Aon’s 2013 Global Risk Management Survey report is part of this process, capturing the latest risk trends and priorities facing companies around the world. The report unveiled the top 10 risks now and three years in the future. Conducted in Q4 2012, the web-based survey gathered input from 1,415 respondents — a 47 percent increase [...]
By Marie Gemma Dequae and Jack P. Kruf We contributed to this relevant survey to get a better scope of and insight in what is actually going on within organizations regarding cyber related risks. We know from our members that cyber related risks seem to be under-estimated. The risks can hardly be quantified and measured. [...]
Keys to Understanding the Diversity of Risk Management in a Riskier World Source: FERMA . This 6th Edition of the FERMA Risk Management Benchmarking Survey fits the first strategic objective of FERMA to coordinate, promote and support the development and application of Risk Management in Europe by organising surveys and benchmarks to identify and share current practices. [...]
Source: FERMA Risk management is now on the agenda for top management, the board and shareholders, which clearly support and sponsor the function. This finding comes from what is probably the most representative ever survey of opinion on risk and insurance management in Europe, the 2010 risk management benchmarking survey of the Federation of European [...]
In today’s business environment, conditions remain challenging for many, and risk retains its position high on every organization’s agenda. Source: Ernst & Young In today’s post-downturn economy, a variety of business risks have emerged — and some have become more prominent. From the threat of increased regulation to emerging markets to social responsibility and more, [...]
Source: McKinsey&Company Economic Conditions Snapshot, June 2010: McKinsey Global Survey results “Although economic confidence is clearly shaken, more executives remain positive than negative overall, which likely explains why most expect their companies to continue growing. Although fully ten percentage points fewer now expect consumer demand to grow this year than did so in April—down to [...]
Directorship and Eisner LLP present the results to the inaugural survey, which explores financial and reputational risk and how boards gain insight on new topics of interest to their companies. Source: Directorship ‘With heightened awareness of the need for corporate governance, American boardrooms are immersed in increasingly intense discussions about the issues of risk and [...]
Source: Ernst & Young, partner of PRIMO Europe Information serves as an integral part of most business processes. Organizations cannot survive without information and the supporting systems, third parties and manual activities that collect, derive, process, store and make available the information. Organizations rely on information and, therefore, are at risk when the information is [...]
The impact of the global financial crisis on cities and local public services The ‘Great Recession’ has had a dramatic impact on the financial services sector and other areas of the private sector and highlighted the importance of the role of government at international and national levels in addressing global and systemic risks. But what [...]
Innovation in country Risk Management In the end of 2009, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) conducted a research about Risk Management in multiple OECD countries. The Futures Project on Risk Management Policies aims to assist OECD countries in identifying the challenges of managing risks in the 21st century, and contributing to their [...]
Managing the people side of risk
Companies can create a powerful risk culture without turning the organization upside down. By Alexis Krivkovich and Cindy Levy for McKinsey & Company Insights & Publications Most executives take managing risk quite seriously, the better to avoid the kinds of crises that can destroy value, ruin reputations, and even bring a company down. Especially in the wake [...]
Global Risk Management Survey 2013
Aon’s 2013 Global Risk Management Survey report is part of this process, capturing the latest risk trends and priorities facing companies around the world. The report unveiled the top 10 risks now and three years in the future. Conducted in Q4 2012, the web-based survey gathered input from 1,415 respondents — a 47 percent increase [...]
By Daniel Cressey for Nature “Across the globe, hives of honeybees are dying off in a phenomenon known as colony collapse disorder. Among the proposed culprits are pesticides called neonicotinoids, which are supposed to be less harmful to beneficial insects and mammals than the previous generation of chemicals. Debate over neonicotinoids has become fierce. Conservation groups and [...]
The economic crisis in Spain has led to an increased awareness among senior executives of how risk must be managed globally. Read more > Leer más > (en espagñol) Source: Strategic Risk
A framework in development By Ed Mallens and Jack P. Kruf The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has worked on the ISO 31000 as referential framework for risk management in organizations. The setting has been outlined by ISO very clearly: “Risks affecting organizations can have consequences in terms of economic performance and professional reputation, as [...]
