Risk & Insurance

A DEFINING MOMENT   By Anita Hawser   Global Finance presents the winners of its awards for the World’s Best Islamic Financial Insititutions 2013.   With Islamic banking assets predicted to pass the $1.1 trillion mark in 2012 and Islamic ...

ODD MAN OUT   By Dan Keeler   One of the few frontier markets to adopt the euro, Estonia has proved to be a beacon of hope in a region of uncertainty.   Estonia is on a healthy trajectory. Economic ...

BUILDING IN RESILIENCE   By Karen Kroll   Creating a flexible, robust supply chain is key to reducing the likelihood and potential impact of disruptions.   Effectively managing supply chain risk, while always important, is becoming increasingly critical. Companies are ...

PROTECTING THE BALANCE SHEET   By Paula Green   Companies using trade credit insurance to secure their bottom lines are finding a marketplace with ample capacity, expanding terms—and even new players.   Photo Credits: IGOR PLOTNIKOV / Shutterstock.com Trade credit ...

SEEKING CONSISTENCY   By Paula Green   Multinationals struggle to manage business risks—such as political, reputational and tax risks—and insurance issues, as they expand their emerging markets footprint. And some of those risks are on the rise.   Ace Hardware ...

SHARING RISK     By Anita Hawser Takaful insurance markets are growing steadily in the Gulf, but the regulatory framework is still developing in some countries.   Taking out car, property or life insurance is second nature in the West, ...

MOUNTING PERILS   By Al Modugno   Global executive risks are mushrooming in the midst of charges around Libor rate fixing and an explosion of M&A legal suits.   The Libor scandal involving rate-rigging has triggered widespread investigations of major ...

AUTOMATIC RESPONSE   By Paula Green   Recent natural disasters have shown that in times of crisis, having a robust crisis management plan that kicks in automatically—and a team to implement it—can make all the difference when it comes to ...

THE POLLUTER PAYS   By Dave Lenckus   As regulators strengthen legislation, pollution insurance is ever-more essential.   Many global companies still see pollution regulation as more bark than bite. But many of the world’s major economies are toughening their ...

STUMBLING OFF THE BLOCKS   By Dave Lenckus   Investors are piling into rapidly growing markets such as Brazil and Argentina. Financing risk in such markets can be fraught with difficulty, but insurance options are available.   Economic data shows ...

RISKY BUSINESS   By Alfred Modugno   Global Finance presents the winners of its Best Global Risk Management Providers 2012 Awards, incorporating our Best Global Insurers and Best Derivatives Providers Awards.   There is no question the world has become ...

STAYING NIMBLE   By Kathryn Tully   Of Global Finance ’s derivatives exchange awards, IntercontinentalExchange has won the achievement award four times out of five, while NYSE Euronext, the European Climate Exchange, Eurex and the Chicago Board Options Exchange have ...

MILESTONES: GLOBAL   By Joel Kranc   In the wake of the Great Recession, the G20 nations tasked themselves with creating stronger regulatory guidelines for the banking sector that would, hopefully, prevent future meltdowns like the one seen in 2007-2008. Part ...

LEARNING TO LIKE VANILLA   By Gordon Platt   Global Finance presents its annual awards highlighting the best global derivatives providers.   Reform and regulation of the derivatives markets is having a major impact on the functioning of the industry ...

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED   By Paula Green   Recent natural disasters in Japan and Thailand highlight the need for companies to insure against business interruption.   Photo Credits: RUCHOS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM About the only sure thing risk managers and their insurers ...

Treasurers will need to get their security message out quickly, according to the findings of a new survey out by Treasury Strategies and Fundtech. The survey, polling treasurers at over 200 global corporates, looked at demand for multichannel—meaning desktop, tablet ...

Security is never far from the lips when any new technology developments arise, and technology developments were, as always, at the heart of many a discussion a the AFP conference. It was the message of a presentation led by Aaron ...

KEEPING RISK IN CHECK   By Paula Green   Political risk insurance is of increasing interest as unstable geopolitical conditions affect corporate operations.   Expect the unexpected. That is what corporate risk officers worldwide have taken away from the unforeseen ...

RISKY VISION   By Rebecca Brace   Global Finance surveyed Who's Who honorees about the issues that keep them awake at night.   Risk was the overriding theme of the 2012 Global Finance Who's Who in Treasury & Cash Management ...

COVER UP   By Paula Green   Insuring against cyber risks is stoking the imaginations of insurance companies as the risks to multinationals expand. However, companies should check what policies cover them for.   Cyber risks are increasingly edging their ...