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Human Capital and Risk Management: Two Areas that Will Help Your Company Profit During the Economic Recovery
The economic turn-around is inevitable. Planning your firm's human capital and risk management strategies now will help you prepare to profit upon its arrival

Looking back on the events of the past 12 months—auto giants filing for bankruptcy, tax-payer-funded bailouts, unemployment climbing into the double digits—it is difficult to take signs of an economic recovery...

Case Studies
A Customer-Centric Solution Helped a Bank and an Insurance Company Prevail
The global economic tailspin provides banks in Argentina with an opportunity for growth
While today’s economic fluctuations are unprecedented, the world economy is no stranger to market turmoil or stresses in the financial sector. For instance, Argentina experienced one of its worst financial crises in 2001...
A Refreshing Risk Management Strategy
Dr Pepper Snapple Group uses Aon's RiskConsole technology to take charge of its risk management
Millions of people in North America quench their thirst daily with one of the 50 brands of beverages in the portfolio of the Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS). In addition to its flagship Dr Pepper and Snapple brands, the...
Insurance
Managing and Insuring Airline Industry Risk in Turbulent Times
Airlines continue to face big challenges. But risk doesn’t have to ground the industry
The last thing the airline industry wants is a bumpy ride. But that's exactly what's happened in the last decade, as the airline insurance market has experienced major turbulence. In the immediate aftermath of 9/11, for...
Ready or Not? Pandemic Preparedness Can Your Business Avoid a Crisis
Six steps to ensuring that this method of insuring your business pays off
The business climate has undergone dramatic change in the last six months, increasing pressure to cut costs across the board. This is an ideal time for companies to examine whether their existing employee benefit...
Organization Management
Intuition vs. Information: an Operational Risk Assessment
You may trust your instincts, but now is the time to rely on data when assessing organizational risk
Despite the endurance of global economic stresses, a surprising number of risk managers rely on their own intuition and experience rather than external data. Aon’s 2009 Global Risk Management Survey found that out of 551...
Ready or Not? Pandemic Preparedness Can Your Business Avoid a Crisis
Being ready for an unexpected disease outbreak could mean the difference between your business's health and its mortality
It's a simple, yet chilling, question: What would you do if a quarter of your workforce called in sick tomorrow … and the next day, and the next?Given the financial crisis, this question becomes even more imperative—most...
Aon Restructures One Company's Sales Incentive Program, Imbuing the Business With a More Performance-Driven Culture
How Aon is helping one company in China to restructure its sales incentive program and transforming that company's culture to become more performance oriented
The Challenge: A major European manufacturer experienced steadily rising sales during a 10-year period, based on business expansion into China. Indeed, the company had become a major employer, with more than 10,000...
3 Ways Human Resources Can Affect Corporate Responsibility and Integrity
HR leaders can be highly effective in putting businesses on a path toward responsibility and corporate integrity
While there are many contributing factors to the current global financial crisis, there is one that’s purely behavioral: how executives “bet the farm” by taking undue financial risk. Caught up in the excitement of growth,...
Proposed IFRS And IAS Pension Plan Accounting Changes: Watch Out
Pension accounting heats up — here is a worldwide primer for IAS & IFRS changes
At first blush, pension accounting doesn’t appear to be a subject that could raise temperatures. But in speaking to our global experts, it’s hard not to get caught up in the issues. Only one standard will eventually rule...
Research
The Results Are In: Aon's 2009 Global Risk Management Survey
GRM Survey Spotlights the Effects of the Economic Recession on Risk Management Decision-Making
The Global Risk Management Survey conducted by Aon in October and November of 2008 captured the views of more than 550 clients during a worldwide economic downturn. It is now available on aon.com, where you can download...