Ben Norris
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Reinsurance
Swiss Re expects reinsurance market hardening through 2024
Swiss Re expects the “disequilibrium” between supply and demand to persist in non-life reinsurance through 2024 and, along with still…
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Cyber & Technology
Ferma hopes ongoing dialogue over PPPs will now pay off
Ferma has told Commercial Risk Europe that it has kept dialogue open with all relevant stakeholders on the need for…
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Cyber & Technology
Cyber claims becoming more difficult and technical, warn brokers
Cyber insurance claims have become more difficult for buyers, with carriers now asking very detailed questions before paying out, brokers…
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Liability
Carriers set to maintain PFAS exclusions despite buyer concerns
The (re)insurance industry will have to maintain exclusions for many PFAS substances, also known as forever chemicals, until it can…
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Italy
Sompo International builds out Italian leadership team
Sompo International has made five new appointments to its leadership team in Italy. Brunello Bulciaghi joins from Aon and will…
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Risk Management
Perma-crisis and digitalisation alter risk manager role
Virtual meetings have greatly changed the way risk and insurance mangers operate over the last few years, bringing both positives…
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ESG
Buyers question whether carriers are making the most of ESG data
Risk and insurance managers from Belgium question whether the growing interest in ESG data from insurers is much more than…
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Benelux
Belgium market improving for buyers but far from easy
The Belgian commercial insurance market is not softening just yet but things are not as bad for buyers as they…
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Benelux
Geopolitics, cyber, nat cats and battle for talent big risks for Belgian firms
Geopolitics, cyber and natural catastrophes are among the biggest risks facing Belgian companies, agreed some of the country’s leading risk…
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Reinsurance
S&P goes to stable from negative on reinsurance sector
S&P has revised its outlook on the global reinsurance sector to stable from negative on the back of the hardening…
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People Moves
DUAL names Allianz’s McGinn as UK CEO in bid to double premium
Howden’s MGA DUAL has appointed Allianz’s Simon McGinn as CEO of its UK business. The company said the appointment will…
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Cyber & Technology
Cyber war exclusions likely to come under further scrutiny later this year, warns CyberCube
CyberCube believes that a rise in nation-state cyberattacks later this year will force the (re)insurance industry to once again revisit…
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DACH
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial opens new office in Cologne
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial has opened a new office in Cologne, Germany as part of its strategic expansion in…
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Cyber & Technology
UK cyber market stabilising with up to 25% reductions for some: Marsh
The UK cyber market is stabilising, with some buyers hit with the biggest rises in previous renewals seeing rate reductions…
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Cyber & Technology
DDoS attacks already up 200% on whole of 2022, says Zayo
The number of Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyberattacks is already 200% higher in the first half of this year…
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Market
Bloomberg Intelligence predicts third straight year of $100bn nat cat insured losses
A new report from Bloomberg Intelligence says that nat cat insured losses are on course to top $100bn for the…
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People Moves
Allianz Commercial names new head of distribution in London
Allianz Commercial has appointed Alastair Warren-Upham as head of distribution in the London market. In the newly created role, Warren-Upham…
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DACH
Sompo International names HDI’s Dittmann country head in Germany and Austria
Sompo International has appointed Malte Dittmann from HDI as country manager for insurance in Germany and Austria. He will take…
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ESG
Affordability and proving value biggest challenges for wellbeing support: GRiD
Employers have cited affordability as the biggest challenge in supporting the health and wellbeing of staff in a new survey…
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Legal & Regulation
S&P upgrades outlook for Munich and Swiss Re on back of hardening market and better primary results
S&P has upgraded its ratings outlook for Munich Re and Swiss Re on the back of improving performance buoyed by…