Population: 19,625-million 2) GDP: US$99,325-billion Country rating: C Business climate rating: D Strengths · Large and growing oil production due to offshore development · Diversified economic potential (diamonds, iron, copper, gold, hydroelectricity, agriculture and fishing) · Strong regional influence · International backing Weaknesses · Vulnerability to oil price downturns · Instability of the Cabinda enclave, …. »
Risk Management Articles
Angola – 7,1% GDP Growth in 2011
by Warrick Robertson
Published: November 16th, 2011
Posted in Risk Management
Failure to manage absenteeism costs business
by Dr. Lerato Motshudi
Published: October 14th, 2011 in Cover
Young people and females in particular have the highest work absenteeism rate in South Africa. Assisting over 60 South African organisations manage absenteeism in the workplace has helped us identify some interesting trends in absenteeism in South Africa. Young couples with small children, especially young mothers, are the most likely to be absent from work …. »
Posted in Risk Management
Getting F4F (Fit for Fraud): Doctor Optional!
by Jonathan Le Roux
Published: September 1st, 2011 in Cover
If you have ever been to a doctor or dentist or hospital, you may have experienced a sense of nervousness, discomfort, uncertainty … some call it F.E.A.R. – False Evidence Appearing Real! However you state it – other medical terms call it ‘White Coat Syndrome’ – when you see a white coat, you can go …. »
Posted in Risk Management
Consumer Protection Act will change transporters’ insurance landscape
by Andre du Sart
Published: August 1st, 2011 in Cover
The Consumer Protection Act has a major impact on the way transporters communicate their services to customers and the way their standard trading terms and conditions are drawn to the attention of the customer to ensure they are clearly understood from an insurance perspective. The Act will mean that, in the case of transporters, their …. »
Posted in Risk Management, Short-term
Linking Risk Management and compensation in financial services
by Wayne Savage
Published: July 6th, 2011
With financial regulators devoting a great deal of focus on pay and bonus practices globally – and new rules in this area being proposed in the U.S. – a new survey from Deloitte finds that 37 percent of financial institutions reported that they had completely or substantially incorporated risk management considerations into their overall performance …. »
Posted in Risk Management
Directors and officers run for cover from Companies Act
by Nick Shutte
Published: July 1st, 2011 in Cover
The introduction of the revised Companies Act has sparked off a sharp increase in the appetite among listed and private companies for Directors’ & Officers’ Liability Insurance covers. ‘D&O’ has always been a consideration on the corporate scene, but the introduction of the revised Companies Act and the advent of the King III code of …. »
Posted in Risk Management, Short-term
Business continuity management
by Vanessa Payne
Published: July 1st, 2011 in Cover
Business continuity management: a vital component and solution for organisations operating in the cloud. Disaster recovery preparedness may be an emerging priority, but organisations are rapidly realising the important role of business continuity in the light of natural disasters such as Japanese tsunami and increasing cyber-attacks, data breaches and data centre failures. Organisations operating within …. »
Posted in Risk Management
Business needs risk brokers
by Dean Delport
Published: May 1st, 2011 in Cover
Closing the loop between risk management and commercial insurance Following the global economic recession of 2008/2009 and the natural disasters and political unrest that have plagued Asian and African markets and Australia over the last year, there has seldom been a higher sense of risk awareness – in all markets across the globe. That being …. »
Posted in Risk Management, Short-term
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