Features – Page 30
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Getting started
Gerry Callaghan discusses the practical considerations of implementing a successful absence management scheme.
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Developing your strategy
Benefit from the costs savings associated with successfully managing absence, advises Barbara Dahill.
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Risk Management Refocused
Ben Davies warns of the danger that the practice of risk management will fail to help the achievement of project or business objectives, through a failure to focus on the actual management of risks.
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The balancing act
Bridget Hutter argues that balancing the interests of consumers and business, and balancing the advantages of regulation against its burdens, is a necessary part of a responsible debate.
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A softer landing
The acquisition of BAA by Ferrovial brings together two companies which both take risk management extremely seriously.
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Back to the future
Robert Chapman heralds a return to first principles in forthcoming revised risk management guidance.
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Extortion - Held For Ransom
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
StrategicRISK's Benchmarking Club respondents confirm that most European companies are well aware of their potential environmental liabilities.
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Sri Lanka in the Shadow of Terrorism
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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Contingency Costs in Fighting Terrorism
The costs of a terrorism incident - both in terms of human suffering and monetary loss - are catastrophic. Thwarting a terrorist attack can also be disruptive and expensive for business.
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Ten Years of Earthquake - Insurance in Japan
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
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Lloyd's prepares for the worst
If the global insurance industry had a mission statement, it should simply say, 'Be prepared'.
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Staying in business after the storm
For a company in a hurricane prone area, a hurricane emergency plan may mean the difference between being back in operation quickly and going out of business for good.
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The WoW Factor in Hurricane Damage Mitigation
Wall of wind (WoW) research capability developed by the International Hurricane Research Center in Florida will change standards for building practices and retrofitting technology of existing structur
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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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A Model of Tenacity
A little over 20 years ago, a young woman, metaphorically clutching her new masters degrees in economics and business administration, went to work in Boston for the US subsidiary of one of Britain's l
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Look before making the technology leap
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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On the horizon
What do the next five years hold in terms of risk and trends? Sue Copeman looks at what risk managers have to say
