All Risk News articles – Page 85
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AnalysisMajor protection gaps in cyber, nat cats and intangible risks continue to challenge insurers
“We have growth in the insurance market, but significant protection gaps remain” says Giulio Terzariol, chief financial officer at AGCS
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AnalysisWhy Alexander Manhke, president of GVNW, is urging insurers, brokers and corporates to share their risk data
Withholding data is “unacceptable” in an era where new and complex risks are emerging thick and fast, says Manhke
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AnalysisAI influences industrial property and Chinese consumer markets
Speaking ahead of the AI workshop, the chair of today’s session, Benedikt Hintze, risk and insurance manager at Georgsmarienhütte Holdings, said: “AI is an important new technology with the potential to change the entire market insurance market.”
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AnalysisNew dimensions in risk
Just before the start of this year’s GVNW symposium, GVNW board member and FERMA’s president-elect spoke to StrategicRISK about how he will aim for the future, with a pinch of digitalisation and an eye to the next generation
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AnalysisClimate-driven extreme weather is threatening old bridges with collapse
The recent collapse of a bridge in Grinton, North Yorkshire, raises lots of questions about how prepared we are for these sorts of risks. Maria Pregnolato, University of Bristol and Elizabeth Lewis, Newcastle University, has this report
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AnalysisWhaley Bridge dam collapse is a wake-up call: concrete infrastructure will not last forever without care
Part of the bridge’s reservoir spillway collapsed after being battered by heavy rainfall this summer, placing the dam at risk of a full collapse. A vital mitigation aid, Mohammad Heidarzadeh, assistant professor in civil and environmental engineering at Brunel University London, takes a closer look at earthfill dam protections
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AnalysisOperative versus redundant risk barriers
We need effective risk barriers, but which ones are truly needed, effective and animate innovation? And, crucially, are there multiple barriers protecting the same element but with different appetites? Adrian Clements, international enterprise risk manager, has this advice
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Analysis6 ERM resources to support strategic planning
We’re fast approaching that time of year when organisations start their strategic planning and Carol Williams –risk management consultant and founder of ERM Insights – reveals her recommended resources
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AnalysisAmazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?
Jos Barlow, Lancaster University and Alexander C. Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University place Amazon fires under the microscope
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AnalysisThe essential ERM toolkit for risk managers
Backed by our #ChangingRisk campaign, we’ve launched a new training programme. This course is first in a series of two. Places are limited, book your place now to avoid disappointment
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AnalysisUsing risk management to influence decisions
Challenge your company’s risk profile, values versus objects, build a risk culture, are some of the outcomes in our risk management training course. This course is the second in a series of two. Places are limited, book your place now to avoid disappointment
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Analysis30 practical steps to implementing ‘Risk Management 2’
Alex Sidorenko outlines a step by step guide to integrating risk management into decision-making, processes and culture – with links to his recommended resources
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Analysis#ChangingRisk Day is coming - Don’t miss out on your place!
Following the overwhelming success of our #ChangingRisk campaign this year, StrategicRISK is pleased to announce we will be hosting #ChangingRisk Day.
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AnalysisDon’t be the next Subway
Global sandwich chain, Subway, has been making headlines for all the wrong reasons recently for franchising infractions. StrategicRISK sat down with industry stalwart, Patrick Smith of Acumen Advisory, to get his thoughts on this risky business model.
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AnalysisHong Kong protests highlight need for political risk focus
With tensions escalating in Hong Kong, StrategicRISK takes a closer look at the issue, advising risk managers to ’review and update their business contingency plans and crisis response protocols now’
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AnalysisLet’s make every decision risk-based
Risk management isn’t about creating risk policies or appetite statements, it is about changing how business decisions are made, says Alex Sidorenko, CEO of Risk Academy. That’s why he has launched Risk Awareness Week, to challenge and change perceptions
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AnalysisThe Cathay Pacific breach: a lesson in managing data protection risks
In June, the aviation industry suffered one of the largest known data breaches in recent history when the personal data of 9.4 million Cathay Pacific passengers was compromised. Mark Parsons, Mark Lin and Byron Phillips from Hogan Lovells in Hong Kong unpick the lessons to be learnt
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AnalysisRisk culture or culture risk?
In this article, Business Olympian Group, director, Gavin Freeman, will try to unpack the meaning of “risk culture” and assess whether the role of risk teams is to measure risk culture or culture risk
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AnalysisWhy gender balance is important in risk management
What can we do to address gender equality in risk management? Maybe it’s a shift into a different approach that will enable more female leaders and improve the service, irrespective of gender, argues risk practitioner, Patrick Aubrey
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AnalysisIP theft costs $600bn a year. Are you prepared?
Almost every country – and company – is grappling with how to deal with the issue of IP theft as we shift increasingly to a knowledge-based economy. EverEdge CEO Paul Adams examines this critical issue for risk managers
