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WillisWire clean WillisWire williswire@willis.com williswire@willis.com (WillisWire) Willis Group Holdings Up-to-the-Minute Insight on Risk insurance, risk, reinsurance, broker, business, risk management http://blog.willis.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://blog.willis.com TV-G http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/corporate-manslaughter-directors-duties-and-the-meaning-of-neglect/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/corporate-manslaughter-directors-duties-and-the-meaning-of-neglect/#comments Fri, 24 May 2013 07:40:21 +0000 Francis Kean http://blog.willis.com/?p=16077 I posted a blog a little while back on the subject of corporate manslaughter which seemed to provoke a lot of interest not least from the Japanese broadcasters NHK who were researching a documentary on the subject. More recently I …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/corporate-manslaughter-directors-duties-and-the-meaning-of-neglect/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/video-fidelitycrime-cover-in-an-outsourcing-and-work-from-home-world/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/video-fidelitycrime-cover-in-an-outsourcing-and-work-from-home-world/#comments Thu, 23 May 2013 07:41:24 +0000 Colleen McCarthy http://blog.willis.com/?p=16329 I had the chance recently to do a WillisTV report with Steve Leggett, our fidelity/crime insurance leader in North America. He spoke about some of the risks in the evolving work places that might not be covered by the standard …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/video-fidelitycrime-cover-in-an-outsourcing-and-work-from-home-world/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/podcast-avoid-becoming-the-victim-of-fraud/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/podcast-avoid-becoming-the-victim-of-fraud/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 17:05:53 +0000 Nathan Hambrook-Skinner http://blog.willis.com/?p=16343 In the third and final podcast in WillisWire’s series on fraud risk, a panel of leading experts discuss what companies can do to protect themselves from fraud. Christopher Richardson and Steve Caine from Ernst and Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services join …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/podcast-avoid-becoming-the-victim-of-fraud/feed/ 0 fraud,podcast In the third and final podcast in WillisWire’s series on fraud risk, a panel of leading experts discuss what companies can do to protect themselves from fraud. - Christopher Richardson and Steve Caine from Ernst and Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispu... In the third and final podcast in WillisWire’s series on fraud risk, a panel of leading experts discuss what companies can do to protect themselves from fraud. Christopher Richardson and Steve Caine from Ernst and Young’s Fraud Investigation & Dispute Services join Leslie Wright, Executive Director in Willis’ Financial and Executive Risks practice (FINEX) to explain what businesses should do to manage down the risk of fraud. Key highlights from the podcast include: How to identify the most vulnerable areas and focus your efforts to the best effect Set tone at the top Get better at spotting red flags How to set up whistleblowing hotlines   Nathan Hambrook-Skinner clean http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/understanding-flood-insurance/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/understanding-flood-insurance/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 12:45:45 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blog.willis.com/?p=16265 Probably the most devastating, type of water claim is from flooding. Flooding is also probably the most misunderstood of the types of water claims.The reason for the misunderstanding is that floods are not normally covered by most homeowner insurance policies. …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/understanding-flood-insurance/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/aviacao-o-meio-de-transporte-mais-seguro-existente/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/aviacao-o-meio-de-transporte-mais-seguro-existente/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 10:49:53 +0000 Guest Blogger http://blog.willis.com/?p=16273 Atualmente, o Brasil possui a segunda maior frota de aviação geral do mundo, atrás somente dos EUA, que engloba: jatos, turboélices, helicópteros e outras aeronaves de uso particular ou de táxi aéreo. Segundo a Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil (ANAC), …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/aviacao-o-meio-de-transporte-mais-seguro-existente/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/a-timely-reminderbasis-clauses-and-warranties/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/a-timely-reminderbasis-clauses-and-warranties/#comments Wed, 22 May 2013 07:40:40 +0000 Richard Ryan http://blog.willis.com/?p=16027 “Basis” clauses and warranties will always raise questions and helpfully Mr Justice Akenhead clarified the law in a case late last year, namely Genesis Housing Association Limited v Liberty Syndicate Management Limited for and on behalf of Syndicate 4472 at …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/a-timely-reminderbasis-clauses-and-warranties/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/warning-drug-development-may-have-side-effects/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/warning-drug-development-may-have-side-effects/#comments Tue, 21 May 2013 07:30:23 +0000 Steve Schoenberger http://blog.willis.com/?p=15471 Much good comes from the development of pharmaceuticals, biologics and other novel therapeutics. However, as with almost any venture, where there is reward there is the risk of negative side effects. Solid risk management and seasoned judgment will help mitigate …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/warning-drug-development-may-have-side-effects/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/variations-on-piercing-the-corporate-veil/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/variations-on-piercing-the-corporate-veil/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 07:40:34 +0000 Francis Kean http://blog.willis.com/?p=15895 We all know that a company has a separate legal personality and that only in very exceptional cases will the courts be prepared to pierce the corporate veil and look behind it to its owners and managers so as to …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/variations-on-piercing-the-corporate-veil/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/5-financial-stories-you-may-have-missed-the-senator-and-the-onion/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/5-financial-stories-you-may-have-missed-the-senator-and-the-onion/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 15:33:58 +0000 Richard Magrann-Wells http://blog.willis.com/?p=16159 This week: Elizabeth Warren, Lehman, stockbrokers, credit unions, embezzlement , hackers, and The Onion.]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/5-financial-stories-you-may-have-missed-the-senator-and-the-onion/feed/ 0 http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/bangladesh-tragedies-beyond-reputational-risk/ http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/bangladesh-tragedies-beyond-reputational-risk/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 07:30:18 +0000 George Haitsch http://blog.willis.com/?p=16103 The series of tragic events over the past 6 months in the troubled Bangladeshi garment industry truly highlight the need for a thoughtful evaluation of brand risk, public relations strategy, corporate disaster / crisis management planning and flat-out business ethics …]]> http://blog.willis.com/2013/05/bangladesh-tragedies-beyond-reputational-risk/feed/ 0