Adrian Ladbury
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BI
AM Best affirms Lloyd’s rating on back of hardening market
AM Best has affirmed its financial strength credit rating on Lloyd’s despite the market’s estimated loss of up to £3.5bn…
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CRE Insurance
UK businesses braced for phishing attacks
A survey of UK cybersecurity, IT and business professionals, has found that 86% of businesses expect cyber threats to rise during the next…
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Association News
Airmic seeks new board members
The recently announced appointment of Tracey Skinner, group insurance director at BT Group, as chair of UK risk management association…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers’ risk and capital managers need to steer business planning
Risk and capital managers within insurance companies have been presented with an unprecedented opportunity to take centre stage as insurers…
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CRE Risk Management
Trust and reputation remain top risks, says KPMG
Covid-19 has forced businesses and organisations to battle to maintain operational continuity under some of the tightest restrictions our society…
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Asia
BMS follows new Asia chief with Australian energy expansion
BMS Group, an independent specialist (re)insurance broker, has announced the appointments of Richard Nunny, Ben Humphries and Serai Armstrong to…
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CRE Insurance
Atradius reports ‘huge’ rise in late payments as pandemic recession bites
New research from international credit insurance group Atradius reports that late payments have “soared” in the US, Mexico and Canada…
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Africa
Insurers face rapidly hardening reinsurance market that is set to last: Jefferies
Reinsurance rates are now rapidly firming, with prices rising 5% to 35% at the most recent renewals, according to Philip…
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Asia
EQC renews New Zealand $6.2bn reinsurance programme
The New Zealand Earthquake Commission (EQC) has renewed its $6.2bn reinsurance programme for the forthcoming year and said that its…
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Asia
South Korea to relax reinsurance rules to promote competition
The South Korean government has revealed that it will lower reinsurance market entry barriers to promote greater competition for local…
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Asia
Australian directors resigning as D&O rates rocket by up to 500%
Broker Marsh has warned that corporate Australia could face a future in which directors and officers (D&O) cover is “no…
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Asia
Pandemic adds to pressure on Australian class action reform
Evidence is building that the rise of the Covid-19 pandemic is adding further pressure on the Australian government to make…
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Asia
Climate change remains top priority for Asian CEOs despite pandemic
The Covid-19 pandemic has clearly dominated the attention of CEOs of all companies across Asia in recent times, but evidence…
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Asia
Australian risk managers advised to check credit policies
Risk and insurance managers with business in Australia need to take a proactive approach with their trade credit risk as…
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Asia
China extends preferential treatment for Hong Kong insurers
The China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CBIRC) has announced an extension of the preferential treatment accorded to Hong Kong…
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Asia
MAS consults on environmental risk for FIs
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) has issued a set of three consultation papers on its proposed Guidelines on Environmental…
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Asia
Parima ramps up risk management webinars and training in July
The current global pandemic has meant that physical risk and insurance management conferences and training sessions have been postponed by…
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BI
French pandemic insurance scheme plans near completion: AMRAE
The working group created by the French Ministry of the Economy and Finance to investigate the best form of state-backed insurance…
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Association News
GVNW calls on ministry to progress state-backed pandemic pool discussion
The German risk and insurance management association (GVNW) has pushed the Federal Ministry of Finance to move forwards with discussions…
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Global Risk Manager
Ironshore offers Covid-19 cover for disinfection contractors
Ironshore Environmental, the specialty unit that is part of excess and surplus lines insurer Ironshore and was bought by Liberty…