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CRE Risk Management
UK bribery guidelines clarify key elements of act including hospitality
UK insurance buyers, brokers and carriers will be pleased to see that the government has clarified new rules on corporate hospitality among other key elements of its final version of…
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CRE Insurance
US food safety law increases product recall risk for EU firms
A recently passed US food safety law will increase the frequency and severity of recalls of food products in the country as well as place more onerous obligations on industry,…
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CRE Insurance
The best of both worlds-new IRM course
The Institute of Risk Management has launched a new international qualification in risk management aimed at the world of financial services and in particular the banking and insurance sectors. It…
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CRE Insurance
Bfv choose new president and make other key appointments
A new generation of risk and insurance managers has taken the helm of the Bfv, Germany’s in-house broker and captive association.
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CRE Insurance
Non-property damage business interruption offer not popular-Allianz
Allianz Global Corporate and Specialty (AGCS), Allianz’s industrial insurer, has prepared a new concept to cover business interruption without a property loss—but is yet to bring it onto the market…
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CRE Insurance
Italian non-life outlook improves as rates start to climb, says Fitch
Improving profitability driven by premium rises and better risk selection by Italian insurance companies has persuaded credit rating agency Fitch Ratings to revise its ratings outlook on the Italian non‐life…
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Asia
EU beefs up food safety to limit Japanese nuclear risk
The European Union has imposed import controls on food and animal feed from areas of Japan potentially affected by the troubles at the Fukushima nuclear plant, to further limit any…
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Asia
Japanese insurers placed on negative watch following disasters
Fitch Ratings has placed four of the five Japanese non-life insurers rated by the agency on Rating Watch Negative, following its initial stress test of the impact of the recent…
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CRE Insurance
Earthquakes major cause of $43bn losses in 2010, Swiss Re
Insured losses from natural catastrophes stood at $43bn in 2010, an increase of more than 60% on 2009, according to latest figures from Swiss Re’s sigma study. Worldwide economic losses…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk management suffering from identity crisis says IRM panel
Experts on the Institute of Risk Management’s Forum Question Time Panel ‘Leading the Risk Profession’ have said that the risk management profession is suffering from an identity crisis, a view…
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Asia
$300bn Japanese disaster to cause severe supply chain disruption
Multinational companies that rely on Japanese manufacturers for parts and services need to prepare for a global supply chain disruption that could last up to several months—and, therefore, should conduct…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers must lead charge against new wave of cyber crime
Experts at the Institute of Risk Management’s (IRM) 2011 Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum have warned that the latest generation of cyber security threats are more sophisticated and potentially…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers must not waste three-year opportunity from credit crisis
The credit crunch has brought the role of corporate risk manager to the fore and those working in the industry must continue to capitalise on this attention and to champion…
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CRE Risk Management
Time for risk consensus-comment
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) held its Professional Development Forum in Liverpool, England this week and it was a big success.
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CRE Risk Management
It’s ERM Jim but not as we know it—NASA uncovered
Due to NASA’s attempts to deal with the risks that go hand in hand with landing on far flung asteroids and Mars, shooting up space debris and the commercialisation of…
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CRE Insurance
FERMA wants planned Brazilian law withdrawn amid fears of capacity crunch
European risk managers have warned that new regulations due to kick in on 31 March in Brazil could reduce reinsurance capacity in the country, just as demand is increasing thanks…
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CRE Insurance
Global programmes seminar to address compliance issues
Commercial Risk Europe’s Risk Frontiers – Global Programmes seminar on April 6th in London is attracting risk and insurance managers from across Europe and promises to be a lively, informative…
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Climate Change
CEA to spread ELD claims data but expert downbeat on Solvency II
The CEA is currently working to collect claims data on Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) related losses in order to educate both industry and insurance buyers on the potential costs of…
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CRE Insurance
German industry hit by events in Japan but credit insurers help minimise loss
The natural catastrophes in Japan have impacted upon German industry, with a number of German companies forced to reduce operations because Japanese companies cannot deliver components in time.
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CRE Insurance
Spanish transportation risk on the rise as cover becomes hard to find
A mix of the economic crisis, regulatory changes, international political instability and natural catastrophes has highlighted the increasing risk exposure of Spanish companies who transport goods, experts have said.