Every month, we share interesting articles on our LinkedIn profiles. This month, we read about the relationship between productivity and efficiency, a debate on how banks use digital to become the trusted companies during crisis, why some SMBs are doing very well adopting digital (and why some aren’t), and that if you are still […]
Risk Management, Thought Leadership
Interview: Insurance capacity might soon shrink – and customers need to pick up the slack
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May
May
Mitigating risk through the purchase of insurance is a tried-and-tested method used by organisations. But picture the day when organisations must compete with each other for insurance capacity. This may not be far away. Several different factors in the insurance world are causing capacity to shrink (hence price/premium inflation) and this may create […]
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Apr
Apr
Adopting Salesforce into your organisation is a gamechanger, and it has the history and pedigree to back such a claim. Salesforce is a pioneer of cloud systems and platforms, building these for over 20 years – well before many other big tech names. It’s a dominant player in the digital software services market—matched […]
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Mar
Mar
By Sean Pyott, Managing Director of thryve The new risk report from The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) is their best yet. Part of that credit can go to the experience of releasing seven editions of what has become a definitive and internationally-recognised paper on South Africa. Creating an authentic local […]
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Feb
Feb
“As risk professionals, will you step up and be bold? Step up and be the voice of risk management!” With these words, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) CEO, Thabile Nyaba, launched the 2021 edition of IRMSA’s risk report. Focused on South Africa, the report breaks down the country’s opportunities and […]
10
Feb
Feb
By Sean Pyott, Managing Director of thryve I’m looking forward to reading IRMSA’s new risk report, due later this month. For several years, the IRMSA report has been the primary benchmark for summarising South Africa’s risk – developed because global risk reports don’t provide the nuance we need for a local context. That […]
10
Jan
Jan
Since 2014, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has released an annual report focusing specifically on South Africa’s risk landscape. Soon to appear in its seventh edition, this report is already widely recognised as the definitive view on South Africa’s different risks, how they impact its people and industries, and what […]
10
Dec
Dec
By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve “Never let a good crisis go to waste,” said Winston Churchill, a quote that surfaced numerous times during 2020 – the living embodiment of crisis. I even used the quote in one of my first blogs of the year (Crisis vs Opportunity during the pandemic), though I […]
23
Oct
Oct
By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve Last month, I reflected on the importance of risk managers and why they are in high demand right now. But what about companies – what kind of changes should they undergo to make better use of new risk management practices? It’s an important question because modern risk-management practices […]
29
Sep
Sep
By Sean Pyott, MD of thryve People have been predicting for years that risk management will step from its back-office nook and into the leadership sphere. This prediction gained some traction at the start of this century with integrated risk management (IRM) and Governance, Regulation & Compliance (GRC) technology systems offering greater integration […]
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