Adrian Ladbury
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Market
Generali commits to growth while retaining ‘adaptive’ price discipline
Generali said during its nine-months results announcement that it would stand firm on P&C pricing in coming renewals despite promising…
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ESG Regulation
EU promises jail time for D&Os of polluting companies
The European Parliament (EP) and Council negotiators have reached a provisional agreement on an update of EU environmental crimes and…
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Asia
Shanghai consolidates reinsurance position with new trading platform
The Shanghai Insurance Exchange (SIE) has launched its international reinsurance business trading platform along with the first raft of market…
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Captives
Captive interest set to continue, say Europe’s risk managers
Captives have proved a useful defensive tool to deal with the tough market conditions in Europe, according to risk and…
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Europe
European business demands ‘regulatory breathing space’ from EU
European companies urgently need regulatory breathing space as they face up to a fast-rising raft of global competitive pressures, according…
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CRE Legal Regulation
New Product Liability Directive extends liability for EU firms and importers
The planned new EU Product Liability Directive (PLD) is badly needed because the current version is seriously out of date…
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ESG
Risk managers face growing ESG risks
The interconnectivity of ESG risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot afford to ignore. ESG…
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ESG
Conflict on the rise over EU’s focus on the ‘S’ in ESG
Brussels-based European business confederation BusinessEurope is “deeply concerned” about what it describes as the “overly detailed and prescriptive” requirements that…
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ESG
ESG-related litigation on the rise in Europe
Corporate Europe has been far more successful in its efforts to resist the kind of litigation persistently faced by its…
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UK/Ireland
FCA fines Santander £108m for ‘serious’ gaps in AML systems
The UK’s financial supervisor, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), has fined Santander UK just under £108m after it found “serious”…
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GRM Journal
Parametric potential but work still to do
Growing natural catastrophe risks have seen the (re)insurance market harden for such threats and this has led to increased interest…
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GRM Journal
Governments strengthening cyber defences
The UK and French governments, and the EU, are ramping up their efforts to upgrade cyber resilience within businesses, not…
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DACH
Systemic risks and supply chain top agenda for GVNW members
German risk and insurance managers are facing up to the same big systemic, macroeconomic and financial risks as their peers…
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Benelux (Francais)
Moody’s relève les perspectives du secteur néerlandais de l’assurance dommages après des hausses de primes
L’agence de notation Moody’s a relevé les perspectives du secteur néerlandais de l’assurance dommages de négatives à stables, la hausse…
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Benelux (Francais)
Gazprom ferme le robinet du gaz aux Pays-Bas
GasTerra, la société néerlandaise de vente en gros de gaz, détenue en partie par l’État néerlandais, Royal Dutch Shell et…
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Benelux (Francais)
Les pays de la mer du Nord signent un pacte ambitieux pour l’éolien offshore
L’Allemagne, la Belgique, le Danemark et les Pays-Bas ont signé un accord de coopération pour fournir 65 GW de nouvelle…
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Benelux (Nederlands)
Verdere rentestijgingen aanleiding voor Moody’s om Nederlandse schadesector te upgraden
Ratingbureau Moody’s heeft de vooruitzichten voor de Nederlandse schadeverzekeringssector opgewaardeerd van negatief naar stabiel, omdat stijgende premies de schade-inflatie helpen…
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Benelux (Nederlands)
Gazprom draait de gaskraan dicht in Nederland
GasTerra, de Nederlandse gasgroothandel die gedeeltelijk in handen is van de Nederlandse staat, Royal Dutch Shell en ExxonMobil, heeft aangekondigd…
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Benelux (Nederlands)
Noordzeelanden kondigen ambitieuze offshore-plannen aan om energierisico Rusland het hoofd te bieden
Duitsland, België, Denemarken en Nederland hebben een historische overeenkomst ondertekend om hun krachten te bundelen en in 2030 maar liefst…
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Benelux
Further rate rises persuade Moody’s to upgrade Dutch P&C sector
Ratings agency Moody’s has upgraded the outlook for the Dutch property and casualty (P&C) sector from negative to stable, as…