RISK MANAGEMENT
Head of Research: Walter Stahel
The Risk Management Programme is an integral part of The Geneva Association's dialogue with economic and academic actors in order to emphasise the role of insurance in a modern service economy.
The focus of the Risk Management Programme is to:
■ provide a platform between the insurance community, the engineering and academic communities and policy makers to discuss issues on balancing risks and opportunities;
■ be a facilitator for the Chief Risk Officers (CROs) of The Geneva Association, and CROs in general;
■ foster the use of the tools of risk assessment and risk management in new fields of application, such as policy making;
■ promote the concept of the insurability of risks as the 'natural' borderline between State legislation and the market economy;
■ identify new opportunities for insurers in the emerging sustainability concept in order to enlarge the field of insurable and insured risks;
■ research and illustrate the new risks in the emerging service economy, based on an extended performance responsibility of economic actors.
The main tools to achieve these objectives are:
■ the M.O.R.E. Seminars, open to an expert public — the papers of the seminars are published in the Working Paper series "Etudes et Dossiers";
■ the ART of CROs meetings (Annual Round Table of Chief Risk Officers), open to CROs of The Geneva Association’s members;
■ the Annual CRO Assemblies open to CROs from all insurance companies and related sectors, by invitation.
► Forthcoming: The M.O.R.E. 22 Seminar on The Total Cost of Risk Concept, 18-19 September 2008, Munich
The M.O.R.E. 22-Seminar will try to bring the concept of The Total Cost of Risk as a basis to promote loss prevention to the forefront of the agenda. The seminar is organised in collaboration with Munich Re within the 'M.O.R.E.' - Programme of The Geneva Association. It is open to all experts; participation is limited to 50 people to foster discussions.
► The M.O.R.E. (Management Of Risks in the Economy) seminars of the last 10 years
The Total Cost of Risk – The Risk Cost Iceberg, 22nd M.O.R.E. Seminar, organised jointly with Munich Re, will be held at Munich in September 2008.
The Role and Relevance of Insurance for Manufacturing Industries, 19th M.O.R.E. Seminar, 8-9 November 2004, AXA University, Chateau Suduiraut, France. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 290, January 2005.
Uninsured Risks, 18th M.O.R.E. Seminar, October 2003, Vouliagmeni near Athens, hosted by The Ethniki Insurance Company Athens. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 279, February 2004.
Risks, Vulnerabilities and Exposures in Transport (air, space, sea and land), 17th M.O.R.E. Seminar, 21-22 October 2002, Unterföhring /Munich. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 263, December 2002.
Repercussions of Global Climate Change, and Launching the INTEREST Research Programme, 16th M.O.R.E. Seminar, Venice, 24–25 October 2001. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 252, February 2002.
2K: After the Hype, the Real Story; and The Future of Risk Management, 15th M.O.R.E. Seminar, Munich, 3-4 May 2000. Papers were published in Etudes et Dossiers no. 232, July 2000.
Global Climate Change - Research on RTD Policy in the EU and its Meaning for Insurance, 14th M.O.R.E. Seminar, London, 16-17 September 1999. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 227, November 1999.
Multi-factor Risks, from Risk Management to the Integrated Management of Risks and the Environment, 13th M.O.R.E. Seminar, Hanover, 11-12 June 1998. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 219, September 1998.
The Insurability of Risks on the Information Highway, 12th M.O.R.E. Seminar, Winterthur, 29-30 April 1997. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 210, September 1997.
Contributions by Insurance to Sustainability, 11th M.O.R.E. Seminar, Oslo, 26-27 February 1996. Papers were published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 199, July 1996.
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► The M.O.R.E. Studies of the last 10 years
Vulnerabilities and Criticalities of Technical and Organisational Systems in the New Service Economy, by Andrew Koubatis and Jorge Yerena Schönberger, published in Etudes & Dossiers no. 280, Special Report, March 2004
INTEREST – Insurance, Technological Risks and Emerging Science and Technology Policies – Final Report to the European Commission, Etudes & Dossiers no. 267, March 2003
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► The CROs assemblies, workshops and ART of CROs
The Geneva Association, jointly with its members, is organising of series of regular events to promote the understanding about modern Risk Management in insurance and the role of CROs. This is done through a series of workshops and studies and the iniatives in this area are chaired by Dr Bruno Porro, until January 2005 CRO and Executive Board Member of Swiss Re and since February 2005 Chairman of the CRO Networks of The Geneva Association.
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► The Science Meetings
The Science Meetings were organised together with ISPF, the International Science Policy Foundation, London, from 1987 to 1991. The Science Meetings were discussion workshops with high level scientists that took place in absolute discretion. No written or other records exist except individual notes by participants.
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► The Geneva Papers, special issues on risk management
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► Etudes et Dossiers on risk management of the last 10 years
No. 280, March 2004: Vulnerabilities and Criticalities of Technical and Organisational Systems in the New Service Economy, Special Report, Geneva, March 2004
No. 267, March 2003: INTEREST – Insurance, Technological Risk and Emerging Science and Technology Policies, Final Report
No. 239, March 2001: Report on the State of the Asian-Pacific Risk Management and Insurance – Special Report, by Yan Li, The Geneva Association
No. 238, February 2001: The 7th Conference on Strategic Issues in Insurance, London, October 24–27, 2001
No. 235, November 2000: Vol. II - 27th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Rome, September 18– 20, 2000
No. 234, November 2000: Vol. I - 27th Seminar of the European Group of Risk and Insurance Economists, Rome, September 18–20, 2000
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