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UK Pollution Battle
The Environmental Industries Commission (EIC) has launched a campaign to counter what it calls the 'environmental deregulationists', claiming that scaremongering by polluting industries on the costs o
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Controlling Pension Risk
As closed final salary pension schemes wind down, the emphasis on measuring, managing and controlling the financial risks will grow, according to Watson Wyatt
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Filling the training gap
Identifying and managing risk is increasingly considered a critical management skill and a key element in corporate governance, but few people in leadership roles have specific training in these skill
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Spotlight on Human Rights
Despite the growth in corporate social responsibility reporting, it has never been easy to gauge the impact of multinationals' worldwide social and environmental activities However, a new website aims
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Cat Models and 2004 Hurricanes
Practically all reinsurers and many insurers now use catastrophe models A year like 2004 stress tests the output.
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Record Catastrophe Losses in 2004
Hurricanes in the Caribbean and United States and typhoons in Japan helped to make 2004 a record year for insured losses
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Multinational Action on Catastrophes
The OECD is setting up an international network on financial management of large scale catastrophes
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Atlantic Tsunami Warning System
In response to concerns over catastrophic tsunami in the Atlantic Basin, the US National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) intends to establish a tsunami early warning system in the region
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Business Continuity Lessons from Catastrophes
Four land falling hurricanes and a disastrous tsunami in the Indian Ocean have highlighted, again, the vulnerability of the business systems we have created in the modern world
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Case Studies
Supply Chain Cat Risk Case Study
A multinational pharmaceutical company analysed its exposure to earthquake from essential supply chain components in Japan
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Open Source Catastrophe Risk Models
One way to improve catastrophe models would be to open the black box
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The Threat of Climate Change
Architects are more to blame than sports utility vehicles Insurers can help.
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New Code of Practice to Reduce Tunnel Losses
Expensive tunnel construction losses have resulted in the creation of a risk management based code of practice
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Managing Disaster Risk in Developing Countries
Financial risk transfer mechanisms could break the cycle of shock and recovery from disasters in developing countries
