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Inflation Considerations for Risk Managers and Insurance Buyers

Risk Management Monitor

In a land of rising costs and rising risks, many business owners may consider protecting their business operations as a continued priority, no matter what happens to cost. Key Action Steps for Risk Managers. It is essential to be proactive when it comes to risk management. This is the time to leverage that trust.

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Book Review: Constructing Risk

Recovery Diva

Reviewed by Donald Watson, editor of the website theOARSlist.com , Organizations Addressing Resilience and Sustainability, editor of Time-Saver Standards for Urban Design (McGraw-Hill 2001), and co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). He has served as consultant for United Nations, U.S.

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Detecting and Confronting Procurement Fraud

Risk Management Monitor

This figure dwarfs other areas such as corporate tax avoidance, where HMRC estimates that $94 billion (£70 billion) was avoided between 2011 and 2015. It is estimated that over $2 trillion (£1.6 trillion) total is lost each year due to procurement fraud, or 4-8% percent of an organization’s procurement spending.

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State of the Nation - a UK Perspective on Covid-19

Emergency Planning

Since the start of the crisis, I have constantly affirmed that the key to understanding the effects of this pandemic is the UK Government's failure to give adequate weight to emergency planning and management (Alexander 2020a, 2020b). Plans were made in the UK in 2006, 2008, 2011 and 2014. The plans were not connected to anything.

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Business, Interrupted: Peeling Back the Layers of Supply Chain Resilience

Castellan

Reflecting on his 20 years managing supply chain marketplaces across multiple industries, Landsman says although organizations often talk about the need to do continuity and resilience planning, the actual momentum behind the follow-through often comes too late. Identifying and Quantifying Risks. Challenges and Looking Forward.

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Book Review: Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management

Recovery Diva

Review of Justice, Equity, and Emergency Management, e dited by Allessandra Jerolleman and William L. Community, Environment and Disaster Risk Management. Review by Donald Watson, co-author with Michele Adams of Design for Flooding: Resilience to Climate Change (Wiley 2011). Emerald Publishing Ltd.

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SIA New Member Profile: Riley

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Riley provides a global security risk management system that streamlines security risk management policy implementation, including duty of care compliance. JA : Riley is a veteran-owned small business that Phil Dwyer and I co-founded in 2011. Augustine, Florida.