All Europe articles – Page 5
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NewsGVNW Symposium 2018: breaking news from day 1 of the conference
A round-up of the latest news (in German language) from this year’s GVNW Symposium, including exclusive interviews with Swiss Re’s Martin Weymann and a special Risk Innovation report on Germany’s most cutting-edge industries
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The top three emerging risks for corporates
Speaking exclusively to StrategicRISK ahead of tomorrow’s emerging risk panel, Swiss Re’s Martin Weymann warns of the more prominent threats to beware of
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Risk innovation: Germany, part 2 – new era heralds new risks
Often seen as a bit of a laggard in the race for automation, Germany’s construction and engineering industry is making up for lost time
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Risk innovation: Germany, part 1: Germany’s economy – on an upward trajectory
While Germany is set to maintain its growth in 2018, the spectre of a hard Brexit, rising protectionism and US tariffs could dampen the economy’s potential
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Behind GVNW’s board, part 2: Hans Jörg Schill – living on the edge
From free climbing in France to abolishing two cartels, Fraport Airport’s insurance manager, Hans Schill, certainly lives on the dangerous side . He reveals more in the second installment of our quickfire Q As with the board
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Behind GVNW’s board, part 1: Mathieas Kohl – “Sometimes it is worth taking big risks”
It is not all about hard work. In the first of series of five quickfire interviews, we get inside the heads of GVNW’s board and present the ‘fun’ side behind the minds behind the German Association. Mathieas Kohl, head of insurance at medical and safety technology company, Drägerwerk, gives our ...
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The top risk management lessons from the 2018 FIFA World Cup
Corruption, hooliganism, terrorism, cyber attacks, and robbery were risk-managed so tightly that no such incidents occurred. So how did the authorities achieve this?
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Part three: Building resilience in the Fourth Industrial Revolution
In the final part of our series, risk specialist Warren Black explains how organsations can embed a systemic sense of resilience
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The very real threat of fake news
So-called ‘alternative facts’ in today’s online world reach many quickly and can ruin the reputations of those in the firing line. Risk managers must be primed to shut down bad buzz before it has chance to spread.
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Inside Greenyard Frozen: the listeria outbreak
Aldi, Lidl, Iceland, Sainsbury’s, Tesco and Waitrose have had to recall thousands of frozen foods after harmful bacteria was found in products they sold. Such recalls can result in tumbling share prices or total collapse. Here’s what can be done to minimise the threats
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Are heat maps a blessing or a curse?
Ordinary risk heat maps are of limited help for management to steer the company. We need new concepts says Chris Schwager, managing director SRI Strategic Risk Institute
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What would be the ideal indicator/parameter to measure your ERM maturity?
Many organisations look for some metric of maturity of their ERM program to show how well they are performing, and potentially where and how they can improve, Hans Læssøe, principal consultant at AKTUS and former risk manager of Lego explains.
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Part one: Building resilience in the fourth industrial revolution
In the first of our three-part series, risk specialist Warren Black tells us why risk management in the modern age is harder than at any other time in history.
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Part two: Building resilience in the fourth industrial revolution
Organisational risk frameworks aspire to help their organisations become intelligently responsive to the highly disruptive forces which emerge out of complex working systems, but what does this mean for risk managers? Risk specialist, Warren Black explains.
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Rising global temperatures forecast to hit emerging market exports and power supplies
While Europe is gripped by a heatwave, it remains the region most insulated from the economic impacts of rising heat stress
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JLT plans for challenges of a no-deal Brexit
JLT chief executive Dominic Burke highlights preparing for Brexit as a challenge for the second half of the year
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GDPR and policyholder security on the blockchain
With General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) in effect since May, regulators have clamped down on how organisations use and store customer data, writes Bundeep Singh Rangar, PremFina chief executive.
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Risk-managing renewable energy projects: what Hurricane Maria taught us
Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico’s worst natural disaster on record, highlights the impact major natural catastrophes can have on renewable energy projects and what can be learnt
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Could energy storage resolve grid volatility?
As power grids seek to adapt to the transition to renewable power generation, energy storage solutions, including battery storage, gas peaking plants and hydroelectricity, are touted as one solution to grid volatility
