Analysis & Opinion
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African reinsurance market offers opportunity despite challenges
The African reinsurance and insurance markets continue to offer opportunities, despite the challenges, according to Corneille Karekezi, group managing director…
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Political risk still a threat
As I write this, Kenyans have been to the polls (or not) in a re-run of the August presidential elections.…
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Agri innovation and Africa’s big risk
Food security is no longer just an ethical issue, but something deserving attention in any comprehensive risk strategy. With the…
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China Market Report: opportunities but challenges too
Economic growth may be slowing in China, but the outlook for the insurance sector remains excellent. That’s the view of…
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Building a better trigger…
Parametric insurance products are increasingly being used as an alternative to traditional insurance to address the “protection gap” and increase…
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Cyber risk management needs to be a ‘shared task’
Cybersecurity needs to be an enterprise-wide responsibility and not handed over to a single individual or department, according to Paolo…
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Cyber coming of age in Italy
Awareness about the serious threat of cyber risk is definitely on the rise in Italy after a slow start compared…
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Captives and global programmes
In today’s global marketplace where companies are operating from Azerbaijan to Zambia, having a centralised way to keep a handle…
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Time will tell on cyber
ADD is the Belgian representative of European Risk Frontiers sponsor Worldwide Broker Network (WBN). Commercial Risk Europe editor Adrian Ladbury…
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Cyber: Risk prevention and management are key
For the Belgian leg of this year’s European Risk Frontiers survey, Adrian Ladbury asked sponsor HDI Global’s Belgian cyber and…
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To boldly go…
With Ferma’s pan-european risk Forum taking place in Monte Carlo this month, it seems a good time to take stock…
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Ignore stakeholders at your peril
Recent local and international headlines have been explosive in their exposure of the involvement of large organisations in the perpetuation…
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Dramatic expansion of US sanctions on North Korea
On 21 September 2017, the US dramatically expanded the scope of US sanctions that apply to those who do business…
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Ten ways to sell the global programme to subsidiaries
One of the hardest jobs for a risk or insurance manager when it comes to a global insurance programme is…
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A holistic approach to global employee benefits
There is a growing need for a holistic approach to global employee insurance risks for multinational customers, to ensure that…
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No continent for old men: are Africa’s autocrats reaching the end of the road?
Something almost unprecedented happened in Kenya last month, when the Supreme Court annulled the result of the August presidential poll…
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The case for covering D&O in a global programme
For many Spanish companies, expanding into new markets outside Spain has proved to be a productive path to profitable growth.…
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M&A insurance comes of age
AIG claims statistics show that M&A insurance buyers are getting their money’s worth, particularly on the largest, most complex cross-border…
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Hard-hitting Avrahami ruling by US tax court, but captive was ‘destined to fail’
The recent ruling of the US Tax Court in the Avrahami case, involving a US 831(b) captive, is unlikely to…
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Holiday illness claims – the Spanish viewpoint
As recently reported in Commercial Risk Europe, the epidemic of holiday illness claims, predominantly being brought by British tourists against…