When bossess tell employees they have to travel to dangerous locations — effectively asking them to put their company’s profits ahead of personal safety — workers are increasingly saying thanks, but no thanks. According to a new report by the insurer Chubb, nearly one-fourth of people surveyed would refuse to go on a business trip to [...]
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Using ERM to assess cyber risk If you read the news in 2011, it should be no surprise that data is more vulnerable than ever. The threats are growing more sophisticated by the day and the fallout if you suffer a data breach can cost a fortune. Risk managers need to take a more active role [...]
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Risk has changed immeasurably over the past few decades. Anyone who has been trying to manage it knows that. Yesterday, speaking at the World Captive, Willis CEO and Chairman Joe Plumeri highlighted this phenomenon — and how it is making the jobs of risk managers that much harder. “Traditional property/casualty risks endure,” said Plumeri, “but [...]
By now, we have seen it so many times: a company faces a crisis that was created entirely through social media. There are certainly many activist campaigns launched through Facebook, Twitter and blogs that bring negative attention to companies. But what really makes the most headlines is when companies bring a fiasco upon themselves. We’ve [...]
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