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Cosimi takes over the reins at Anra from De Felice

Italian risk and insurance management association Anra held its annual member Assembly yesterday and elected a new board of directors…

Indian non-life insurers report 5.2% increase in gross premiums for 2020-2021

Non-life insurers in India reported a 5.2% increase in gross direct premium underwritten for the year ending 31 March 2021, according to figures from the…

By Tony Dowding on April 16, 2021

US commercial lines seeing hardening market conditions in 2021

All major US commercial lines of business, with the exception of workers compensation, increased year over year, according to first-quarter 2021 results tracked by IVANS…

By Tony Dowding on April 16, 2021

Corporates that ignore ‘grey swans’ at risk of shareholder action, says Aon report

Directors and officers are facing increased risks from…

By Sarah Jolly on April 16, 2021

SCOR’s rates up 4.3% and premiums 14% at April renewals

SCOR increased reinsurance premiums by 14.3% to €600m…

By Sarah Jolly on April 16, 2021

Rims backs safe harbour Covid-19 legislation in US

Rims is backing safe harbour legislation to protect…

By Ben Norris on April 16, 2021

Howden and Gallagher lead the hunt for WTW’s European business

Howden and A J Gallagher are frontrunners for…

By Adrian Ladbury on April 15, 2021

Risk Management

Irish regulator probes Facebook over GDPR breach as users’ data published online

Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) is investigating Facebook…

By Sarah Jolly on April 15, 2021

Insolvencies to ‘surge’ by 26% in 2021: Atradius

Insolvencies are set to jump 26% globally this…

By Ben Norris on April 15, 2021

Lockheed exec Harrington named Rims Risk Manager of the Year

Rims has named Michael Harrington, vice-president risk management…

By Claire Wilkinson on April 14, 2021

Insurance

Beazley boosts cyber offering in Germany as part of European expansion

Specialist insurer Beazley has launched enhanced versions of its Beazley…

By Ben Norris on April 15, 2021

Ascot Bermuda joins Ed’s e-trading platform

Ascot Bermuda has joined the e-trading platform of Ed, the…

By Tony Dowding on April 14, 2021

Chubb appoints head of North America specialty accident and health

Suresh Krishnan has been appointed as executive vice-president, head of…

By Tony Dowding on April 14, 2021

Cyber

Life sciences face ‘complex’ and ‘changed’ risk landscape, says WTW

Life science firms must address new risks driven by changes to their…

By Sarah Jolly on April 7, 2021

International Programme News

Aon offers to sell WTW’s multinational P&C portfolio in four EU countries: Reuters sources

Aon has offered to sell Willis Towers Watson’s (WTW) entire large multinational…

By Ben Norris on April 14, 2021

Risk Management Profession

CRE Italia arrives

Welcome to the first issue of CRE Italia, the latest of our…

By Adrian Ladbury on April 12, 2021

Captives

Microcaptive owners warned by US Internal Revenue Service

The US Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has ramped up its examinations of…

By Tony Dowding on April 12, 2021

Legal & Regulation

Over 12,000 UK policyholders await insurer decisions on Covid-19 BI claims

Insurers have settled and paid out on 10,772 UK business interruption (BI)…

By Sarah Jolly on April 14, 2021

People Moves

Liberty Specialty Markets appoints active underwriter

Jane Warren has been appointed as active underwriter for Liberty Specialty Markets…

By Tony Dowding on April 14, 2021

Decision delayed as Aon and WTW offer concessions to get deal past EC

Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) have offered concessions to…

By Ben Norris on April 13, 2021

Airmic names Julia Graham as new CEO

UK risk and insurance management association Airmic has appointed past…

By Ben Norris on April 7, 2021

Risk managers urged to facilitate sustainability debate

Risk managers have a critical role to play in helping…

By Stuart Collins on April 1, 2021

Ferma’s first sustainability guide finds gaps in risk management progress

European risk managers are at very different stages of embedding…

By Sarah Jolly on March 31, 2021

Aon urges insurers to cut back on claims information

Aon’s global chief claims officer Neil Harrison has urged insurers…

By Ben Norris on March 15, 2021

Pandemic to boost risk management budgets and standing, finds IRM survey

More than half of risk managers (56%) surveyed by the…

By Sarah Jolly on March 12, 2021

Digital leaders will be one step ahead on employee wellness

Chronic disease prevention and management will become an essential service…

By Liz Booth on February 26, 2021

Trade credit fallout from pandemic to worsen in 2021

Despite positive news on vaccinations, the outlook for trade credit…

By Stuart Collins on February 15, 2021

Aon urges insurers to cut back on claims information

Aon’s global chief claims officer Neil Harrison has urged insurers…

By Ben Norris on March 15, 2021

Pandemic to boost risk management budgets and standing, finds IRM survey

More than half of risk managers (56%) surveyed by the…

By Sarah Jolly on March 12, 2021

Covid-19 and ESG demand greater supply chain risk transparency

Supply chain risk management must go deeper to cope with…

By Stuart Collins on March 9, 2021

Digital leaders will be one step ahead on employee wellness

Chronic disease prevention and management will become an essential service…

By Liz Booth on February 26, 2021

Decision delayed as Aon and WTW offer concessions to get deal past EC

Aon and Willis Towers Watson (WTW) have offered concessions to…

By Ben Norris on April 13, 2021

In with the new: how companies are using captives to expand their risk management strategies

It used to be that captives were considered a risk…

By Alonso Tello, VP captives and alternative risk transfer at AXA XL in Canada on April 12, 2021

The need for resilience in the face of uninsurable risks

The desire to mitigate risks and improve resilience is nothing…

By Hanno Mijer, global head of Zurich Resilience Solutions, commercial insurance, Zurich Insurance Group on March 26, 2021

Marsh’s Piccolomini says time to act on pandemic solutions

The president of Marsh International, Flavio Piccolomini, believes the time…

By Ben Norris on March 24, 2021