Adrian Ladbury
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FERMA launches pan-European survey
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has formally launched a survey of European risk managers that it hopes…
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Captives
Irish regulator promises fair and proportional approach for captives
Matthew Elderfield, Head of Financial Regulation at the Irish Financial Regulator, (FR) has promised captive owners that they will receive…
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CRE Insurance
Policyholders safe as provisional liquidators move in at Quinn
The Irish High Court has appointed joint provisional liquidators to Quinn Insurance Limited after a request was made by the…
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CRE Insurance
Lloyd’s steps up Solvency II pace
Lloyd’s of London is to step up its effort to help the managing agencies that comprise the market meet the…
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CRE Insurance
U.K. insurers create new claims office to trace employers’ liability claims
The U.K. Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced the formation of the Employers’ Liability Tracing Office (ELTO) to help…
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CRE Insurance
CEIOPS claims ‘clear evidence’ of improved supervisory cooperation
The Committee of European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisors (CEIOPS) has published its 2010 Report on the Functioning of Colleges…
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Marsh concludes HSBC broker acquisition to add £130m in revenue
Global broker Marsh has completed its acquisition of HSBC Insurance Brokers Limited (HIBL), the wholly-owned subsidiary of HSBC Bank plc.
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CRE Insurance
Landscape of risk is rapidly changing as energy sector searches further and deeper
The international oil and gas industry remains confident that it has a long and profitable future despite warnings from some…
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CRE Insurance
Access to oil remains number one worry for energy managers
The availability of oil and gas resources is the number one risk to the oil industry according to a poll…
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CRE Insurance
Insurance market up for the challenge—at a price
Insurers and reinsurers are constantly criticised by insurance buyers for failing to meet new risks presented by rapid technological change.…
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CRE Insurance
Steady as she goes-Axel Theis
Axel Theis, CEO of Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty, has managed a remarkable turnaround in the German group’s large corporate…
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CRE Insurance
Buyers and insurers unite against ‘extreme conservatism’ of CEIOPS Solvency II plans
[LONDON]—Pressure is fast building on the European Commission from insurance company and buyer representative groups to water down the advice…
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CRE Insurance
EC launches a new block exemption to cool reception
The European Commission has adopted a new Block Exemption Regulation (BER) for the insurance industry that comes into force on…
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CRE Insurance
Chartis is a leading player but government-backed status bites-Comment
Employees of Chartis, AIG’s non-life operation, are of course sick to the back teeth of reading about their company in…
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CRE Insurance
Rival insurers turn on U.S. government as it ‘refuels’ AIG’s reserve
AIG’s recently announced asset sales and big reserve addition for Chartis sparked vigorous debate about the fairness of continued state…
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Association News
Risk management blossoming in Turkey
ERMA, the Turkish risk management association, was only founded last April but already the group has many of the country’s…
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Captives
Solvency II will kill soft market and slam captives warn carriers
Swiss insurance buyers agree with colleagues around Europe that pricing conditions for their core lines will remain stable for the…
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CRE Insurance
International academics push for outright ban on asbestos…again
The Collegium Ramazzini, an international academic society that specialises in occupational and environmental medicine, has issued a renewed call for…
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CRE Insurance
European Commissioners force pace on REACH requirements
European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani, Commissioner for Industry and Entrepreneurship, and Janez Potočnik, Commissioner for Environment, last week urged…
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CRE Insurance
Talking cars hit the road in Europe
'Talking' cars were out and about on ordinary roads in Europe for the first time last week thanks to European…