2006 Archive
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December 2006
Opportunities for Competitive Edge in Central and Eastern Europe
An extensive survey of companies in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE)
has revealed a significant mismatch between the risks identified by the
companies as of greatest concern to them and their ability to mitigate
against them.
Download Opportunities for competitive edge in Central and Eastern Europe [PDF]
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December 2006
Buncefield - A Year On
December 11 2006 marked a year since a series of blasts and fires broke out at the Buncefield oil depot in Hertfordshire in the UK. Twelve months on, as an investigation gets underway to establish the cause of another catastrophic blaze and the loss of two lives at one of the UK’s biggest firework importers in East Sussex, Marsh assesses the impact of the Buncefield incident. How have those businesses implicated by Buncefield recovered, and what risk management lessons can all companies, wherever they are located, learn from the incident?
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December 2006
Liability Insurance Buyers Report 2006
Marsh's Liability Insurance Buyers reports are designed to be helpful
to companies interested in finding the most appropriate level of
insurance protection for their business. In particular, our
benchmarking (of over 2,700 firms in Europe) should assist companies to
determine if they are as efficient as their peers, or if closer
scrutiny would reward them with greater value for money, and a clearer
understanding of the overall cost of risk.
Click here to download the Liability Insurance Buyers Report Europe 2006 [PDF]
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2006
Climate Change: Business Risks and Solutions
Climate change - often referred to as "global warming" - is one of the most significant emerging risks facing the world today, presenting huge challenges to the environment and to the world economy. It is also one of the most difficult risks to mitigate. Find out more and download the latest issue of Marsh's Risk Alert - "Climate Change: Business Risks and Solutions" - which looks at the complex global issue from a risk management perspective. [Read More - web link]
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2006
Quantifying Damages After a Catastrophe
Many companies are prepared for the loss measurement process, while others do not have the information or resources to effectively quantify any damages they may suffer, or file claims. A little preparation goes a long way. [Read More - PDF, 190kb]
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2006
Avian Flu - Preparing for a Pandemic
Marsh has prepared the attached paper on the growing risks presented by the H5N1 Flu virus (so called Avian Flu). The document provides information on avian and other past influenza epidemics, offers insights on corporate preparedness and business continuity management, discusses the global consequences of a pandemic and reviews related potential insurance coverage issues. This document is of particular relevance to large global organisations, those in the aviation, health care, education and hospitality industries and those with offices in South East Asia and the Far East. [Read More - PDF, 800kb]
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2006
Buncefield Adviser
The recent series of explosions and fires at the Hertfordshire Oil Storage Terminal at Buncefield, near Hemel Hempstead in the UK, has illustrated once again how disruptive disasters can be. In addition to suffering property damage to offices, factories and warehouses, a range of businesses are currently fighting to minimise Business Interruption (BI) losses – of which some are already severe in nature. [Read More - PDF, 80kb] |
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Research & Publications
