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#399 – UNDERSTANDING RISK PROFILE IS IMPORTANT IN INSURANCE RISK DECISIONS – ALEX SIDORENKO

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In 2021, risk team implemented a quantitative risk-based approach to insurance renewals which resulted in reducing the cost of insurance by 60% and improving the quality of coverage across all insurance lines. This approach allowed us to save, or rather pay a fair price for insurance across the globe. Key to success was not to rely on market “best practices”, but on testing various hypotheses in the market and relying on data. Continue reading →

#398 – ARE YOUR BROKERS COSTING THE COMPANY TOO MUCH MONEY – ALEX SIDORENKO

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In 2021, risk team implemented a quantitative risk-based approach to insurance renewals which resulted in reducing the cost of insurance by 60% and improving the quality of coverage across all insurance lines. This approach allowed us to save, or rather pay a fair price for insurance across the globe. Key to success was not to rely on market “best practices”, but on testing various hypotheses in the market and relying on data. Continue reading →

#397 – AUTOMATING RISK MANAGEMENT – ALEX SIDORENKO

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In the last 2 years my team was involved in automating risk management part for investment decision making, vendor accreditation, market risk, tender process, treasury management, credit risk and project management. That’s 8 different software packages selected from dozens of possible options. In this article I wanted to share some important takeaways from our risk management automation. Continue reading →

#394 – WHAT SHOULD AN AWESOME RISK REPORT LOOK LIKE? – ALEX SIDORENKO

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Companies and regulators love reports, disclosures and transparency. And nobody loves risk reporting more than me. Trouble is risk reports are RM1. If we wanted to really make a difference to decision makers we would switch from risk reporting to risk-adjusted performance reporting instead. Risk managers always have a choice: generate own risk reports or use the outputs of risk analysis to improve existing performance and management reports instead. To me the choice is clear. Integrating risk information into existing management reporting is the future. So, what should risk-adjusted performance report look like? Continue reading →

#392 – THREE STEPS TO MAKE YOUR BUSINESS MORE RESILIENT – ALEX SIDORENKO

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In risk management there is a concept that will be useful for any business out there, it is called – EXPECTED LOSSES. This means that certain risks are inevitable and will occur no matter what. Stealing in retail, foreign exchange fluctuations or customer bad debts are all examples of losses that happen all the time. Some companies have more losses, others have less, but no company has zero risk. Continue reading →