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Climate change altering insurers' risk assessment
2013-06-24 12:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Agence France-Presse: Climate change is creating more frequent and more unpredictable extreme weather events, forcing insurers to change how they assess the risk of natural disasters hitting a specific area, the Geneva Association think tank said Monday. "Traditional approaches, which are solely based on analysing historical data, increasingly fail to estimate today's hazard probabilities," the think tank for strategically important insurance and risk management issues, warned in a report. "A paradigm shift from...
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Supply Chain Security Service streamlines risk assessment.
2013-06-20 14:29:16| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Encompassing threat and risk assessment of supply chain security as well as customized supplier verification audits, Supply Chain Verification (VerifEye) helps conserve time and company resources by ensuring organizational policies – business continuity plans, corporate social responsibility, and sustainable business practices – are adhered to. After verification, detailed report highlights areas of non-compliance or under-performance to support effective risk mitigation. This story is related to the following:Supply Chain Management Services
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EFSA Guidance for Environmental Risk Assessment of GM Animals
2013-05-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
EU - New guidance from the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) provides applicants and risk assessors with a clear framework to evaluate the potential adverse effects of living genetically modified (GM) animals on the environment, including those on human and animal health.
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Developing Risk Assessment Standards and Specifications for a Distribution System
2013-05-14 17:11:00| Transmission & Distribution World
By Jerry Bond, Sara Sankowich, Christopher J. Luley This article examines one way that recent and authoritative tree risk assessment standards and best management practices can be systematically incorporated into utility arboriculture. read more
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Canada to introduce security risk assessment system at airports
2013-04-30 01:00:00| Airport Technology
The Canadian Government is planning to introduce a security risk assessment system at airports in the country, which would assist in identifying, analysing and prioritising risks based on threat.
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