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    Charting disaster

    22 December 2009

    Following a year of economic turmoil and political tensions, Nathan Skinner highlights the global issues that will be on the world's risk register in 2010

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    An update of ERM systems

    29 October 2009

    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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    Managing product safety recalls

    6 May 2009

    Ed Mitchell and Thomas Zanner explain how to deal with recalls in the food and drink industry

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    Product recall risk

    6 May 2009

    In today’s world product safety is paramount. Nathan Skinner sets the scene for this special report on product recall

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    A geographical understanding of risk

    10 December 2008

    The advent of satellite navigation and the birth of Google Earth, Google Maps and France’s Geoportail have alerted everyone involved in the management of catastrophes to the value of geographical information systems. By François-Xavier Goblet

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    CEO INTERVIEW: Peter Harmer, chief executive, AON UK

    1 December 2008

    The downfall of AIG threw AON’s team into crisis management mode. But the broker remains confident that the turmoil will reveal new opportunities

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    Terror trade

    1 December 2008

    Kidnappers and extortionists use violence as a means to their financial or political ends. They pose a threat to both employees and corporate reputations. Nathan Skinner talks through the problem

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    Insuring against the downturn

    1 December 2008

    The economic downturn introduces new risks and emphasises old ones. Nathan Skinner investigates what is making companies cautious and how the insurance industry is responding

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    Bombs, bird flu and banana skins

    22 September 2008

    There are many catastrophic events that can cause disruption to business, but more often than not its a disorganised response that causes the most serious problems. Peter Power looks at the key features of a crisis management plan

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    Today's European risk manager

    6 June 2008

    Peter Joy looks at some of the findings of StrategicRisk’s Europe-wide survey of risk manager attitudes and concerns

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    The changing face of corporate defence: Part 1

    18 May 2008

    Sean Lyons asks to what extent the corporate world is preparing itself for defending the interests of all its stakeholders

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    The changing face of corporate defence: Part 2

    18 May 2008

    Sean Lyons asks to what extent the corporate world is preparing itself for defending the interests of all its stakeholders

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    Breaching the wall

    14 February 2008

    While risk management must be the first line of defence in any data protection strategy, Jeremy Smith urges companies to bolster that defence with robust insurance coverage

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    Navigating the global regulatory minefield

    14 February 2008

    Jonathan Pickworth introduces a survey which suggests that many companies are too complacent about regulatory risk

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    There's more to it than 'badging in'

    1 October 2007

    If your security department is bottom of the heap, the organisation is rife with an ‘open’ culture, and IT has pinched the business continuity issues, you can still conduct a fight back. Peter Speight invokes Turnbull and SOX to explain how

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    Getting the message

    24 September 2007

    Communication can be used as a tool to provide information, explain and warn, and to influence decision-making. How do StrategicRISK Benchmarking Club correspondents view this aspect of their role? Sue Copeman describes the results of our latest survey

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    The time to act is always now

    6 June 2007

    With product recalls rising at an alarming rate, it is now critical to take practical crisis management measures to protect the reputation of your organisation and its brands, says Jonathan Hemus

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    Coping with a crisis – or responding to an incident?

    6 June 2007

    The debate continues on continuity terminology. Peter Power gives his view

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    Real time mapping

    30 March 2007

    Drawing on the detailed graphic rendering of programs such as Google Earth, new mapping tools can illustrate property assets at risk in real time. By Andrew Leslie

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    Understanding IT system failures

    30 March 2007

    The failure of an organisation's IT network can be debilitating, and it is a risk that affects almost all companies, across all industry sectors. By Shaun Cooper