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Europe
Risk managers in Spain urged to act on captives
Spanish risk managers have been urged to set up captives to optimise international insurance programmes operated by their companies before the hard market comes around.
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Europe
Captives and multinational programmes: choose your partner carefully
Nearly three quarters of European risk managers have increased their use of captive insurance arrangements over the past three years to help manage their multinational risks, according to recent research…
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Europe
The expansion of the D&O insurance market in Brazil
The liability of directors and officers has been considerably extended over the past few years in Brazil as a result of the intensification of the investigations conducted by the local…
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Benelux
Tax and regulatory news
New chairman for IAIS, First global insurance capital standard launched, VAT update from TMF Group, NAIC director warns on unintended consequences of regulation, EU-US Insurance Project forum, UK's mesothelioma levy…
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Europe
News in brief
Compliance and regulation top multinational programme concerns, More sellers than buyers in EMEA insurance market, Fitch positive on foreign insurance investment in Indonesia, Generali adds to Global Corporate & Commercial…
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Europe
Captive news
Cayman sees captive growth, AM Best to expand captive rating coverage, Guernsey assigned AA+ credit rating by S&P and Multinational pools performing well says study from Towers Watson.
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Europe
Myanmar market report
Clyde & Co partner Michael Horn recently visited Myanmar's commercial capital Yangon and in this article he reports on the current state of the insurance market in Southeast Asia's second…
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Europe
Providing efficient claims handling within a global insurance programme–Steve Eckhardt & Catherine Shaw, AIG
Although only one of the many elements in designing a global insurance programme, decisions relating to where, and how, the client requires claims to be adjusted and paid is critical…
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Europe
Global Risk Frontiers Survey 2014
This year’s survey, sponsored by ACE, AIG, Zurich and the QFC Authority, was split into two parts. The first was focused on risk management and the second risk transfer.
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Europe
European Risk Frontiers Survey 2014
This year’s European Risk Frontiers survey, sponsored by HDI-Gerling, is based upon interviews and roundtables with close to 100 leading European risk managers.
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Europe
European Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–The insurer’s perspective
Commercial Risk Europe editor Adrian Ladbury interviewed Dr Edgar Puls, Member of the Management Board of HDI-Gerling, about the findings of this year’s European Risk Frontiers survey that the Hanover-based…
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CRE Insurance
Concessions welcomed by buyers as Pool Re votes in favour of new arrangements
Members of the UK terrorism reinsurer Pool Re have today voted in favour of a new retrocession arrangement following last minute concessions by its government over potential changes to the…
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Captives
Solvency II to bolster not hinder captives says Nordic expert
The spotlight placed on captives under Solvency II will likely lead to the vehicles becoming more important risk management tools that garner increased attention from boards and top management on…
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CRE Insurance
Regulatory risk threatens European power supply
The delivery of secure and affordable power across Europe is under threat because regulatory uncertainty is reducing investment in infrastructure, according to new research by Marsh.
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Association News
New guidance from FRC is a shot in the arm for risk management
Experts have welcomed new guidance from the Financial Reporting Council (FRC) on risk management, internal control and related financial and business reporting that forms part of the updated UK Corporate…
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CRE Insurance
Big growth in transactional risk market: Marsh
The use of transactional risk insurance to mitigate risk in mergers and acquisitions is on the rise, according to new figures from Marsh.
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Benelux
EC moves to stop spread of avian influenza
The European Commission this week adopted emergency measures to help contain an outbreak of avian influenza in Holland, the UK and Germany.
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CRE Insurance
Open networks create huge cyber vulnerabilities for power sector warns Marsh
Open networks in the digital age have created huge cyber vulnerabilities for the power industry, Marsh warned this week as it released a survey showing that nearly three quarters (72%)…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
Hamilton to take over Sportcover's managing agent and Kinetic, Mark Potter joins Aon's power practice in strategic role, Argo International launches contingency business line and RFIB appoints David O'Gorman as…
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CRE Insurance
New solutions and territorial expansion key focus for insurers in 2015 shows survey
Risk managers will be pleased by findings of a Guy Carpenter survey that suggests risk transfer partners will focus on product development and expansion into new geographic markets to drive…