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FeaturesCountry spotlight: key risks for businesses operating in Japan - and how to manage them
The Japanese proverb ‘fall down seven times, stand up eight’ says much about a country under constant pressure to build resilience against a litany of risks. In the face of earthquakes, an aging workforce and supply chain instability, Japan approaches its challenges with creativity and fortitude.
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Deep dive: how businesses can build resilience against black swan events
Can businesses prepare for unforeseen Black Swan events, or is resilience the only viable strategy when facing an unknowable future? Observing the firms that bounced back best from previous crises could teach us a lot.
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FeaturesRisk tool spotlight: How to use risk visualisations to improve data-driven decision-making
Risk visualisations are an essential tool for transforming complex data into something decision-makers can really use. But there are ways to elevate your graph game, and ways you can really devalue those visuals. We dug into the research on maximising your visualisation strategies.
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FeaturesThe next generation: How the risk management profession needs to evolve for the future
The industry’s next generation is coming into the market, laser-focused on building careers in risk management. We asked three up-and-coming ‘ones to watch’, what changes the industry needs to make to meet the needs of an evolving risk landscape
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FeaturesThe next generation: The most valuable risk management tools of the future
The industry’s next generation is coming into the market, laser-focused on building careers in risk management. We asked three up-and-coming ‘ones to watch’, which tools they think are most valuable in mitigating the risks of the future
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FeaturesRisk tool spotlight: How to run a successful risk workshop
A well-designed risk workshop is an effective way to pinpoint, assess and devise action plans. But how can risk managers ensure that these workshops really achieve what they set out to? Sara Benwell reports.
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FeaturesOur state of the industry survey reveals risk managers' top concerns for 2024
Our 2024 State of the Industry survey reveals a risk profession that is evolving, with more practitioners than ever moving beyond insurance buying to focus on enterprise risk management. But with new threats emerging at a dizzying rate, the pressure is on to improve controls and communicate your value. Sara ...
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FeaturesSector spotlight: how mining companies can manage growing ESG, regulation, and talent risks
There are few industries more at the coalface of steep risk management demands than the mining sector. ESG pressures, regulatory demands, and leaching talent are creating a challenging mix of exposures for its risk managers, writes Trevor Treharne.
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FeaturesSpotlight on: risks facing the financial services sector
Financial services firms face a significant cyber insurance coverage gap, as well as growing threats related to climate, geopolitics and technology. Here’s how to tackle the risks
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FeaturesDealing with disaster: how to make sure your business is prepared for the worst
When catastrophic weather devastates businesses, insurance alone can’t – or won’t – be enough. Know your exposures and devise mitigation plans now, before it’s too late.
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FeaturesWorld@RISK: ESG & climate Change Forum 2022 - new speakers announced for 15 November
COP27 is now underway. Described as the world’s watershed moment for climate action. Will it be? Hear from Marsh McLennan’s Swenja Surminski and WTW’s Joe Noss as they return from Egypt to join our speaker line-up next week.
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FeaturesHeightened cyber risks demand strategic focus
Accepting the eventuality of a cyber attack or breach is the first step, risk managers must then find a way to implement an efficient strategy throughout the company
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FeaturesEthical hacking: Attack is the best form of defence
It might sound like a contradiction in terms, but ethical hacking is a crucial weapon in the fight against cyber crime
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FeaturesLeading brokers Willis, Aon and JLT on managing risks in retail
After some lean years, prospects are slowly improving for retailers, but they need to keep up with constantly evolving risk landscapes
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FeaturesGrowth of Big Data a big challenge for business
The real challenge for businesses is extrapolating value of the constant growth of Big Data
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FeaturesGuard your data
Lee Coppack says that the information that companies hold is as valuable as money for hackers and criminals. The consequences for businesses can be embarrassing and expensive
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FeaturesAn update of ERM systems
There are products on the market to help companies make sense of the large amount of data that risk management can create. Sara Edlington talks to some of the companies that think they have the answer
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FeaturesWhat do you know?
Managing risk information successfully has become a priority for European companies. Graham Buck asks what a risk information system needs to be effective for everyone within the organisation
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FeaturesSolutions not problems
A four pronged approach to supply chain risk management can improve resilience and the value of the insurance programme says Jim Carruthers
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FeaturesA framework to restore confidence
After the recent events in the banking sector, more financial services firms may turn to enterprise risk management, says Gordon Burnes
