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InterviewsCoke sued for cutting strikers health care
500 striking workers in Washington launched a class action after their health plans were cut
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InterviewsAstraZeneca settles with drug users
The company paid £125m to settle about two thirds of seroquel personal injury claims in the US
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Online onlyUS financially unprepared for next catastrophe
Current disaster preparedness plan relies too heavily on retrospective insurance, says lobby
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Online onlyVideographic: Who owns America’s debt?
A dynamic perspective of the major foreign holders of US government debt
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FeaturesA model career
Times are bountiful for the LEGO Group, but it’s not all rosy, explains Hans Læssøe, the company’s head of strategic risk
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Plight of the honeybee
Pesticides, parasites, disease – the growing list of aggressors against the humble honeybee is causing the population to die out and, Emily Miller warns, the ramifi cations will be huge
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FeaturesHow to: Make sure you're ready to face the judges
When Standard & Poor’s added risk management to its credit rating assessment, some doubted it had the credibility to properly judge the discipline. But as a good rating is vital to success, says Nathan Skinner, does your ERM do enough to impress the panel?
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FeaturesWinning treatment
Launching a series of fi rst-hand accounts of practical risk management, Mike Florence, who led AstraZeneca’s programme, explains how the team’s strategy has breathed new life into its respiratory and infl ammatory efforts
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New world order
Corporate multinational property insurance programmes can provide signifi cant cost and control benefi ts – but risk managers should be aware of the potential pitfalls
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InterviewsFood most at risk in Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Africa topped a food security risk index
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GraphicsInfographic: Bank failures since 2008
Hundreds of US banks have failed since the credit crunch climax
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Online onlyGulf leak is worst ever
Officials confirmed that BP’s Gulf oil spill is the world’s worst accidental leak
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Online onlyInsurance costs to increase ‘modestly’ for offshore energy risks
The Gulf spill will not harden the energy market as much as Hurricane Katrina, says Marsh
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FeaturesA lot of hot ash?
Was the blanket ban on air travel caused by the ash cloud less about good risk management and more about an obsession with safety? Nathan Skinner reports
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Online onlyHaiti and Mozambique most vulnerable to natural disasters
Italy, Japan, China, USA, Spain and France rated “high risk”
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Online onlyGulf oil spill: Are nukes the answer?
Nuclear explosions have successfully plugged oil leaks in the past
