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Management not measurement key in handling risk

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Risk management has focused on the harnessing of technology for risk measurement rather than a deeper understanding of risk itself, according to recent research published by Towers Watson.

In a report entitled The wrong type of snow, Tim Hodgson, head of the Thinking Ahead Group at Towers Watson, warned firms "not to mistake measurement for understanding".

"We have come to a growing

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