All Archive articles – Page 13

  • Archive

    IGSC to develop risk assessment system

    2007-04-10T00:00:00Z

    CEIOPS unveils the 2007 plan of activities for its Insurance Groups Supervision Committee.

  • Archive

    Aon creates largest global risk consulting unit

    2007-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Aon has formed Aon Global Risk Consulting, creating one of the largest risk consulting, captive management and risk engineering groups in the world.

  • Archive

    Marsh adapts to changing risk environment

    2007-04-10T00:00:00Z

    Marsh chief executive Alex Moczarski outlines changes to allow the broker to respond more effectively to the volatile risk environment.

  • Archive

    Risk management application inconsistent

    2007-04-05T00:00:00Z

    Moore Stephens survey reveals inconsistencies in risk management application

  • Features

    Time for Review?

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The news that the recent UK high court judgment in Bartoline Limited v (1) Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance plc & (2) Heath Lambert Ltd (2006) may now be going to the Court of Appeal has created even more uncertainty in an already confused situation. John Cooper and Bob Martin ...

  • Special Reports

    Solutions for pension trustees

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Lucinda Hunn advocates the belt and braces approach of pension trustee liability insurance.

  • Analysis

    New management reports

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The British Standards Institution has published four environmental management reports aimed at industry and government. Each focuses on a topic and looks at its implications for corporate responsibility.- Focus on climate change gives a detailed insight into climate change and explains how legislative policies and tools such as taxation and ...

  • Features

    No weak links

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Behind every large company is a chain of smaller suppliers. And that company is only as strong as the weakest link. Ken Charman explains why the survival of Europe's major companies requires businesses to work together to build effective contingency plans

  • Special Reports

    Legal responsibilities

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Andre Basile explores some of the more worrying aspects of the UK Pensions Act, which he says threatens deals, dealmakers and trustees.

  • Analysis

    Global opportunities

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The likelihood scenarios are computed on probabilities of trends for main risks and opportunities for 2007, and are based on mining the internet and expert analysis over the last year. They show:1. Preventing the escalation of the Israel-Palestine/Arab issue from becoming a wider Middle-East conflict = 82%2. Balancing the country ...

  • Analysis

    People - Discrimination danger

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    UK employers are being urged to beware of breaching discrimination laws when recruiting and employing eastern European workers.Law firm Mace & Jones said that UK employers are increasingly looking to assess their skills as part of the recruitment process. But the firm warned these tests are only legally acceptable if ...

  • Analysis

    Corporate - Protecting NEDs

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Law firm Halliwells has launched what it claims is the UK's first legal risk management product to identify the legal and regulatory risks faced by non-executive directors (NEDs) in the finance sectors.The first stage of Halliwells' Non-Executive Protect is a risk review. Following completion of a questionnaire, specialist lawyers conduct ...

  • Features

    Final straight for corporate killing?

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    It looks as if the proposed UK legislation on corporate killing may at last make it to the statute book. Andrew Stokes provides an update.

  • The Benchmarking Club

    Coping with a crisis

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    How well are organisations geared to coping with catastrophes, crises and incidents? Do they make distinctions in the way they plan for them? Sue Copeman discusses the responses from StrategicRISK's Benchmarking Club

  • Analysis

    Training - prima Risk institute for China

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    The PRMIA Institute has formed a partnership with the RiskChina Research Center and several university programmes in China to launch the PRMIA Institute - China. The focus of the partnership will be the provision of training programmes in China that feature leading international faculty as well as the top faculty ...

  • Special Reports

    Avoiding conflicts

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Being a director and also a trustee of the company's pension scheme means achieving a careful balance, says Mark Duke.

  • Features

    Where America Leads.

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Reza Alexander believes that new US electronic disclosure rules herald a wake up call which will reverberate throughout the rest of the world.

  • Features

    Winning on all fronts

    2007-04-01T00:00:00Z

    Being environmentally friendly and maximising profitability are not mutually exclusive, says Viktor Mann, who believes that his own company has an important story to tell.

  • Archive

    Operational Risk

    2007-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Cary Depel: Starting with the big picture, we have a number of important topics, among which is the impact of Basel II.

  • Archive

    RAPM pivotal to increasing profits

    2007-03-20T00:00:00Z

    Some 90% is risk managers surveyed say their firms are using Risk-Adjusted Performance Measurements, or plan to implement them in the next three years.