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Risk management still absent from the boardroom

A survey by insurance broker Marsh UK finds only 30% of risk managers believe risk management is consistently taken into account by company directors in Europe. Another 22% say it rarely or never happens.

Asked how they measure the value of risk management, 35% say it is measured by the impact on “cost of risk” while 25% ascribe the value to reduced incidents or losses.

Some 5% specifically cited reduced insurance premiums.

Marsh’s Risk Advisory Group Leader Eddie McLaughlin says the research shows risk management “has some way to go” before achieving full recognition in the boardroom.