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Discover why so many of the country’s largest organisations just ‘Risk it’.

Risk expertise is becoming more important for organisations of all sizes. Boards, insurers, regulators, lenders, customers and contract partners are placing greater emphasis on how businesses identify, manage and report risk. Failing to proactively manage these exposures can destroy stakeholder value and squander crucial resources.

Our strategic insurance risk management solutions help Australasia’s largest organisations build robust frameworks that identify, analyse, and monitor material risks. We provide the structure and independent discipline required to ensure your risk management strategy actively protects your corporate objectives and enhances overall governance.

Independent Risk
Management Reviews

Managing risk will absorb finite time and resources. How do you know what great looks like? For complex businesses, context matters. A change in contract terms, customer concentration, subcontractor use, cyber controls, overseas exposure or business interruption dependency may not look significant in isolation, but it may have insurance consequences. Organisations must be confident that risk management programmes can identify both current and emerging risks and that these risks are being appropriately managed.

Through our risk management advisory services, we conduct independent reviews to ensure your programme aligns with international standards and remains a live reflection of your business. We bring greater structure, objectivity and challenge to the way insurance and risk are reviewed, ensuring your framework is efficient, effective, and properly aligned with your evolving risk profile. We challenge programs before the loss to ensure if a loss occurs claims are paid. We ask if all insurance is required, can you manage some risks internally, remembering that insurance is not the only risk control available to a business.

Risk Assessment
& Identification

Understanding the material risks that impact your organisational objectives is a fundamental aspect of strong corporate governance. Insurable Risk is constantly evolving. It changes when a business wins a larger contract, introduces new technology, changes suppliers, expands into a new location, adjusts its workforce, or takes on a different type of work.

Effective insurance risk management requires constant vigilance. Our team of independent advisors assists you in conducting deep, objective risk assessments. We identify key material business risks across your operations, helping you make critical decisions with a thoroughly tested view of your corporate exposures.

In-house Risk
Management Services

The challenge for many businesses is that insurable risk management rarely sits within one discipline. A business may need support across enterprise risk, insurance, governance, contracts, compliance, claims, business continuity, supply chain exposure, cyber risk, operational controls and board reporting.

As a premier insurable risk management advisory firm, RAS integrates expert advisors seamlessly into your existing structure. From participating in Risk Management Committees, presenting to boards to providing dedicated in-house support, we give your leadership access to senior advice, broader market experience and practical support that can be adjusted as the organisation changes. We deliver deep technical capability without removing risk ownership from the business.

Risk Management Programme
Design & Implementation

Although most organisations have some form of corporate risk management process and procedures, these may not be organised and coordinated in the most efficient way. The absence of a formalised, structured approach to insurable risk can leave organisations severely exposed, particularly when internal service models do not match the complexity of the business.

A specialised insurable risk advisor may take a broader view across operations, governance, contracts, compliance, continuity planning, safety systems and supply chain resilience. RAS assists organisations in designing and implementing comprehensive insurance risk management solutions that adhere to international standards. By embedding these frameworks into your existing management systems, we ensure a proactive approach to risk strategy rather than relying on reactive measures.

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For a free, no-obligation chat about how we can help solve any Insurance and/or Risk Management problem your organisation needs help with, simply reach out to us today.

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The Commercial Value of Risk Management Advisory

Building internal risk capability is a question of capability, coverage, cost, independence and how the business wants risk management to operate. Engaging our independent insurance risk management services delivers measurable commercial value:

  • Breadth of Expertise: Rather than relying on one individual, the business can draw on a team with experience across multiple areas. This breadth is valuable because risk issues rarely exist in isolation.
  • Independence: Because RAS does not sell policies or receive commissions from insurers, its role is centred purely on the client’s interests, not policy placement. We provide an unclouded lens for completely objective risk reporting to your board.
  • Scalable Capability: Outsourced support gives executives flexibility. Support can be scaled up or down depending on business needs, without the fixed cost of a permanent appointment.

Our Risk Advisory Methodology

Our approach to insurance risk management solutions is designed to strengthen the way risk is understood, reviewed and managed.

Insurance Risk Management Frequently Asked Questions

Insurance brokers play an important role in accessing markets, placing cover, explaining policy options and assisting with claims. But insurance placement is not the same as a structured risk advisory program. A specialised risk advisor may take a broader view across operations, governance, contracts, compliance, continuity planning, safety systems and supply chain resilience.

No. The objective is not to remove risk responsibility from the business. It is to strengthen the way risk is understood, reviewed and managed. We support your leadership teams, providing specialist input and independent challenge while you retain complete internal ownership of all final risk decisions.

If your business is evolving, such as entering a new market, changing contracts, offering new services, or altering your cyber risk profile, an ad-hoc approach is no longer sufficient. As businesses evolve, their insurance program should evolve with them. A formal risk management advisory framework ensures your operational controls keep pace with your commercial growth.