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Accounting and Consulting Risk / Risk Management
Rona is a Senior Vice President and Executive Director with the Professional Services Practice of Aon in Montreal and has over 34 years’ experience in risk management. Rona is a lawyer and previously practiced at one of Canada’s leading law firms, Ogilvy Renault (now Fulton Rose Fulbright).
Rona leads the Professional Services Risk Management Initiatives team which provides quantitative and qualitative risk analysis and risk management information to international accounting and consulting firms. She has authored pieces on professional liability issues in Ex-USA jurisdictions and has advised on a variety of issues including premium allocation, tort reform, risk trends and risk landscape.
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Accounting and Consulting Risk / Risk Management
Rona is a Senior Vice President and Executive Director with the Professional Services Practice of Aon in Montreal and has over 34 years’ experience in risk management. Rona is a lawyer and previously practiced at one of Canada’s leading law firms, Ogilvy Renault (now Fulton Rose Fulbright).
Rona leads the Professional Services Risk Management Initiatives team which provides quantitative and qualitative risk analysis and risk management information to international accounting and consulting firms. She has authored pieces on professional liability issues in Ex-USA jurisdictions and has advised on a variety of issues including premium allocation, tort reform, risk trends and risk landscape.
Resilience Confronting Complexity: Observations on the Risk Environment Facing Accounting Firms
June 2024 - 2024 Accountants’ Liability Risk: Global Trends and Issues provides insights into current global trends and risk issues facing the accounting industry and is produced by the Risk Management Information team of the Professional...
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Accountants’ Liability Risk: Global Trends and Issues - Summary Highlights
April 2023 - Professional Services Practice at Aon’s Risk Management Information team’s annual Accountants’ Liability Risk: Global Trends and Issues provides insights into current global trends and risk issues facing the accounting industry.
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The Accounting Profession in 2022 – Summary Highlights
March 2023 - In 2022 Year in Review, Professional Services Practice’s Risk Management Information team reviews the English language press to provide the accounting profession with a curated selection of significant events impacting the...
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Being Proactive, Being Prepared: The Importance of Due Diligence for Professional Service Firms
August 2022 - As awareness over corporate social responsibility continues to grow, professional service firms may need to review and revise their risk appetite and strengthen due diligence protocols. This article will provide an overview...
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An Evolving ESG Landscape for Professional Service Firms
June 2022 - The role of professional service firms in Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) is continuing to evolve. Firms need to address ESG issues on many fronts – from their own policies and practices to their role in ESG reporting...
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Data Privacy Roundup (Q1 2022): Too Many Hands in the Cookie Jar?
June 2022 - The evolving data privacy landscape continues to hold the attention of professional service firms. Below is a selection of high-profile data privacy stories from 2021 and early 2022, involving regulatory enforcement, cybersecurity...
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The Accounting Profession in 2021 – Summary Highlights
April 2022 - In 2021 Year in Review, Professional Services Practice’s Risk Management Information team reviews the English language press to provide the accounting profession with a curated selection of significant events impacting the...
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Opportunity and Risk - The Changing Nature of Accounting Firms
March 2022 - Firms continue to expand their legal and advisory services, as well as make technological advancements in both their operations, and client products and service offerings. For example, the Big 4 are active in advising on the...
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ESG – Risks and Opportunities for Professional Service Firms
August 2021 - Environmental, social and governance (ESG) issues are increasingly important to global companies, and professional service firms are not exempt.
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Is the privacy pendulum swinging? European courts overturn some GDPR fines
July 2021 - Three years after its enactment, enforcement of the European Union General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has been successfully challenged in some cases, with regulators also reducing a number of significant fines that they...
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Accountants and human capital risk in 2020 – developments amid COVID-19
April 2021 - The events of 2020 have heightened focus on human capital risk. Not only are firms concerned with the ability to attract and retain talent, they are also increasingly concerned about the health and wellbeing of employees. The...
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Why should business leaders be concerned about GDPR fines?
November 2020 - Since the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) came into force in May 2018, it has had a powerful impact on the international privacy landscape. In July 2019, the UK’s Information Commissioner’s Office...
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Accountant liability risk: Global trends and issues
April 2020 - A number of notable risk trends continue to cause concern in 2020. High-profile scandals receive widespread media attention and focus attention on reputation. Regulators remain active and are increasingly enforcing sanctions...
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Accountants continue to face regulatory scrutiny in 2020
March 2020 - Accounting firms continued to grow and diversify their practices throughout 2019, with many transforming into multi-disciplinary professional services and product firms. At the same time, risks associated with conduct and compliance...
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