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Europe
Extending and obtaining the skill set–Nordics
Being able to sell and communicate the role and benefits of risk management are crucial qualities for any truly effective risk manager, agreed risk professionals from the Nordic region taking…
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Europe
More work needed to convince boards about ERM–Nordics
Boards are better at grasping the value offered by truly active enterprise risk management (ERM) but there is still much room for improvement, according to Nordic risk managers taking part…
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Europe
Reporting to execs a minimum requirement–Nordics
It is imperative that risk managers report directly to the executive team in order to be effective, with finance and legal the most likely targets, say Nordic risk managers. However,…
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Europe
ISO 31000: A balancing act–Nordics
ISO 31000 received a thumbs up from most Nordic participants of our European Risk Frontiers survey as a suitable global risk management standard because it provides a balance between generic…
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Europe
A simple risk transfer equation–Nordics
Risk managers should retain risks that they are able to quantify and measure with the resources at their disposal and look to transfer the more complicated and unknown threats, say…
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Europe
Global programme quality to be driven by insurer focus on compliance–Nordics
Insurers are increasingly focused on the compliance of multinational programmes, which creates more work for risk managers, but also peace of mind, a leading Swedish risk manager taking part in…
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Europe
No end in sight for soft Scandinavian market–Nordics
The Nordic risk transfer market remains very soft with new capital only likely to maintain the status quo or even improve the environment for buyers, according to Nordic risk managers.
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CRE Insurance
Onwards and upwards–Brokerslink
BrokersLink was created in 2004 as a partnership between four independent brokers in Portugal, France, Spain and Brazil to meet the increasingly international risk and insurance needs of their customers.…
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CRE Insurance
MDS: Navigating through choppy waters to a brave new world
BrokersLink is the brainchild of José Manuel Dias da Fonseca, Chairman of the network and Chief Executive of MDS, the biggest insurance broker in Portugal.
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Europe
European Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–UK
We bring you the UK leg of our European Risk Frontiers survey of leading risk professionals. The survey, sponsored by HDI-Gerling, firstly takes an in-depth look at the world of…
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Benelux
European Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–Netherlands
As part of our HDI-Gerling-sponsored European Risk Frontiers survey of leading risk managers around Europe we organised a roundtable discussion in Amsterdam to get the view from the Netherlands. The…
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Europe
Business-focused communicators make the best risk managers–UK
UK risk and insurance managers that took part in our European Risk Frontiers survey, sponsored by HDI-Gerling, believe that business acumen and people skills are the marks of professional risk…
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Europe
Risk management qualifications are valued but need better recognition–UK
Risk management qualifications have come a long way in recent years, but the choice is bewildering and many are not recognised by senior executives or the board, according to UK…
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Europe
Risk management standards are a good starting point–UK
Risk management standards, such as ISO 31000, are a useful tool, but they are only the starting point for risk management and are not yet fully developed, according to UK…
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Europe
Risk managers must get close to the board but remain independent–UK
Risk managers need easy and fast access to the board, but they must also remain independent, according to leading UK risk managers.
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Europe
Capacity and capital markets are an opportunity to cover new risks–UK
UK risk managers have no complaints over current levels of capacity and pricing in the insurance sector. However, risk managers questioned by CRE for our European Risk Frontiers survey, sponsored…
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Europe
Global programme compliance improving, but more can be done–UK
International insurance programmes have seen improved service and compliance in recent years, but there are still many areas in which they could work better for the insured, according to UK…
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Benelux
Insurance capacity available, but not necessarily right for risks–Netherlands
Insurance markets must become more proactive in gaining first-hand knowledge of emerging risks if they are to serve their clients well in the future, warned a group of Dutch risk…
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Benelux
Risk managers at the heart of the business–Netherlands
Risk managers hold a unique position within any organisation but must keep up with changes around them.
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Benelux
Compliance still a major issue for global programmes–Netherlands
Global programmes can prove to be more trouble than they are worth, according to a group of leading Dutch risk managers.