All Risk Assessment articles
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AnalysisNew model combines tsunami loss information with earthquake-shaking damage output
Willis Re’s Japan Tsunami Model aims to help risk managers quantify and manage risk from extreme events, where historically losses have been little understood
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AnalysisGlobal financial systems ignore extreme weather risks
Exposures to extreme weather are not being factored into valuations and assessments by creditors and investors at the cost of billions of dollars
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Online onlyRMS updates flood and earthquake models
More details on UK inland flood risk and earthquake risk for Western Europe
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Online onlyOil firms face increased risk from state intervention
Global oil supplies are under threat, according to Aon
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Online onlyFitch publishes new ratings methodology
Move follows August draft of criteria for Insurance-Linked Securities
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AnalysisSFO employs security advisor
The Serious Fraud Office’s digital forensics unit has appointed a consultant to bolster its digital forensics capability and assess network security
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Online onlyRMS educates 100 catastrophe risk analysts
One hundred RMS analysts have earned CCRA certification through its education programmes
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AnalysisRisk management down under
Governance, compliance and emerging risks are top of the agenda at an annual conference for Australian risk managers, Jean-Paul Louisot reports
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Online onlyFEMA warns western States of increased flood risk due to wildfires
Charred ground cannot easily absorb water
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Interviews
Skill shortages still apparent in UK labour market
KPMG says the availability of candidates to fill UK job vacancies deteriorated again in October
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Online onlyPolitical and security risk in emerging markets threatens business stability: Survey
Survey finds that 57% of emerging markets are at medium political risk or above
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Risk Integrated introduces new testing service for Basel II compliance
Profitability analysis program allows banks to compare existing risk assessment methods with enhanced analytics and cashflow simulation, says consultancy
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Carvill issues update on California wildfires
There is little or no precipitation on the horizon for Southern California for at least another seven days
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OSHA issues new combustible dust instruction
Instruction details OSHA policies and procedures for inspecting workplaces that handle combustible dusts
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Online onlyNew risk management approach for motor fleets
Brit launches web based risk management tool with support and advice function
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New product interrogates fleet-related risks
New corporate risk product provides strategic and operational enterprise-wide fleet risk analysis
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Online onlyRoyal Society launches consultation on NanoCode for business
The aim of the NanoCode is to establish an international consensus on what constitutes good practice
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Virginia Tech awarded more than $960,000 risk grant
Grant will support ongoing recovery and risk assessment work
