All Catastrophes articles – Page 5
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Interviews
Lloyds bank appoints people risk director
Sandra Quinn joins from the financial regulator
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Online onlyVideographic: Who owns America’s debt?
A dynamic perspective of the major foreign holders of US government debt
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Features
Not so smart …
Using a mobile phone can be a risky business. But while any link with cancer is still to be proved, there is no doubt about the dangers of driving and using a hand-held and the phones’ vulnerability to security lapses, writes Andrew Leslie
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FeaturesSpecial Report: Property Risk
Robust property risk management practices may call for serious investment in loss protection – but the benefi ts for the corporate bottom line can often more than compensate
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Features
New world order
Corporate multinational property insurance programmes can provide signifi cant cost and control benefi ts – but risk managers should be aware of the potential pitfalls
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Features
Environmental Special Report: Going green is key
The Environmental Liability Directive has brought with it a new urgency to take environment risk seriously. Despite other financial pressures, companies can’t afford to let green issues slip down the priority list
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FeaturesThe first line of defence
The effects of a blaze in a large building or facility go beyond just safety and structural damage, and can be ruinous – to the local infrastructure, economy and environment. But installing sprinkler protection could take businesses out of the line of fi re, says FM Global’s Brendan MacGrath
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Features
Continental shift
The Environmental Liability Directive has been on the agenda for years, but now that it has reached all corners of Europe, multinational organisations no longer have any excuse for turning a blind eye to the consequences of their environmental actions
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Online onlyTrends in the emerging world
Growing emerging market economies offer significant opportunities, says Eurasia Group
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InterviewsFood most at risk in Afghanistan
Afghanistan and Africa topped a food security risk index
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GraphicsInfographic: Bank failures since 2008
Hundreds of US banks have failed since the credit crunch climax
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Online onlySpanish companies ignorant of environmental risk
A survey by a leading insurer finds that half the businesses in Spain don’t have environmental insurance
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Online onlyEmerging risk management still “ineffective”
Oliver Wyman research finds most boards receive emerging risk data infrequently
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Online onlyDeveloping world set to account for 60% of global GDP
Financial crisis has accelerated this long term transformation in the global economy
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Online onlySummer war in the Levant predicted
Tensions between Israel and Lebanon could result in a six week war, according to Exclusive Analysis
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InterviewsLessons from the banking crisis
A case study examining what went wrong at Royal Bank of Scotland
