Emerging risks, are you prepared?
Risks that were hardly reported just a few years ago are being increasingly brought to the attention of insurance underwriters, brokers...
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Johnny Thomson
- Apr 24
Behavioural Risk Management: Is it time to reflect on how irrational we can be?
Are you an overly confident wheel spinner or a short-sighted detective? In a world in which we increasingly have access to data insights...
Alan Roper
- Jul 28, 2023
How secure is your password and will you always need one?
For most of us, password security is the most visible line of defence when it comes to protecting sensitive information. With the rising...
Johnny Thomson
- Jul 27, 2023
What’s the most ‘challenging’ risk requirement?
Despite being relatively simple to implement, permits to work relating to hot works present the greatest challenge when it comes to...
Johnny Thomson
- May 1, 2023
5 crisis communication animals you should be like
Good crisis communication strategies can save organisations from ruined reputations and business failures. RiskSTOP's Johnny Thomson...
RiskSTOP
- Jan 30, 2023
Value through risk management is about the bigger picture
There's more to insurance risk management than hazard identification and control. It's often also about evaluation, expert negotiation...
Danny Lillington
- Jan 26, 2022
Greenwashing: Does it represent a moral hazard? Welcoming the Green Claims Code
Danny Lillington looks at the recent introduction of a Green Claims Code and asks is it now time to take greenwashing as seriously as we...
Nigel Raywood
- Nov 11, 2021
Meeting insurance industry net-zero goal requires big change in risk management mindset
RiskACUMEN's Nigel Raywood highlights how underwriters, brokers, risk managers and subject-matter-experts will need to come together and...
Dave Reynolds
- May 20, 2021
Are we seeing the wood for the trees? The importance of balancing risks when greening our cities
A need for sustainability is driving future cityscapes that are significantly more ‘green’. Architects are increasingly incorporating...
Nigel Raywood
- Apr 30, 2021
Can you ask employees if they’ve been vaccinated? Can employers require employees to be vaccinated?
With more than half of the UK population already vaccinated against Covid-19, questions are emerging around what information employers...
Nigel Raywood
- Mar 16, 2021
Is insurance missing out on the value of near-misses?
Near-misses are a useful indicator of an incident about to happen. However, insurers usually only ever hear about the real misses!...
RiskSTOP
- Feb 27, 2021
Are heatwaves the next big thing we’re not thinking enough about?
In 2020 a significant threat passed by almost unnoticed, due in part to the distraction of the Covid-19 crisis. However, what we...
Dave Reynolds
- Jan 25, 2021
Is timber construction really all that bad?
The use of timber in building projects is on the way up and so a big question now facing insurers is, what does this mean for fire safety?
RiskSTOP
- Sep 24, 2020
Computational fluid dynamics and fire risk assessment
How often have risk engineers surveyed the same site for underwriters or brokers and produced significantly different fire scenarios?
RiskSTOP
- Jul 6, 2020
Covid-19 return to work checklist
As businesses and other organisations across the UK cautiously reopen and people return to work, the prevention of a second wave of...
RiskSTOP
- May 5, 2020
Covid-19 and employers’ liability risks
With home-working becoming the norm rather than the exception and the provision of PPE suddenly a universal issue, the Covid-19 crisis is...
RiskSTOP
- Apr 6, 2020
Free guide to protecting mothballed premises
The Government has ordered an extensive list of different kinds of businesses and venues in the UK to close due to the Coronavirus...
RiskSTOP
- Feb 10, 2020
Not all ‘green’ properties are good!
The illegal cultivation of cannabis in the UK has become a significant threat to properties following an explosion in the number of...
RiskSTOP
- Nov 21, 2019
Soon may be the winter of our discontent
RiskSTOP Risk Management Consultant Nicola Seneviratne offers 19 risk management tips to help keep the property claims away this winter…...
RiskSTOP
- Aug 7, 2019
What will it take to wake up to this sprinkler fiasco?
RiskSTOP Director Trevor Smith questions whether lessons have been learned from Grenfell… With the benefit of hindsight! It’s a phrase...
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