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Women's Equality Week Q&A With Marcia McNutt
For the entire week, we are celebrating prominent female figures in science and science policy to recognize Women's Equality Day on 26 August. Today, we are excited to highlight Marcia McNutt, the current Editor-in-Chief of Science and nominee to become the first ever female President of the National Academies. McNutt received her BA in Physics from Colorado College and PhD in Earth Science from the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. What is an …
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Even April showers couldn't keep American Geophysical Union (AGU) scientists away from the first-ever AGU-only Congressional Visits Day in Washington, D. C., on 13–14 April. Twenty scientists, from nine states whose legislators play leadership roles on science and funding committees, were invited to meet with lawmakers and describe the positive impacts of federal research funding on American jobs, infrastructure, and quality of life. The states represented were Alabama, Alaska, Colorado, …
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This blog post was written by Annie Putman, a Ph.D. student in the Geology and Geophysics Department at the University of Utah. Once the excitement of receiving my acceptance from AGU to attend the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Catalyzing Advocacy in Science and Engineering (CASE) Workshop in Washington subsided, I faced up to the next hurdle: a trip to the mall to supplement the flannels in my …
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January 26, 2015
The State of the Climate, According to Obama
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January 15, 2015
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January 12, 2015
Top 5 Science Policy Stories of 2014
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Those ubiquitous Hollywood insiders can't seem to agree on just what is going on with rumored new squeezes George Clooney and Stacy Keibler.
On Sunday, Us Weekly spotted the leggy former pro wrestler turned "Dancing With the Stars" hoofer driving through the gates of the commitment-avoiding Oscar winner's Los Angeles-area home.
Come Monday morning, she was apparently still there.
"It's more than just a fling," a source insists to the mag. "They're basically exclusive at this point."
The pair, who have known each other for several years and were set up by a mutual pal, have supposedly rendezvoused in London and at George's expansive villa in Lake Como, Italy.
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"It's just fun. It's not as serious as everyone is making it out to be," a Stacy confidant tells OK!. "He thinks she's gorgeous and fun to be around, and she thinks he's George Clooney: smart, hot, talented. He's George Clooney -- there isn't too much more to say than that."
Except maybe this: "It's like asking someone if they wanted to go on a date with their 'dream man' and then having it turn out to be reality," opines the spy. "She's always thought he was a good-looking guy."
But, the mole cautions, "They're not monogamous. It's just hanging out, hooking up. Really low-key and chill."
As for Clooney's most recent ex, Italian model-actress Elisabetta Canalis, she's "taking meetings" in Los Angeles, says the New York Post, which spied her looking "carefree" in leather pants while dining out with some girlfriends.
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When you connect to a device with Remote Kernel Tracker, or when you open a log file that has been collected by one of the other CeLog tools, you'll see a lot of data you may not understand. At MEDC this past week, a few people asked for a better explanation of what they're seeing. So let's go over it...
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Horsey has four top-10 finishes this season, including a share of ninth in last month's Lyoness Open in Austria.
''I have been working hard on my game the last 9-to-10 months and while it's been a bit inconsistent, the good stuff has been really good and it's just that inconsistency and a lack of confidence with it that's hurt a bit,'' the 29-year-old Englishman said. ''However, that comes with the territory when you bring in changes, but they're starting to bed in and I'm starting to get more comfortable.''
Scott Jamieson and Peter Whiteford (both 66) were tied for second at the Tseleevo Golf and Polo Club. A further eight players shared fourth place at 5 under.
Jamieson capped his round with an eagle at the par-5 eighth hole and a birdie at the last. Whiteford birdied four of his last seven holes.
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DC Community Ventures Provides Quasi-Equity Loan to JRINK
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A Democratic lawmaker from Minnesota criticized Tuesday's Supreme Court decision on the Voting Rights Act by calling Justice Clarence Thomas "Uncle Thomas," then saying he didn't know "Uncle Tom" was a racist epithet.
On his Twitter account Tuesday, state Rep. Ryan Winkler called the justices' 5-4 ruling striking down a part of the law racist, and the work of "four accomplices to race discrimination and one Uncle Thomas." Justice Thomas, who is black, was one of the five justices in the majority.
That tweet was quickly deleted, and Mr. Winkler, who is white and represents some upper middle class suburbs west-southwest of Minneapolis, offered a conditional-tense quasi-apology in subsequent tweets.
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He said he "didn't think it was offensive to suggest that Justice Thomas should be even more concerned about racial discrimination than colleagues. But if such a suggestion is offensive, I apologize."
However Mr. Winkler, whose website says he has an undergraduate history degree from Harvard and a law degree from the University of Minnesota, seemed to dig the hole deeper in a subsequent tweet, in which he said the racism of the term "Uncle Tom" was disputed and unknown to him.
"I did not understand 'Uncle Tom' as a racist term, and there seems to be some debate about it. I do apologize for it, however," he said.
Former Rep. Allen West, a prominent black Republican, poured scorn on Mr. Winkler's explanation and said the lawmaker should resign, noting the precedent of cooking-show host Paula Deen being fired and losing endorsement deals for admitting long-ago use of racial epithets.
"If Paula Deen must resign so should MN Rep Winkler. Didn't know Uncle Tom is racist slur? I'm sick of liberal hypocrisy," he said on his Twitter account.
Later still, as backlash against his comments spread through political blogs and social network sites, Mr. Winkler issued a statement through the state House apologizing for his usage, though he neither specified the word nor mentioned Justice Thomas.
"In expressing that disappointment [with Tuesday's Supreme Court decision] on Twitter, I hastily used a loaded term that is offensive to many. My words were inappropriate and I apologize," he said. "I regret that my comments have distracted from the serious dialogue we must have going forward to ensure racial discrimination has no place in our election system."


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Mercury and Venus trade places, liven up dawn and dusk this week
Like resurrected gods, Mercury and Venus passed closest to the fiery glare of the sun earlier this month and disappeared from view for a time. Now they've returned but on opposite sides of the sun – Mercury in the evening and Venus in the morning.
Venus lingered for months in the dusky dusk until Jan. 11 when it passed between the sun and Earth and disappeared in the solar glare. Now she's west of the sun, rising at dawn and visible with the naked eye about 40 minutes before sunrise.
Mercury has also stayed "close" to the sun and hidden from northern hemisphere sky watchers's eyes during the first half of January. Now it's crawling up the southwestern evening sky and will gradually become easier to see in the next week. While a feeble replacement for brilliant Venus, the solar system's elusive, innermost planet is a rarer sight by far.
I've prepared simple maps for you to find both of these wanderers. You'll need a clear horizon to the southeast to spy Venus and the same to the southwest for Mercury. You'll find Venus much easier to spot because it's so much brighter than Mercury and somewhat higher too.
If you've been following the planet over the last month, you'll notice that the crescent is reversed from its evening appearance, with horns pointing up to the right instead of left. Tomorrow morning the crescent measures 59 arc seconds across or nearly one arc minute (60 arc seconds), equal to 1/30 the diameter of the full moon. 7-10x binoculars will easily show the delicate Venusian crescent.
Don't expect to see Mercury's humpbacked gibbous phase in the old opera glass. The munchkin planet spans only 3,032 miles across (2.5 times smaller than Venus) and is currently on the far side of its orbit 4.6 times farther from Earth than Venus. With a disk just 5.5 arc seconds across, Mercury's phase will require a telescope magnifying around 100x to see clearly.
Now all you've got to do is resurrect yourself from the couch and go out for a look.
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Hey Bob!
I saw Venus this morning – do I win a prize?
To be honest I wasn't really looking for it but there it was shining like a diamond low above the orange glow which soon drowned it out. I saw it at about 7.45am – I guess I just caught it right because any lower and it would've been lost in the thick of the atmosphere, and the sky had brightened too much for it to be clearly seen within about another 10-15 minutes.
I quickly tried to take some photos with my mobile – very poor quality (and no-one would believe me) but I definitely caught it on camera. If I get up early enough in the morning I'll try and have a better camera ready.
Here's hoping for another clear sky tomorrow!
All the best
Hi Bob
Just read in my local paper this morning about a YouTube video that's popular and it's supposed to be about a 'spaceship', on the moon, of course I don't believe in spaceships lol, but just wanted to ask you is this just another defect that you find all the time on Google sky/earth as I remember the one that went around in 2012 and you done a blog on it under "is earth under attack by google sky glitches", and of course it was a defect, i just don't understand why some newspapers insist in putting these kind of stories in their papers, and in the YouTube video it gives you co ordinaries to check it out on the moon, but I would imagine if I checked those on DSS there probably wouldn't be anything there, right? Thanks Bob ☺
Sorry Bob, when you say another rock formation do you mean it's there but it's made to look like a 'spaceship', I don't get why they lights are there the ones that's shaped as an arrow, I just thought this was a defect made by Google as there has been a lot of these around, because if you remember your blog in October 2012 you said that 'object' wasn't real and it was either a defect or a glitch caused by Google, so is that image from your blog in 2012 a different thing from this story, as the story away back then was a guy trying to say the image was an asteroid so I just thought they were maybe both defects, sorry so long but thanks
Bob, I didn't know there was no DSS involved for the moon, so where does the images come from for the moon and then they appear on google earth, and yes sorry I was talking about the moon but I was comparing it to the image on your blog from 2012 as at that time you had said that was a defect so I thought the image for the moon was a defect also, but your saying it's a rock formation but I had wondered why the image in 2012 could be a defect but the moon one isn't or is the 2012 image a defect because it is from DSS
Hi Bob
Sorry for the late reply, and I seen the comments left by Caralex and looked at the link she gave, and of course it doesn't look like a 'spaceship', but I didn't think it was one anyway I was just wondering if it had been a defect , and it's just the clementine spacecraft mission that these images come from for the moon, is that right?.
This is the link from that blog you done http://astrobob.areavoices.com/2012/10/31/is-earth-under-attack-by-google-sky-glitches/ But as you will remember it was a defect and I had found this so called 'asteroid' on one of the DSS plates and as far as I'm aware it was caused by some sort of defect, it's not an actual asteroid is that right?, I had just been comparing that to this YouTube video and thought it was a defect too and could check it on DSS but now know there is no DSS for the moon images, thanks Bob and sorry for all the questions ☺
so i finally spotted it today at about 5:46PM, naked-eye, quite low in the SW, and it set prior to 6PM. when i spotted it (i live at a mid-N latitude) the time was about an hour past sunset, and from its brightness at the time compared to the surrounding sky i would guess it had probably already been visible for 15ish minutes b4 i saw it.
Here's an even clearer photo of that 'anomalous' crater: http://imageshack.com/a/img11/1221/zsbh.jpg


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A dedicated conference dealing with ECDIS and Electronic Navigational Charts was long overdue. This is the conclusion drawn from the World ECDIS Day, an industry initiative which brought together stakeholders involved in ENC production and its use. The interest in this first time event, which took place on September 16th in Hamburg, was just overwhelming and organizers even had to turn down some registrations as all sessions and panel discussions were booked out within short time.
Gilles Bessero, director of the IHO, opened the event with an impressive summary about the ECDIS carriage requirement and electronic chart production. Some 250 participants from all around the world attended workshops, presentations and discussions dealing with the ECDIS carriage requirement, type approval, ENC distribution, ECDIS training and hydrographic survey. Capt. Osamu Marumoto of the IMO and Michael Bergmann, president of CIRM, were among several speakers providing interesting news about and insight into all ECDIS-related matters.
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SevenCs releases new ECDIS Kernel
The new version of the SevenCs ECDIS Kernel SDK (Software Development Kit) 5.20 has been designed to meet all future requirements of the latest international standards in order to reduce implementation irregularities and improve the overall usability of chart display systems. (IEC 61174 Standard edition 4.0; IHO S-52 Presentation Library edition 4.0; IHO S-64 Test Standard edition 3.0)
Eric Rottman, Kernel SDK product manager, comments: "A major focus of the release version 5.20 has been laid on detection and indication of danger and caution objects. Now it is specified which objects have to be treated as navigational hazards, areas for which special conditions exist and safety contour related objects."
- Reflects the revised and new definitions for the chart and mariner's settings, i.e. display categories, viewing group layers and so-called display selectors.
- Enables the display of the status of a chart of any past time or time interval based on the applied chart updates.
- Lists only those objects in a pick report which are displayed according to the chart settings.
A big advantage of the new version is the new test frame. It is included in the delivery and supports all S-64 chart display tests.
Highlight of the new version is certainly the new stand-alone chart handling tool. The so-called ChartHandler allows for handling large amounts of data and sets a benchmark for chart loading and updating in the industry.
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The "Maritime Cluster Northern Germany", established by the federal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Niedersachsen, Bremen and Hamburg, is aimed at strengthening the competitiveness of the maritime economy by collaborations beyond state borders and through regional projects.
SevenCs was one of the first companies to join MCN in 2012 and therefore deserved a major article in their annual activity report.
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RSA: RSA Insurance Group Plc: Annual Financial Report UK Regulatory Announcement LONDON 2 April 2013 RSA INSURANCE GROUP PLC (THE "COMPANY") 2012 ANNUAL REPORT AND NOTICE OF ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2013 In accordance with Listing Rule 9.6 and Disclosure and Transparency Rule ("DTR") 4.1, the Company announces that the following documents have been posted to shareholders and have today been submitted to the UK Listing Authority via the National Storage Mechanism: *Annual Report and Accounts for the year ended 31 December 2012 *Notice of the 2013 Annual General Meeting to be held on 15 May 2013 *Proxy form for the 2013 Annual General Meeting The above mentioned documents (except for the Proxy form) are available on our website at www.rsagroup.com/ar2012 and www.rsagroup.com/agm2013 and will shortly be made available for inspection at www.hemscott.com/nsm.do. Shareholders can obtain additional copies of the Proxy form from our Registrar, Equiniti Limited at Aspect House, Spencer Road, Lancing, West Sussex BN99 6DA or view online at www.shareview.co.uk. This announcement should be read in conjunction with the Company's announcement issued on 20 February 2013. Together these constitute the material required by DTR 6.3 to be communicated to the media in full unedited text through a Regulatory Information Service. This material is not a substitute for reading the Company's 2012 Annual Report and Accounts. An indication of the important events that occurred in 2012 and their impact on the condensed consolidated financial statements, the condensed consolidated financial statements themselves and the responsibility statement were announced to the London Stock Exchange on 20 February 2013, forming part of the Preliminary Results announcement for the year ended 31 December 2012. Additional content forming part of the management report is in the Appendix below. Enquiries: John Mills Deputy Group Company Secretary RSA Insurance Group plc Tel: +44 (0) 20 7111 7000 About RSA With a 300-year heritage, RSA is one of the world's leading multinational listed insurance groups. RSA has major operations in the UK, Scandinavia, Canada, Ireland, Asia, Central & Eastern Europe, Middle East and Latin America and has the capability to write business in around 140 countries. Focusing on general insurance, RSA has around 23,000 employees and, in 2012, its net written premiums stood at £8.353 million. IMPORTANT DISCLAIMER Visit www.rsagroup.com for more information. This press release (together with the Annual Report and Accounts referred to herein) has been prepared in accordance with the requirements of English company law and the liabilities of the directors in connection with this press release (together with the Annual Report and Accounts referred to herein) shall be subject to the limitations and restrictions provided by such law. This press release may contain 'forward-looking statements' with respect to certain of the Group's plans and its current goals and expectations relating to its future financial condition, performance, results, strategic initiatives and objectives. Generally, words such as "may", "could", "will", "expect", "intend", "estimate", "anticipate", "aim", "outlook", "believe", "plan", "seek", "continue" or similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance. By their nature, all forward-looking statements involve risk and uncertainty because they relate to future events and circumstances which are beyond the Group's control, including amongst other things, UK domestic and global economic business conditions, market-related risks such as fluctuations in interest rates and exchange rates, the policies and actions of regulatory authorities (including changes related to capital and solvency requirements), the impact of competition, inflation, deflation, the timing impact and other uncertainties of future acquisitions or combinations within relevant industries, as well as the impact of tax and other legislation or regulations in the jurisdictions in which the Group and its affiliates operate. As a result, the Group's actual future financial condition, performance and results may differ materially from the plans, goals and expectations set forth in the Group's forward-looking statements. The Group undertakes no obligation to update any forward-looking statements, save in respect of any requirement under applicable law or regulation. Nothing in this press release (together with the Annual Report and Accounts referred to herein) should be construed as a profit forecast. Appendix References to page numbers and notes to the accounts made in this Appendix refer to page numbers and notes to the accounts in the 2012 Annual Report and Accounts. RISK REVIEW OUR BUSINESS SUCCESS IS UNDERPINNED BY OUR STRONG RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MANAGEMENT We manage risk to minimise losses and take opportunities to invest appropriately in profitable growth. We operate under a common framework through which risk management and control is embedded throughout the Group. The Board is responsible for the Group's Risk Management System and for defining the Group's risk appetite. Executive management is responsible for implementing systems and controls that manage our risk exposures in line with our risk appetite. Each Group business is required to follow a consistent process to identify, measure, manage, monitor and report its risks. The Board Risk Committee ensures that material risks are identified and that appropriate arrangements are in place to manage and mitigate those risks effectively in line with risk appetite. GROUP RISK APPETITE The Group risk appetite is set and monitored at a Group, regional and business level, is reviewed annually, approved by the Board Risk Committee and signed off at the Group Board. It sets business volumes for certain higher risk insurance classes, stipulates loss retention limits, reinsurance protection, targets for credit rating and solvency margins. RISK FRAMEWORK The Group operates a 'three lines of defence' model for the oversight and management of risk as follows: 1st line – Management *Delivering the business plan within risk appetite *Accountable for implementing and using the Risk Management System *Embedding an appropriate risk culture. 2nd line – Risk oversight *Development and maintenance of a Risk Management System within which the Group policies and minimum standards are set *Oversight and challenge across the Group. 3rd line – Independent assurance *Providing independent and objective assurance of the effectiveness of the Group's systems of internal control established by the first and second lines of defence. GROUP RISK POLICY STATEMENTS Our policy statements set out the minimum standards to be maintained by the Group's operations to manage their risks in a way that is consistent with the risk appetite. RISK CATEGORIES Risks are viewed under categories that broadly correspond to those used in the Financial Services Authority's Prudential Sourcebook for Insurers (INSPRU) and Senior Management Arrangements, Systems and Controls (SYSC). Additional information is provided in the Risk Management section on page 92. Some of the key current practices and tools for each risk category are set out overleaf alongside our risks and uncertainties. PRINCIPLES • Create value for all stakeholders • Focus on general Simple insurance in objectives our selected markets • Commitment to sustainable, profitable performance • Underwriting and operating excellence • Strong control Clear risk environment appetite • Tight financial management • Protecting and managing the Group's reputation • Comprehensive policy, procedures and controls • Clear Robust delegation of governance, authorities control and reporting • Robust lines of defence • Regular and relevant reporting and assurance processes • Board set 'tone from the top' of open communication and Strong engagement culture • Putting the customer at the centre of what we do • High quality and engaged staff 2012 UPDATE During the year we have maintained our focus on risk management, strengthening and developing our processes, controls and capabilities across the Group through the following activities: Organisation and Culture *Establishment of sub Risk Committees, strengthening our 1st Line ownership of risk management principles and practices and further supporting our Regional Risk Committees and Board Risk Committee *Risk management in the Group strengthened by the appointment of a Group Chief Risk Officer to the Executive Committee *Continued to promote risk informed decision making, with more explicit consideration of risk and reward *A continued evolution of our Risk Management System to ensure compliance with Solvency II regulatory environment. Systems & Process *Continued development of the validation process across the Group, to provide assurance of the results, design and workings of the Internal Model and the adequate reflection of the Group's risk profile *Extended Stress and Scenario Testing programme across all EEA legal entities, enabling the Group to identify potential risks and their impact, calibrate risk appetite, help to validate the Internal Model *Delivery of an Emerging Risk profile to the Board Risk Committee that included key themes such as: *Eurozone Crisis *Slow down of global growth engines - Changing attitudes of regulators to harmonisation of financial services regulation. People *We shared the strength of our risk experts around the business to develop excellence across the Group *We continue to invest in our people, in particular continuing to strengthen our capabilities for insurance and financial risk management through training, recruitment and transfer of skilled staff. RISK CATEGORIES Risks Primary activities Key tools for managing • Portfolio classification that tracks trends and performance of individual insurance portfolios • Pricing, acceptance and management of • Regional and Group INSURANCE RISK risks arising from our Reserving Committees held contracts with to determine a Our insurance risk customers recommended level of strategy has enabled us outstanding claims and to continue delivering • Claims management aggregate outstanding strong insurance results and reserving claims reserves through our diversified portfolio. • Exposure and • Scenario modelling that accumulation is appropriate for the management. size and complexity of our portfolios • Investigation of potential emerging insurance risks. • Group Reinsurance policy aligned with strategy and appetite • Reinsurance strategy and appetite • Various modelling tools REINSURANCE RISK recommended to the used to determine Board by the Board retention strategies and Our reinsurance buying Risk Committee analyse the effectiveness and management expertise of major treaty purchases has allowed us to manage • Purchase of the our insurance exposure worldwide programme of • Monitoring and control and losses such as those global and local of the Group's arising from natural treaties catastrophes during 2011 reinsurance activity and 2012. • Reinsurance counterparty • Monitoring of the management. reinsurance markets • Reinsurance counterparties approved by the Group Reinsurance Credit Committee. • Risk and control self-assessments • Effective and • Key risk indicators to reliable operation of assess and manage processes OPERATIONAL RISK operational risk • Business continuity We have completed and disaster recovery • Scenario analyses to various assess operational • Information security Group-wide assessments management events that have occurred to strengthen our elsewhere and operations. • Monitoring and control to prevent potential exposure to the fraud and human error. Group • Incident management, near misses and loss reporting. • Investment strategy • Controls to ensure that and portfolio exposure management is managed within risk appetite • Risk analysis using CREDIT , MARKET a range of techniques • Monitoring of exposure against limits set out in & LIQUIDITY RISK • Treasury activities the investment limits such as Group framework We continue to liquidity and hedge proactively manage our effectiveness • Portfolio analytics financial risks during the challenging economic • Scenario and Stress • Requirements to climate. Testing maintain a minimum • Group Financial Risk level of cash or highly policies aligned with liquid assets strategy and appetite • Committees overseeing • Counterparty credit the Group's investment assessments. strategy and risk limits. • Active engagement with • Ensuring compliance regulators in all geographical locations, with • Close monitoring of REGULATORY RISK diverse regulatory regulatory requirements requirements Responding to demanding • Compliance framework and more intrusive • Response to with consistent regulatory environment regulatory changes. across the Group to monitoring methodology ensure compliance and • Continued safeguard our business. preparations for the • Monthly reporting of implementation of significant regulatory Solvency II. developments and mitigation of emerging risks. PRINCIPAL UNCERTAINTIES Risks Potential impact Mitigation • Action taken to mitigate falling yields include increasing holdings in non government bonds, property exposures and bond duration • Impact on investment portfolio and • Retain focus on high investment income due quality, low risk investment PROLONGED ECONOMIC to lower interest rates strategy DOWN TURN and market volatility • Asset Liability Matching • Insufficient capital and cash flow management generation. • Delivery of key operational plans • Internal and external dividend policy. • Diversified portfolio • Each portfolio has a rate plan which is regularly reviewed • Inability to charge adequate rates places • Focus on underwriting and RATING ENVIRONMENT downward pressure on profitable growth operating results. • Actively shift capacity to where we see the best returns • Continue to invest in technical skills, sales and marketing capabilities. • Underwriting strategy set to ensure risks written are well diversified and within risk appetite • Regular portfolio reviews to monitor underwriting performance • Catastrophic losses • Emerging trends in large arising from insurance losses, frequency and events severity are investigated and corrective action taken ADVERSE LOSS • Increasing frequency EXPERIENCE and severity of large • Reinsurance programmes losses limit net losses • Deterioration in long • Conservative reserving tail reserves. policy ensuring that claims reserves will be more likely than not to result in positive prior year development • Exposure and accumulation management tools to monitor and control exposures in higher risk areas. • The Group operates under a clear risk appetite set by the Board which is monitored at Group and regional level • Underwriters are licensed only to write risks within specified limits based on their own experience • Reviews assess each portfolio against key INSURANCE RISKS • Adverse impact on performance and risk OUTSIDE GROUP'S operating results due indicators. Portfolios that RISK APPETITE to increased volatility trigger key risk indicators are investigated. Corrective measures are implemented where required • Diversified portfolio providing exposure to markets at different levels of development and insurance cycle • Maintain focus on underwriting discipline and targeted profitable growth. NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS 9. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS RSA Insurance Group plc (incorporated in England and Wales) is the ultimate Parent Company of the RSA Group of companies. The following transactions were carried out with related parties: Provision of services and benefits RSA Insurance Group plc provides services and benefits to its subsidiary companies operating within the UK and overseas as follows: *Provision of technical support in relation to risk management, information technology and reinsurance services. Services are charged for annually on a cost plus basis, allowing for a margin of 5% (2011: 5%) *Issue of share options and share awards to employees of subsidiaries. Costs are charged for annually, based on the underlying value of the awards granted calculated in accordance with the guidance set out within IFRS 2. 2012 2011 £m £m Salaries and other short 6 7 term employee benefits Bonus 3 3 awards Pension 1 1 benefits Share based (1) 2 awards Total 9 13 There are no employees with employment contracts with the Company. All employees are employed by subsidiary companies. A number of the Directors, other key managers, their close families and entities under their control have general insurance policies with subsidiary companies of the Group. Such policies are on normal and commercial terms except that executive directors and key managers are entitled to special rates which are also available to other members of staff. As at 31 December 2012, there are interest free loans totalling £5,000 (2011: £10,000) outstanding to members of the key management team under standard terms of the Group's UK Car Ownership Scheme, which is open to all UK managers within a qualifying salary band. Contact: RSA Insurance Group Plc
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