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Asia
Asia embraces corporate governance
Nicholas Pratt interviews the OECD’s Fianna Jurdant and charts the development of corporate governance across Asia amid a growing recognition of its importance.
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Asia
Indonesia viewpoint: Bernado Mochtar, Parima
Bernado Mochtar is Parima’s representative in Indonesia and a big fan of enterprise risk management. He explains to Adrian Ladbury that the time is ripe for Indonesian business to start…
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Asia
Indonesia country focus: Macro outlook
The Indonesian economy has faltered in recent times, particularly as it remains heavily dependent on extractive industries. In a recent speech given in Jakarta, Christine Lagarde, managing director of the…
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Asia
Indonesia country focus: Ratings
Outlook stable for Indonesian insurers as GDP picks up: Fitch.
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Asia
Indonesia country focus: Insurance market
OJK forges ahead with reinsurance cession rules despite international opposition.
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Asia
Indonesia country focus: Energy risk
Indonesia needs to step up risk management efforts in energy sector.
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Asia
Hot seat: Wolfgang Boffo, Munich Re Corporate Insurance Partner
Adrian Ladbury, editor of Commercial Risk Asia, interviews Wolfgang Boffo of Munich Re Corporate Insurance Partner about its expansions plans for Asia.
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Asia
Birth of a super-region: Stefan Feldmann–HDI
HDI Gerling formally became HDI Global SE this year and the Germany-based industrial insurance group is serious about the Asia-Pacific market as a key part of its international growth strategy.…
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CRE Insurance
AGCS insists no underlying problems as results dented by Fireman’s Fund
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS), the large commercial and specialty business of German insurance group Allianz SE, has reported a combined ratio above 100% for 2015. However, the insurer…
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Africa
Market must build trust with regulators to encourage harmonisation for global programmes
If risk managers at multinational corporations want supervisors to make it easier to build cross-border insurance programmes by introducing more uniform regulation they need to play by the current rules…
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CRE Insurance
AXA posts record result, but profits dip at Corporate Solutions
AXA posted record group earnings and revenues in 2015, but profits declined at its corporate insurance unit AXA Corporate Solutions (ACS).
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CRE Insurance
Brexit a threat to Lloyd’s and wider European market, warns Inga Beale
Lloyd's CEO Inga Beale has cautioned against a UK exit from the European Union (EU) claiming it poses a real threat to Lloyd's and, potentially, the entire European insurance market.
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CRE Insurance
Swiss Re’s corporate arm expects combined ratio to top 100% in 2016 as market continues to fall
Despite challenging market conditions Swiss Re sees potential in the corporate insurance space and plans to expand into the primary lead market. However, the Zurich-based company warned that parts of…
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CRE Insurance
Turnaround at RSA sees it post much improved results
RSA appears to have put its past troubles behind it, reporting much improved results in 2015.
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Association News
Risk managers seek better IT tools and integration finds AMRAE survey
Risk managers want access to IT tools that provide better reporting capabilities and can be more easily integrated with other computer systems.
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CRE Insurance
QBE delivers strong European results
Australian property/casualty insurer QBE Insurance Group made progress in 2015 after several years of underperformance, posting strong results at its European operations.
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Africa
Julia Graham raises prospect of pan-African risk management association
Speaking at Commercial Risk Africa's Risk Frontiers Sub Saharan Africa event in London yesterday, Julia Graham, technical director at Airmic, mooted the development of a pan-African risk management association to…
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Africa
Insurers urged to work harder to close protection gap in Africa
Insurers must combine traditional and innovative products to help close the insurance protection gap in Sub Saharan Africa, while raising awareness about risk management and risk transfer solutions, said Delphine…
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Association News
Think big picture risk then insurance: Airmic chair
Risk and insurance managers must understand the detail of their companies' risks while also seeing the bigger picture before approaching the insurance market for mitigation solutions, Airmic chair Patrick Smith…
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CRE Insurance
Mumenthaler to become Swiss Re CEO as Liès bows out
Swiss Re has announced that Christian Mumenthaler, its current CEO of Reinsurance, will become group CEO when Michel Liès retires on 1 July.