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Guernsey continues to be Europe’s leading destination for captives
Decision to reject Solvency II requirements a boost to island’s standing
Greater training needed to protect against blagging
Poor training to blame for success of “blagging” techniques used by PIs to acquire personal information
Threat to intangible assets likely to increase
Frequency and severity of intangible assets incidents will increase, says JLT
Adoption of cloud computing stifled due to poor risk assessment
Launch of first cloud risk evaluation framework hopes to give businesses a full view of the risks involved
Lloyd's new vision to target emerging markets
New Vision 2025 strategy unveiled by Lloyd’s of London
Infographics
Risk Indicator: Ethics in business
Corporate ethics can be a hard thing to get right. All too often in the business world the desire to make money overrides ethical considerations and employees witnessing misconduct often keep quiet for fear of retaliation
Risk Indicator: The anatomy of a hackSubscription
Millions of emails stolen by hackers from intelligence firm Stratfor are being made public by WikiLeaks. Have you ever wondered how a typical hack works? This is illustrated in SR’s infographic
Risk Indicator: Worst disasters of the past 30 yearsSubscription
Earthquakes are not actually growing more frequent, yet the cost of natural catastrophes hit a new high in 2011 as populations concentrate in cities, as this graphic shows
Risk Indicator: Thailand floodsSubscription
Our infographic shows the scale and severity of last year’s floods in Thailand
Risk Map
Risk Atlas: Healthy obsessionSubscription
While political unrest overseas is topping many firms’ risk agenda, the wellbeing of foreign-posted staff should also be up there
Risk Atlas: Youth unemploymentSubscription
Youth unemployment has reached staggering levels, and disaffected young people can trigger many more risks
Risk Atlas: Political RisksSubscription
A year of unrest has seen uprisings in the Arab world and protests on Europe’s streets
Analysis
French friend or foe?
Berlin is certainly worried about Francois Hollande’s victory, but is this man really a cause for concern or a white knight come to Europe’s rescue?
Iran: risk outlook
Troop deployments are escalating in the Persian Gulf. But while the probability of conflict anytime soon is minimal, economic sanctions are hampering multinational businesses and the long term prospects are anything but rosy
Shale gas: is it all that it’s fracked up to be?
‘Frackers’ were delighted on Tuesday after a report compiled by the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) advised that hydraulic fracturing should resume in the UK
Taming the monster Subscription
Governments’ main answer to continued economic uncertainty seems to be to legislate. But what risk managers really need is a considered approach to the problems rather than political crowd-pleasing
Award Winners 2012
European StrategicRISK Award winners 2012
European risk managers gathered in London to celebrate industry success at the StrategicRISK Awards 2012, sponsored by XL Group
Risk Report 2012
StrategicRISK 2012 Risk Report
StrategicRISK interviewed thirty European risk manager to discover their concerns about global risk and what they are doing to overcome these challenges
This Week's Top Risk
Extraterritorial compliance main barrier to overseas expansion
Costs being incurred from increasing extraterritorial are hampering businesses international growth
Profiles
Born ready
StrategicRISK’s European Risk Manager of the Year 2012 John Ludlow, of InterContinental Hotels, developed his risk management system while rescuing the Toby carvery chain. And it stood him in good stead through the unrest in Egypt during the Arab Spring
Am I insured for that?Subscription
Effective risk management is not just about plants and buildings. There is also crime and other less predictable risks - such as product breakdown liability - to worry about, Scania’s Martin Sijmons believes
Headspace
What's inside your head?
Headspace: Alessandro De FeliceSubscription
Alessandro De Felice of Prysmian fears what today’s economic problems mean for his childrens’ generation
Headspace: Hans LaessoeSubscription
LEGO Systems senior risk director Hans Laessoe says John Lennon was his hero but now takes second place – to his wife
Comment
In my opinion...
Q&A with Magnus Lindkvist
StrategicRISK asks Swedish trendspotter and futurologist, Magnus Lindkvist, about the role of emerging markets and the future of the global economy
Theory & Practice
Practical "how to" advice
How to: Avoid health and safety prosecutionSubscription
Individual prosecutions for health and safety offences are on the rise, so it is more important than ever to ensure that senior managers are fulfilling their duties
Innovate to mitigate effectsSubscription
Glasgow Caledonian University Researchers are studying ways local authorities can reduce austerity risks to vulnerable people
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