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Europe
Editors comment – United we stand, divided we fall
It's a simple message that unity wins every time. In the on-going debate over excess covers and global insurance programmes, there has been little sign of any united front against…
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Europe
Canada market report – Steady and sure
Commercial insurance rates in Canada are expected to remain stable across most lines of business in 2013, according to Marsh's Canada Insurance Market Report 2013. However, organisations with poor loss…
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Europe
Yves de Mestier, AXA
IPN editor, Tony Dowding, talks to Yves de Mestier, Head of International Network at AXA Corporate Solutions' about the evolution of global programmes and the challenges posed by premium allocation…
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Europe
Breaking down the silos – Christoph Schwager – Europe
Christoph Schwager joined the European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), the global pan-European aerospace and defence corporation and defence and military contractor, 12 years ago in an accounting role…
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Europe
All looking up – Régis de Poncins – Europe
CRE’s Rodrigo Amaral interviewed Régis de Poncins, Head of Insurance at CFAO, the France-based global company that specialises in the distribution of industrial products, for the Global Risk Frontiers survey.…
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Europe
Culture club – Julia Graham – Europe
Adrian Ladbury interviewed Julia Graham, Chief Risk Officer of the world’s largest law firm DLA Piper, for the Global Risk Frontiers European leg. He found her in typically thoughtful mood…
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CRE Risk Management
US revisited – North America, Part II
The Global Risk Frontiers [GRF] survey of leading risk practitioners continues with the second part of our analysis in North America. The CRE team also reports from the RIMS conference…
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Europe
US risk managers nonplused by global risk management designation – North America, Part II
Risk managers in North America appear unenthusiastic over the notion of a global risk management designation that might serve to raise the profile of their profession or help convince senior…
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Europe
Room for improvement – North America, Part II
Risk managers in North America are hearing their voices grow louder on the global stage as the US Risk & Insurance Management Society Inc (RIMS) has become more internationally focused…
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Europe
Global risk certification debate hots up at RIMS – North America, Part II
A rising groundswell of support was evident for some form of internationally recognised and transportable risk management certification among risk managers from around the world at the RIMS conference this…
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Europe
US companies buying into strategic risk management finds RIMS survey – North America, Part II
‘Significant’ progress on the recognition of the value of enterprise risk management has been reported among leading US corporations according to a member survey carried out by RIMS that will…
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Europe
S&P gives ERM shot in the arm with new guidelines – North America, Part II
Risk managers have been provided with a real opportunity to quantify the added value of Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) following published guidelines from S&P on how it evaluates management and…
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Europe
Time for teamwork – North America, Part II
Risk managers in the US are becoming more involved in their companies’ strategy but only a small minority are already members of strategic teams, showed a study released by RIMS,…
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Europe
Inability to quantify benefits and high costs holding back ERM – North America, Part II
The number of non-financial US companies that embrace ERM has stagnated over the last few years, largely because of an inability to quantify its benefits and the costs associated with…
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Europe
Business interruption keeping C-suite awake at night – North America, Part II
Business interruption has jumped to the number one risk feared by the C-suite in the US, according to a survey by Marsh and RIMS. While they share many of the…
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Europe
Global transfer compliance gets more complex and costly, experts say – North America, Part II
Global programme compliance has been a hot topic for risk managers around the world and it was no different at the 2013 issue of RIMS in Los Angeles last month.…
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Europe
A global view – John Phelps, President of RIMS – North America, Part II
John Phelps, Director of Business Risk Solutions for Health Solutions group Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida, Inc, was named president of RIMS, the US risk management association, at…
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CRE Risk Management
EU study finds work-related stress not properly risk managed
Just over 40% of workers across Europe feel that work-related stress is not handled well in their organisation, according to a new survey carried out on behalf of the European…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers need to up communication game to gain interest of board: Polrisk
The relationship between risk managers and management board members is not as good as it could or should be. This was the conclusion reached by a panel discussion at the…
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CRE Insurance
Overall global terrorism and political risk levels down finds Aon map
There has been an overall improvement in the global terrorism and political risk profile, but the knock on effects of the Arab Spring and financial crisis are still driving heightened…