MARSH RISK CONSULTING

When risk becomes reality ... it can throw any business off course, even stop it in its tracks. And because everyone has a stake in its outcome — employees and shareholders, regulators and suppliers, customers and community — everyone wants answers. And they want them now.

Risk consulting
Marsh Risk Consulting (MRC), a business unit of Marsh, is a global consulting practice comprising more than 800 specialists in over 34 countries.
 
MRC is dedicated to providing clients in all industries and all geographies with strategic advice and innovative solutions across a comprehensive range of insurable and non-insurable risks.
 
Our solutions are grouped into the following five areas:
 
  • Financial Advisory, Claims, and Litigation Support 
  • Marsh Business Analytics
  • Property Risk Consulting
  • Strategic Risk Consulting
  • Workforce Strategies
 
Marsh Risk Consulting in the UK and Ireland comprises 69 consultants, operating across the region, with a variety of specialist skills and experience.We assist company boards, executives, operational leaders, and risk managers to meet their business objectives by helping them understand how risk might impact performance, how to reduce the cost of risk and how to monitor and manage risk effectively.

Our understanding across a wide range of issues provides clients with the insights needed to be successful in today’s uncertain economic times and competitive marketplace.

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Property Sustainability
March 13, 2012  |  Views: 797 |  Comments: 0 
Property Sustainability
This paper is intended to stimulate discussion on property sustainability. It introduces key risk issues and provides both a foundation and building blocks for further consideratio...  Read More...
Risk Adviser No. 2 — London 2012 Olympic Games
March 13, 2012  |  Views: 1136 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Risk Adviser No. 2 — London 2012 Olympic Games
With the Olympic Games Torch Relay due to start on 19 May and the games themselves on 27 July, the requirement to have your London 2012 risk management plans in place is now reachi...  Read More...
Preparing for Winter – Client Adviser
November 28, 2011  |  Views: 973 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Preparing for Winter – Client Adviser
Key areas businesses need to focus on to reduce the impact of winter weather conditions.   Read More...
UK Disturbances Update - Claim Notification
August 10, 2011  |  Views: 1265 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
UK Disturbances Update - Claim Notification
This update follows our Adviser of 9 August concerning disturbances in London and other English cities and towns. As events continue to unfold, businesses in the affected areas ar...  Read More...
UK Disturbances
August 09, 2011  |  Views: 1685 |  Comments: 0 
UK Disturbances
In light of major disturbances in several English cities and towns, Marsh has prepared this Adviserto assist clients who have been or might be affected by these recent events. The ...  Read More...
Risk Advisor: London 2012 Olympic Games – one year to go
July 28, 2011  |  Views: 1965 |  Comments: 0 
Risk Advisor: London 2012 Olympic Games – one year to go
The 2012 Olympic Games will have a major impact on many businesses and organisations, whatever their size. Not only are they the world’s greatest global sports event, they also cau...  Read More...
Risk Alert: Grimsvötn Volcanic Eruption
May 24, 2011  |  Views: 1381 |  Comments: 0 
Risk Alert: Grimsvötn Volcanic Eruption
Iceland’s Grimsvötn volcano erupted on Saturday, May 21, generating an ash plume over Iceland and parts of the U.K. and Ireland which could spread to other parts of Europe in the c...  Read More...
Windstorms, Earthquakes, Floods: Using Catastrophe Modeling to Strategic Advantage
May 20, 2011  |  Views: 898 |  Comments: 0 
Windstorms, Earthquakes, Floods: Using Catastrophe Modeling to Strategic Advantage
Listen to the replay of our May 18, 2011, New Reality of Risk Webcast.  Read More...
Risk Alert: Motor Risks
March 13, 2012  |  Views: 329 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Risk Alert: Motor Risks
You probably devote a lot of time and money to managing the safety of your employees at work. Do you manage their work-related road safety in the same way?  Read More...
The Löfstedt Report
November 30, 2011  |  Views: 987 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
The Löfstedt Report
The Löfstedt ReportThe Department for Work & Pensions (DWP) published the Löfstedt report (Reclaiming health and safety for all - an independent review of health and safety legisla...  Read More...
Adviser: PAS 200:2011 - The New Crisis Management Guidance and Good Practice
October 27, 2011  |  Views: 615 |  Comments: 0 
Adviser: PAS 200:2011 - The New Crisis Management Guidance and Good Practice
Crisis management is about developing an ability to respond to an unexpected situation that might affect organisational wellbeing, liquidity and/or reputation and brand. PAS 200:20...  Read More...
Risk Adviser: Cost Recovery for Breaches of Health and Safety Law
August 18, 2011  |  Views: 1022 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Risk Adviser: Cost Recovery for Breaches of Health and Safety Law
On 22 July the Health & Safety Executive (HSE) announced a consultation exercise on proposals to recover their costs of intervention into serious breaches of health and safety law ...  Read More...
UK Disturbances - Policy, Coverage and Claims
August 12, 2011  |  Views: 1276 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
UK Disturbances - Policy, Coverage and Claims
UK Disturbances Update This update follows our Advisers of 9 August and 10 August concerning disturbances in London and other English cities and towns.This latest Adviser includes:...  Read More...
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act — How To Safely Conduct International Business Under Increased Scrutiny
July 06, 2011  |  Views: 1252 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act — How To Safely Conduct International Business Under Increased Scrutiny
On Thursday, June 2 Marsh held a one-hour Webcast, "The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) and the UK Bribery Act — How to safely conduct international business under increased s...  Read More...
Ensuring Global Compliance with Corporate Health, Safety, and Workplace Mandates
June 30, 2011  |  Views: 1157 |  Comments: 0 
Ensuring Global Compliance with Corporate Health, Safety, and Workplace Mandates
On Thursday, June 23 Marsh held a one-hour Webcast: "Ensuring Global Compliance With Corporate Health, Safety, and Workplace Mandates."Marsh Risk Consulting’s Workforce Strategies...  Read More...
Automotive: Supply Chain Disruption
June 08, 2011  |  Views: 593 |  Comments: 0 
Automotive: Supply Chain Disruption
The tsunami-earthquake in Japan has caused tremendous supply chain disruption to the automotive industry. This document provides you with a summary of the risk implications and inf...  Read More...
Risk and the boardroom agenda
June 06, 2011  |  Views: 2819 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Risk and the boardroom agenda
"Risk and the boardroom agenda" explores several specific risk management challenges facing boards of directors today, and proposes practical steps that can be taken to manage such...  Read More...
Webcast Replay - After the Earthquake: Supply Chain Resiliency
May 26, 2011  |  Views: 1647 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Webcast Replay - After the Earthquake: Supply Chain Resiliency
A replay of our New Realilty of Risk Webcast covering supply chain resiliency. The devastating earthquake, tsunami, and nuclear events in Japan were only the latest in a string of ...  Read More...
Managing supply chain resiliency in an increasingly risky world
April 25, 2011  |  Views: 1581 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Managing supply chain resiliency in an increasingly risky world
Although it's tempting to categorize the recent earthquake/tsunami/nuclear catastrophe in Japan as a highly improbable "Black Swan" event, the truth is that organizations operating...  Read More...
Case study: telecommunications
March 10, 2011  |  Views: 1230 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Case study: telecommunications
A telecommunication services provider wanted best practice risk management in areas such as fleet management and health and safety. It also hoped to reduce its insurance premium as...  Read More...
Adviser: Egyptian unrest
February 03, 2011  |  Views: 569 |  Comments: 0 
Adviser: Egyptian unrest
This point-of-view from Marsh Risk Consulting discusses the business implications of recent violent demonstrations in Cairo, Egypt and other major cities.  Read More...
Adviser: Flooding – A business response
January 14, 2011  |  Views: 496 |  Comments: 0 
Adviser: Flooding – A business response
Marsh offers the following advice to organisations who may be affected by flooding. This Adviser is designed to outline a general business continuity and health and safety checklis...  Read More...
Crisis management: minimise the bite of a bedbug incident (Hospitality & Leisure)
January 11, 2011  |  Views: 545 |  Comments: 0 
Crisis management: minimise the bite of a bedbug incident (Hospitality & Leisure)
A fundamental principle of crisis management is to be proactive — anticipate impacts on your hotel, cruise ship, restaurant, or other venue and look ahead. This point of view from ...  Read More...
Case study: major UK broadcaster
October 10, 2010  |  Views: 1147 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Case study: major UK broadcaster
A major UK broadcaster wanted to improve its business continuity management (BCM) by broadening its scope beyond IT disaster recovery.   Read More...
Case study: major electronics company
October 10, 2010  |  Views: 1198 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Case study: major electronics company
A major electronic parts company in the UK needed to understand the exact risk of flooding for one of its most important facilities.   Read More...
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Risk Fusion™
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Risk Fusion™
The volatility in the price of both raw materials and finished goods has long had a highly disruptive effect on the forest products industry. Risk Fusion packages many uncorrelated...  Read More...
Aviation Risk Consulting
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Aviation Risk Consulting
Marsh’s Aviation Risk Advisory Solutions (ARAS) is the specialised risk consulting arm of the Aviation and Aerospace Practice providing global aviation companies with access to uni...  Read More...
Behavioural risk improvement
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Behavioural risk improvement
Safety and quality in the workplace can be improved by better analysing staff behaviour and the systems that support that behaviour.   Read More...
Brand and reputation risk
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Brand and reputation risk
Companies can damage their brand image and reputation in numerous ways: poor service, a drop in product quality, environmental harm and unfair treatment of staff are some of the mo...  Read More...
Business continuity management
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Business continuity management
A range of events can severely disrupt organisations and prevent them from operating normally — terrorism, fire, power outages, natural catastrophes and supply chain breakdowns are...  Read More...
Business interruption insurance
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Business interruption insurance
Losses from Business Interruption (BI) are often far greater than other losses such as property damage.   Read More...
Competition risk
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Competition risk
Any company can easily lose market share because of a failure to properly consider changes in its markets and the actions of competitors.   Read More...
Contractual risk
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Contractual risk
As part of any organisation there will be key contracts in place which are crucial to the ongoing success of the organisation. These contracts may be with a key supplier, investor,...  Read More...
Corporate governance and IPO: managing the challenge
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Corporate governance and IPO: managing the challenge
Since the mid 1990s stock markets around the world, particularly the New York Stock Exchange and the London Stock Exchange have promoted the importance of risk management in protec...  Read More...
Creation of a risk register
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Creation of a risk register
The drivers for creating a risk register are numerous. Historically risk registers have been required as part of Corporate Governance compliance. However, increasingly risk registe...  Read More...
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Torrential Rains Flood Southern China
June 24, 2011  |  Views: 1390 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Torrential Rains Flood Southern China
Torrential rains have hit central and southern China this month, with 13 provinces and municipalities affected, including Zhejiang, Hubei, Jiangxi, Guizhou, and Guangdong.   Read More...
Strong Tornado Causes Major Damage in Joplin, Missouri
May 25, 2011  |  Views: 1453 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Strong Tornado Causes Major Damage in Joplin, Missouri
A strong tornado struck Joplin, Missouri last week, killing more than 100 people and destroying more than 2,000 buildings, according to news reports.  Read More...
Iceland’s Volcano Eruption Poses Potential Property, Supply Chain Risks
May 25, 2011  |  Views: 1391 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Iceland’s Volcano Eruption Poses Potential Property, Supply Chain Risks
Eruption of Iceland’s Grimsvötn volcano, which started on Saturday, appears to have slowed significantly early today, according to news reports.Flights out of the U.K. returned to ...  Read More...
Radiation in Japanese produce raises supply chain issues
March 28, 2011  |  Views: 1304 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Radiation in Japanese produce raises supply chain issues
When food products become compromised management of the event is critical to ensuring the health and safety of consumers and mitigating the impact of product recalls.  Read More...
New food safety modernization act seeks to improve food safety
March 07, 2011  |  Views: 1149 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
New food safety modernization act seeks to improve food safety
The Food and Drug Administration can now conduct risk-based inspections of food processing facilities and require food producers to have food safety plans in place and updated ever...  Read More...
Tropical cyclone Yasi strikes Australia
March 03, 2011  |  Views: 932 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Tropical cyclone Yasi strikes Australia
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology said Yasi poses an extreme threat to life and property, especially between Cairns and Townsville.   Read More...
Strong earthquake causes damage in New Zealand
February 22, 2011  |  Views: 918 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Strong earthquake causes damage in New Zealand
A 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck New Zealand’s third largest city, Christchurch, yesterday, resulting in fatalities and extensive damage to buildings, roads, and water systems, ac...  Read More...
Hospitality & gaming among industries particularly bad hit by bedbug infestation
January 18, 2011  |  Views: 1019 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Hospitality & gaming among industries particularly bad hit by bedbug infestation
The hospitality & gaming industry has been particularly hard hit by the U.S. bedbug infestation that began last year.  Read More...
Strong earthquake strikes Chile, causing minor damage
January 03, 2011  |  Views: 953 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Strong earthquake strikes Chile, causing minor damage
A 7.1 magnitude earthquake struck central Chile yesterday, disrupting power and communications but causing no casualties or serious damage, according to news reports.  Read More...
Proposed U.S. Food Modernization Act passed by U.S. Senate — moves one step closer to reality
December 06, 2010  |  Views: 886 |  Comments: 0  | Article Rating
Proposed U.S. Food Modernization Act passed by U.S. Senate — moves one step closer to reality
With tainted food scares and recalls on the rise in the United States, the passage of the U.S. Senate Food Safety Modernization Act on November 30, 2010 could herald a fundamental ...  Read More...
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April 16, 2012  |  Views: 189
Businesses Need To Learn Lessons From The 2011 Catastrophes
Following the exceptionally severe and prolific catastrophes experienced globally in 2011, organisations now have an opportunity to learn lessons from these events and reduce the a...  Read More...
January 25, 2012  |  Views: 741
Tougher EMEA Commercial Insurance Market Conditions Expected in 2012
Insurance rates for businesses with exposure to natural catastrophe risk and supply chain perils are expected to continue increasing in 2012 across Europe, the Middle East and Afri...  Read More...
January 10, 2012  |  Views: 651
New Russian Liability Law Raises Risks for International Business
Stringent new legislation relating to the management and insurance of plants dealing in hazardous materials in the Russian Federation is set to have far-reaching implications for c...  Read More...
November 15, 2011  |  Views: 809
Energy insurance market sending mixed signals
Excess capacity and continuing competition among insurers mean that buying conditions remain favourable for many energy firms in the final quarter of 2011.   Read More...
September 26, 2011  |  Views: 991
Richard Waterer to Head Marsh Risk Consulting in UK and Ireland
Marsh today announced that it has appointed Richard Waterer as Head of Marsh Risk Consulting (MRC) in the UK and Ireland. Based in London, he will report to Rob DeJonge, Head of MR...  Read More...
June 07, 2011  |  Views: 893
Marsh urges boards to sharpen focus on interconnected risks
London, 7 June, 2011 – Understanding the interconnected nature of the risks their organisations face and adopting a more dynamic approach to risk management should be key prioritie...  Read More...
March 18, 2011  |  Views: 851
Japan earthquake: global supply chains to suffer extensive disruption, aftershocks to global economy expected to unfold slowly
Organisations need to prepare for the possibility of an extended disruption to global supply chains resulting from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan, Marsh warned today. Thousand...  Read More...
October 20, 2010  |  Views: 776
Risk manager’s role becoming more important across the organization, says Marsh’s Moczarski
Southampton, Bermuda, October 20, 2010 – Risk managers are becoming more visible and active across their organizations and are wielding greater influence on strategic decisions, ac...  Read More...
September 29, 2010  |  Views: 701
European companies should take the longer view on risk
London, 29 September 2010 – Europe’s largest companies will need to spend more time and resources over the next year on long-term strategic risk planning to avoid being vulnerable ...  Read More...
September 14, 2010  |  Views: 700
Deal makers return to the table in Asia with heightened focus on risk mitigation
London, 14 September 2010 – Investors in Asia are returning to the merger and acquisition table with a renewed interest in risk mitigation tools such as Warranty & Indemnity Insura...  Read More...
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