Analysts at Standard & Poor's are considering whether enterprise risk management (ERM) should be expanded as a factor in rating companies, an executive with the firm said yesterday.
The rating firm's interest in ERM was discussed by Steven Dreyer, managing director at Standard & Poor's, during a Web seminar titled "Getting The Value Out Of Enterprise Risk Management," sponsored by Chicago-based insurance brokerage firm Aon.
ERM, he said, has already made a difference in company ratings, pushing them either up or down depending on the process the company employs. S&P's concern with employing ERM, said Mr. Dreyer, is limited to how it affects payment obligations or the creditor of financial service companies.
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