All Liabilities articles – Page 57

  • Features

    Time to Deliver

    2001-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Sue Copeman previews this year's Institute of Risk Management annual conference.

  • Features

    New markets, different rules

    2001-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Having a website may mean you can sell widgets to customers in Outer Mongolia - but do you really want to? David Smellie and Paula Lennon outline the dangers and how to avoid them.

  • Features

    Railtrack: Governance under Pressure

    2001-09-26T00:00:00Z

    Lee Coppack discusses whether Railtrack's failure to manage safety risks and maintain shareholder value could have been avoided.

  • Features

    Government-sponsored litigation

    2001-09-26T00:00:00Z

    US state and city governments are becoming increasingly formidable, and willing, plaintiffs, says Christopher C. Iliff.

  • Features

    Who's the next target?

    2001-06-29T00:00:00Z

    In early April, Morley Fund Management, which manages £100bn in assets, announced that from now on it will vote against the annual accounts of the FTSE 100 companies

  • Features

    The blame game

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The Blame Game is alive and flourishing in the UK, as employees follow the US trend and become increasingly litigious.

  • Features

    Don't jeopardise your brand

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Every organisation with an identity has a brand that it must manage and protect in order to survive and prosper.

  • Features

    Deadly cost of driving

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    Ten people are killed and 1,000 more are injured on Britain’s roads every day.

  • Features

    Crisis management teams, who needs them?

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    The more disturbing the situation, the stronger the urge to take refuge in familiar procedures.

  • Features

    Reassessing longtail exposures

    2001-06-18T00:00:00Z

    A recent court decision will cause some companies to reassess their liabilities where past operations have exposed their employees and others to asbestos.

  • AIRMIC Portfolio

    Halon replacement on course

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    Most British companies are on course with phasing halon in fire extinguishers, according to an AIRMIC survey.

  • Features

    Don't knock lightly

    2001-06-15T00:00:00Z

    The cost of media campaigns is enormous, and having to abort one is a disaster.

  • Features

    Bare minimum

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The Government has asked industry to suggest new ways to take the risk out of pension funding. Adrian Leonard explores he alternatives.

  • Features

    Blowing the whistle

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Frank Heinrich-Jones looks at the effects of the Public Interest Disclosure Act.

  • Features

    Brandrisk.com

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Mia Pandey discusses how established brands have managed their risk when moving to the on-line environment.

  • Features

    Fat cats on a diet?

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Executive pay is an emotive issue. You need to keep both your directors and your shareholders happy. This may mean questioning traditional packages, warns Peter Brown.

  • Analysis

    CBI criticises new rules

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    The CBI has expressed strong concerns over some aspects of new European discrimination laws.

  • Features

    Don't risk employee claims

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Increasing complex employment legislation, coupled with broad definitions of "workers" and high awards, are putting pressure on companies. Who would be an employer? asks Rachel Dineley.

  • Analysis

    Regulating communications

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    A recent UK government White Paper sets out its policy for the future of the country's communications and media.

  • Features

    Competing fairly

    2001-06-14T00:00:00Z

    Competition liability is a growing risk. Can insurance help? Nick Stanbury lays out the ground rules.