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The rise of drones – what’s the risk?

In July, the government announced a consultation on proposed policies governing the use of drones. Any subsequent draft Drone Bill could cover… More

14 September 2018

With the government continuing to search for new, more efficient methods of working, its transformation programmes are often highly ambitious and reliant on both working online and implementing new technology. However, in… More

Talking with risk practitioners in the space industry about how their industry takes and manages risk is always invigorating and a terrific learning experience. Many of the approaches and solutions learned from… More

In April this year, the IRM’s Internal Model Industry Forum (IMIF) released a report which outlined how insurance companies can factor operational risk into their insurance purchasing decisions – and many of… More

The IRM has published a guide to help risk managers navigate the newly revised ISO 31000 standard –A risk practitioner’s guide to ISO 31000: 2018. The overhaul of the standard was released at… More

Organisations and individuals could do more to improve their gender diversity – and in doing so potentially benefit their business – according to attendees at the IRM’s ‘Women in risk’ roundtable event… More

In this interconnected and increasingly digitised world, many (indeed, perhaps most) risks and uncertainties that we contend with cannot be evaluated and managed in isolation. Common features of interconnected risks and uncertainties… More

The first flurry of predictions for 2018 are beginning to drift in. While technology disruption, natural disasters and cyber risk are all near the top of most lists published so far, risk… More

If you think there is a typical day in risk management, then think again. Risk managers come in all shapes and sizes as IRM's two recent case studies show. Abhishek Paul, associate vice… More

The IRM’s retiring technical director Paul Hopkin reflects on over four decades of work and thought in the risk management profession After a career in risk management of more than 40 years,… More