All Risk News articles – Page 284
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Interviews
Santiso appointed OECD director
Javier Santiso has been appointed director of OECD’s development centre
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Online onlyTraining not enough to prevent back strain: TUC
The union calls on employers to reduce the weight of objects their employees lift manually
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Online onlyEU toughens up on employment discrimination
Commission sends ‘reasoned opinions’ to 11 member states that have not implemented the Employment Equality Directive
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Online onlyConstruction firms warned over plant theft
NU says around £1m worth of machinery goes missing from construction sites weekly
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Online onlyFSA publishes Financial Risk Outlook
The UK’s financial services regulator warns firms and consumers of the risks inherent in a significantly less benign economic environment
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Online onlyStrong winds, high seas batter UK coast
Coastguard rescue people from two stricken vessels
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Benefits key to attracting retaining staff
Healthy living programmes are the key to lower employee benefit costs, says Benefit Sources & Solutions
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Online onlyWal-Mart buyers launch packaging scorecard
Scorecard designed to help the retailer with its sustainable development goals
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Online onlyLas Vegas hotel fire could have cost insurers $75m
Had the fire started in a guest room losses could have been much worse, says RMS
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Online onlyWorkplace health low priority for businesses: NU
British businesses know the value of workplace health but remain reluctant to invest finds a survey
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Online onlyUK releases 2006 greenhouse gas emissions
Defra publishes final 2006 estimates of UK greenhouse gas emissions.
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Defra confirms Dorset bird flu same as continental strain
The department said the most likely source of the Dorset avian flu outbreak was an infected migratory bird
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Interviews
MMC appoints Duperreault as CEO
Former ACE man, Brian Duperreault, appointed as president and chief executive officer of MMC
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Online onlyFormer DOD employees sentenced for fraud
Two former Department of Defense employees have been sentenced for defrauding taxpayers
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Online onlyInsurance sector overly confident: CMI
New data finds only 47 % of organisations in the insurance sector believe that ‘managing risks’ is a key challenge
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Online only1 in 3 Brits are victims of cybertheft
But complacency remains biggest problem, according to AVG cybercrime survey
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Online onlySocGen staff file legal complaint against bank
An association of shareholders and former employees has initiated legal action against the French bank for its handling of the recent fraud scandal
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Online onlySurvey reveals widespread vulnerability to email outages
Also shows that many companies fail to plan for disaster recovery
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Online onlyLondon hosts BC conference
This year’s Business Continuity Conference 2008 takes place on April 2 and 3 at EXCEL London
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Online onlyMarine insurance: Lower prices, higher risks for 2008
Aon launches annual Marine Insurance Market Review
