Adrian Ladbury
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If you don’t risk the question you’ll never find the answer-Comment
A number of readers of Commercial Risk Europe have recently commented that the newspaper seems to be dominated by insurance…
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Association News
Role of risk manager, social responsibility and climate change tackled at SWERMA
Charlotte Barnekow, Chairwoman of Sweden’s risk management association, told Adrian Ladbury about the key debate at this year’s conference and…
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CRE Insurance
Bermuda market intensifies campaign for equivalence
European insurance and reinsurance buyers should support an effort by the Bermuda market to gain equivalent status under Solvency II…
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CRE Insurance
Bermuda market gives tentative welcome to new solvency regime
During a series of interviews with Bermuda market leaders Commercial Risk Europe found general support for the goals of Solvency…
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CRE Insurance
Energy rates head north as lawyers prepare for post loss bonanza
Energy market insurers have reacted swiftly to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig loss in the Gulf of Mexico and buyers…
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Association News
FERMA gives mixed reception to partial block exemption regulation
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has welcomed the adoption of the new European Union insurance block exemption…
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Association News
IGREA prepares to add political role to fast-growing agenda
IGREA, the association of risk and insurance managers within Spain’s largest companies that was formed last year, plans to step…
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Association News
New law sparks risk management education boom in Poland
Demand for risk management expertise is booming in Poland, as a law passed last year to make the adoption of…
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Captives
White Rock launches PCC operation in Isle of Man
White Rock, the company owned by Aon that manages Protected Cell Company (PCC) facilities in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Malta and…
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Aviation
Icelandic volcanic ash surprisingly not on risk radar says ISO’s Kevin Knight
Kevin W. Knight, Chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group that developed the ISO 31000 risk management…
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CRE Insurance
‘Risky’ gas a safe bet for European supplies says National Grid expert
Governments and industry should be mindful not to portray gas as a ‘risky’ energy source because, as security and supply…
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CRE Insurance
Commission and Parliament give assurance to buyers on Solvency II
Senior representatives of the European Parliament and Commission last week reassured insurance buyers that their concerns about Solvency II are…
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CRE Insurance
Bermuda requests buyers support as ABIR states case for equivalence in Brussels
The Bermuda insurance and reinsurance market has stepped up its campaign to gain early recognition by the European Commission as…
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Captives
Malta consults on new ICC legislation
The Maltese Financial Service Authority (MFSA) has published a consultation paper for the market on its new legislation to allow…
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CRE Insurance
Higher than average hurricane season predicted for U.S. and Caribbean
The respected Colorado State University's (CSU) Department of Atmospheric Science has issued an updated forecast of the 2010 Atlantic hurricane…
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CRE Insurance
Positive news from CEIOPS as capital charges softened
The European insurance industry appears to have made some headway in its ongoing effort to persuade regulators and politicians that…
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CRE Insurance
ACE expands environmental offering
ACE U.K. has launched a new environmental insurance policy called Environmental Protect policy that offers coverage for small to medium…
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CRE Risk Management
U.K. insurance buyers face disappointment over contract law reform
The U.K. Law Commission is unlikely to recommend the extension of the recent reform of insurance contract law that significantly…
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CRE Insurance
Health Commissioner announces new animal welfare plan
John Dalli, the recently installed Member of the European Commission responsible for Health and Consumer Policy (DG Sanco), has revealed…
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Contingents are on the agenda as U.S. risk managers gather in Boston
Contingent commissions will be one of the key topics discussed at this year’s annual Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)…