Really Useful Links

United States :

IFRIMA - International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations Umbrella body of professional associations with hyperlinks to members in Brasil, Argentina, Spain, Australia, UK, Latin America, Franc, Italy, Japan, Belgium, South Africa, Korea, Malaysia, Phillipines, Singapore, US, Finland, Taiwan and Switzerland

RIMS - Risk and Insurance Management Society Inc. Based New York 8400 members worldwide. Hosts major annual conference.

PRIMA – Public Risk Management Association Based Virginia 2200 members Focused on Local Authorities

ARIA – American risk and Insurance Association Based Pennsylvania

GARP Global Association of Risk Professionals Focused on financial risk management; offers certificate examination (FRM)

PRMIA Professional Risk Managers International Association Focused on financial risk management; offers certificate examination (PRM)

Europe :

FERMA – Federation of European Risk Management Associations. Umbrella body of professional associations in Europe with hyperlinks to members in Spain, UK, France, Italy, Portugal, Belgium, Germany, Denmark, Netherlands, Russia, Switzerland and Sweden.

AIRMIC – Association of Risk and Insurance Managers Based in London representing 900 members in industry, commerce and the public sector.

IRM - The Institute of Risk Management Professional education body offering a post graduate qualification in Risk Management via distance learning

AMRAE - Association pour le Management des Risques et des Assurances de l'Entreprise. Based in Paris, France

ALARM – Association of Local Authority Risk Managers. Focus on the Public Sector

Australia :

RMIA – Risk Management Institution of Australasia


South and Latin America :

ABGR - Associacao Brasileira de Gerencia de Riscos. Based in Brazil

APARYS – Asociacion Panamena de Administradores de Riesgos y Seguros. Based in Panama


International Links :

www.rmis.com – US based subscription enterprise risk management resource library

www.bis.org – Basle Committee on Banking Supervision

www.economist.com - Economist publication

www.xe.net – Forex currency tables

www.hbsp.harvard.edu – Harvard Business Review publication

www.reuters.com – Reuters news service

www.cnn.com - CNN News Service

www.erm.coso.org - Private sector organization dedicated to improving the quality of financial reporting through business ethics, effective internal controls and corporate governance.


South African links :

www.acts.co.za – Acts online

www.actsa.org.za - The Association of Corporate Treasurers of Southern Africa

www.ethicsa.co.za - Ethics Institute of South Africa

www.fsb.co.za – Financial Services Board

www.icsa.co.za - Institute of Chartered Secretaries

www.ihrm.co.za – The Institute of Health Risk Managers

www.iiasa.org.za – the Institute of Internal Auditors South Africa

www.iisa.co.za – Insurance Institute of South Africa

www.ilasa.org.za – The Institute of Loss Adjusters of South Africa

www.inseta.org.za – The Insurance Sector Education Training Authority (SETA)

www.jse.co.za - JSE Limited

www.labournet.co.za – Labour legislation, rules, etc

www.risksa.co.za - RISKsa Magazine

www.sabric.co.za - South African Banking Risk Information Centre - SABRIC focuses on promotion of inter-bank co-operation; promotion of co-operation with the public sector; provision of crime risk information products and provision of operational support and consequence management services.

www.safps.org.za – South African Fraud Prevention Service

www.saica.co.za – The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants

www.sars.gov.za – South African Revenue Service

www.unisa.ac.za/cbm/index.html - Centre for Business Management, UNISA


Publications :

www.bday.co.za – Business Day

www.busrep.co.za – Business Report

www.cover.co.za – Cover Magazine

www.fm.co.za – Financial Mail

www.persfin.co.za – Personal Finance