enough, says Neil Hodge
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Who is an employee?
It is dangerous to think that once you contract out work to someone else, your liability towards them is at an end, says Patricia Baxter
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Getting the message
Bruce Widdowson responds to our September research on communicating risk
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Steel Industry Loss, Reinsurance Gain
The discovery that he definitely did not want a career in the steel industry propelled a young graduate mechanical engineer in North Carolina to New York City and into the arms of the insurance industry. By Lee Coppack
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Transforming Science into Business Application
David Bresch is head of the global atmospheric perils group within the catastrophe perils unit of Swiss Re and serves as chief modeller for all perils. He is also climate advisor to the board of Swiss Re. He talks to Catastrophe Risk Management about how science can support reinsurance. By ...
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A Healthy Appetite for Insurance Risk
Capital markets’ investment participation in insurance risk continues to grow at a remarkable rate. By Cory Anger
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A Research Agenda for London Flood
More attention needs to be given to the management of flood risk, specifically the role of insurance in this process. By Professor Edmund Penning-Rowsell
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The Long, Wet Summer
The wettest period from May to June since precipitation records began in 1766 brought widespread flooding to parts of England in June and July 2007 and demonstrated the difficulties of managing the risks of rain induced flood. By Alison Craig
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Major Flood in Central London: Can It Really Happen?
Summer floods in England highlighted how even moderately sized events can cause widespread damage and disruption, but a similar size flood in London would have been far more costly. By Jane Toothil
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Reducing Supply Chain Risk from Extreme Events
Businesses today outsource many operations to partners, many of whom may be critically exposed to extreme events and beyond of the control of the firm’s risk management programmes. By Marc Lehmann and Kenneth Travers
