All Strategic Risk Global articles in September 2008 – Page 4

  • Online only

    UK grants £67m for cutting freight emissions

    2008-09-12T12:32:00Z

    Government backs programmes to help industry improve efficiency

  • Analysis

    Technology and assigning blame

    2008-09-11T16:47:00Z

    Dave Fisher explains that in order to reduce and remediate risk, an electronic audit trail is needed to compliment safe computing guidelines

  • Analysis

    EU proposing green procurement for public authorities

    2008-09-11T13:49:00Z

    The Commission wants to use its spending power to push the development of greener products

  • Analysis

    Procurement – allies or adversaries?

    2008-09-11T13:44:00Z

    What does the growing involvement of procurement in buying insurance mean for risk managers?

  • Analysis

    Of the essence

    2008-09-11T13:34:00Z

    What does subprime say about banks’ risk management?

  • Online only

    Fed bails out Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac

    2008-09-08T10:31:00Z

    The Treasury said it would buy as much as $200bn in preferred stock in the mortgage companies

  • Features

    Strike!

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    With economic slowdown and rising inflation, the spectre of industrial unrest rears its head as trades unions seek to protect their members’ standard of living, while employers attempt to cut costs. What can you do about this risk?

  • Analysis

    UK’s top risks

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The Cabinet Office's National Risk Register lays out the main threats to the country but offers little in the way of solutions

  • Features

    The new risk management landscape

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    As risk management becomes a boardroom issue, risk managers face new challenges, say Simon Perry and Geraldine Rutter

  • Features

    More than just good PR

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Operating in politically and socially volatile regions need not be a potential recipe for disaster. Mike Penrose gives some guidelines for a strategy that will benefit both your business and the local community

  • Analysis

    Present and future insurance risks

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Insurance lawyers hosted a conference looking at the latest risk trends

  • Features

    Forgotten, but not gone?

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    When cases of bird flu were widespread in 2005 and 2006, the risk of a worldwide human influenza pandemic was taken as a serious threat. While the threat has not receded, European companies may have let down their guard, says Graham Buck

  • Features

    See no evil

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Is Google as squeaky clean as its users like to think? Lee Coppack considers privacy and trust, and looks at the risks that may lie in wait for the world’s favourite search engine

  • Features

    Risk engineering

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    In a competitive environment, preventing loss is vital. Nathan Skinner garners the thoughts of five risk managers on the subject

  • Features

    Hans Gorrée and Peter A den Dekker

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Two dutch risk management greats talk about what has changed in risk management over their lifetimes

  • Features

    The class war

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    Nathan Skinner tracks the latest developments in European legislation towards evolving a US-style system of collective redress

  • AIRMIC Portfolio

    Claims handling index

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    The first draft of AIRMIC's guide for insurance buyers on evaluating insurers' claims handling performance will be ready in October for discussion at a special convention

  • Features

    The fight against money laundering

    2008-09-01T00:00:00Z

    ‘Pre-wash, wash and spin-dry’ are the cycles that apply to a washing machine and to money laundering. It may appear odd to compare the two but they reflect a reality based in law and in history, explains Charlotte Gaudin