Features – Page 32

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    Modelling Offshore Energy Risk

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Two years of devastating hurricanes pose the question - can offshore energy risk be modelled?

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    Financial Management of Large Scale Catastrophes

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    The OECD has launched an international network that will gather high level public officials, representatives of the private sector and academic experts with a view to exchanging information and provid

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    Managing Uncertainty in Cat Models

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Difficult questions raised by the 2005 hurricane season on the merits of the various types of analyses that underpinned trading decisions continue to worry senior management.

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    Reviewing Model Changes

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Commercial catastrophe model vendors have made key changes this year to their US hurricane and European windstorm models. Especially for US hurricane, the effect on modelled loss is material.

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    Research on landfalling hurricane winds

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    Catastrophe modeller AIR Worldwide Corporation (AIR) is to sponsor research by Texas Tech University on the detailed structure of hurricane winds over land.

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    North east hurricane could cost $65 billion

    2006-10-06T00:00:00Z

    A north east hurricane hitting New York State could result in insured losses of $65 billion, Lloyd's America President Wendy Baker has warned.

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    Raise your glasses!

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Sue Copeman looks at the challenges facing Diageo's award-winning 'Licence to Operate' project.

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    Impetus for rehabilitation

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    It is time for the public sector to grasp the nettle and start managing absence, says Carolyn Halpin.

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    Benchmarking Survey

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Nearly 500 risk managers have replied to the third FERMA benchmarking survey conducted with the support of Ernst & Young and AXA Corporate Solutions.

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    When risk management saves lives

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack interviews Guy Lamand, StrategicRISK Lifetime Achiever award winner and recipient of the first ever French government prize for civil defence.

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    Economic crime still soaring

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    UK companies are losing billions of pounds to economic crime. Hossein Hamedani discusses the results of a recent survey.

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    Putting pop in the ERM bottle

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack reviews the enterprise risk management seminar held by StrategicRISK in conjunction with Protiviti.

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    New fraud legislation on the horizon

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    The UK Fraud Bill may become law before the end of 2006. Neil Hodge discusses the implications.

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    A positive approach

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Sophie Gaultier-Gaillard and Jean-Paul Louisot discuss the need to assess and mitigate risk to reputation.

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    IT compliance reduces risk

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    How can companies ensure they are archiving and protecting business data to comply with electronic data laws? Hugh Jenkins explains.

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    Regulation and risk management

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Kevin Ludwick discusses how the compliance function fits into risk management in the financial services sector.

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    The testing element

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Adam Ripley says that, in a world fraught with business risk, technology can often be the Achilles heel of an organisation.

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    Stop workplace bullying

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    On 12 July the House of Lords gave judgment in the case of Majrowski v Guys & St Thomas' NHS Trust. Nick Hanning looks at the significant implications for employees and employers.

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    Gas industry rocked by contaminated land case

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Anna Rabin says that the High Court's decision in a landmark contaminated land case has significant implications.

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    Smash the rose coloured glasses!

    2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

    Ben Gilad says that executives who think they are right even when they are wrong pose the biggest strategic risk to companies.