Interviews
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Interviews
The strategist: FERMA’s new president has a gameplan to elevate the influence of risk
As Charlotte Hedemark takes up her dream role as FERMA president, she tells StrategicRISK editor Sara Benwell that helping risk managers to professionalise and elevate their strategic influence are key goals.
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The mediator: Cummins’ risk manager Maggie Sun shares how she’s built bridges between risk philosophy and business needs
Maggie Sun has worked hard to embed risk into the DNA of Cummins, China. She spoke to Trevor Treharne about her latest challenge – finding the balance between mitigating risk and accepting that, sometimes, a little risk is a business necessity.
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The historian: Dirk Wegener shares the lessons he’s learnt in over 20 years of risk management
Dirk Wegener is stepping down as president of FERMA. After more than two decades in risk management, he has seen it all. Here he reflects on the world-changing events that altered the way we think about resilience forever.
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Putting science and data behind climate risk management
Bill Bradshaw, operations manager at FM Global talks to StrategicRISK about how the insurer is trying to move the needle on climate risk.
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The influencer: Risk managers must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin
Effective risk management requires strategic collaboration with the board. But this remains easier for some than others. Risk must professionalise, says Typhaine Beaupérin, to be taken seriously.
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FERMA: the industry needs better collaboration to manage cyber threats
European risk and insurance industry calls for greater collaboration on cyber risk, and highlights the need for coordination between all stakeholders on solutions for evolving cyber risks
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Airmic 2023: Julia Graham - risk managers are centre stage in a world of permacrisis
Are we in a state of polycrisis or permacrisis? Either way, it’s an interesting time to head up a risk management association. But Airmic CEO Julia Graham only sees this as an opportunity to spotlight the profession, tackling new and evolving risks with a spirit of collaboration.
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Surviving today’s “poly-crisis”
Not all risks can be managed out of existence and it’s time for insurers to step up
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Ransomware is a ‘potential wrecking ball’ for businesses
Reports suggest that the UK’s Royal Mail has refused to pay its $80m ransom to cybercriminals LockBit
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Born to insure
From a family of insurance experts, Soni Srivastava was destined for a career in the industry
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Kevin Bates: A lesson in Carpe Diem
Risk managers have got to be genuine, authentic and transparent in order to succeed, says Kevin Bates
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Bright young star
Risk managers all love a nice long risk document, right? Not so StarHub’s Nigel Tay. Meet the man bringing on-the-ground collaboration, agile process and even fun to corporate risk management. Trust us, you’ll like him.
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LexisNexis Risk Solutions' director AML global Chrisol Correia on the increased tax scrutiny in FIs
What should financial institutions know about the growing scrutiny over tax evasion?
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Telecom Italia’s head of insurance Paolo Rubini is mitigating the threats of the next technology revolution
Having helped Olivetti move from an analogue IT firm to a high-speed wireless telecoms company, Paolo Rubini explains how he is managing the risks of the next wave of technological changes From analogue technologies to high-speed mobile connectivity, Paolo Rubini has been at the forefront of ...
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How can risk managers promote compliance programmes?
Seth Berman, Stroz Friedberg’s executive managing director and UK head, on the value of compliance programmes
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Five minutes with: data and privacy legal expert Eduardo Ustaran
Hogan Lovells partner and head of European privacy and informaiton practice on data protection, regulation and privacy impact assessments
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Airmic 2014: Is risk changing or is it all in our heads?
The risk landscape is constantly changing making the making the risk manager’s job more complex – or so we think… Geoff Taylor, executive director at Willis Risk Solutions asks, whether change is just a figment of our imagination
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Five minutes with: Chris McGloin
Airmic chairman and Invensys risk management and insurance vice president Chris McGloin says cyber threats are among the top three risks for 2014
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Am I insured for that?
Effective risk management is not just about plants and buildings. There is also crime and other less predictable risks - such as product breakdown liability - to worry about, Scania’s Martin Sijmons believes
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Bribery - the UK law tightens
Even matters such as corporate hospitality need to be scrutinised to avoid penalty