Bryan’s Blog

Bryan’s Blog: Why Use Work Breakdown Structures and Process Flow Diagrams as Risk Tools

There are many disciplines that can learn from risk management and quid pro quo, risk management can learn from other disciplines. Project management and process engineering are two disciplines that have delivered tools that I find extremely useful – Work Breakdown Structures (WBS) and Process Flow Diagrams (PFDs). Below are a number of internet references

Bryan’s Blog: Risk management for managing complexity

Went to an RMIA breakfast this morning titled “Adapt or miss the boat”. Great talk on managing complexity and how risk management is the solution – and the guest speaker, David Burgess of Inform Consulting isn’t even a full blown risk management consultant.  Read on for my three main takeaways from the session: More and

Bryan’s Blog: A solution for a national catastrophe pool

What don’t the Queensland floods and the Christchurch earthquake have in common? Well besides the obvious flood vs earthquake, there are lots of glaring dissimilarities in terms of government risk financing for catastrophic events. New Zealand has the Earthquake Commission (EQC) which pays for damage for losses on residential properties from earthquake, natural landslip, volcanic,

Risk Leadership and how to be heard – the importance of appearance

More research that suggests our appearance is a key factor in our ability to influence others – this one is specific to women – blondes vs brunettes in fact. My December newsletter was on Risk Leadership and how to be heard at the top.  In it I did not mention the importance of your appearance,

Bryan’s Blog: Providing Indemnities in Contracts

Last week I ran a training course on Liabilities, Indemnities, Warranties and Insurance.  The most important lesson I learned (I always like to learn when training!) is the incredible breadth of expertise required to cover this topic. I had senior legal counsels, senior insurance buyers and senior risk managers on the course as well as