Ben Norris
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Swiss risk managers focus on sustainability
The Swiss Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (SIRM) finally addressed the topic of sustainability at its recent forum in…
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Wegener calls for stronger effort on climate change
Dirk Wegener, president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), used his speech at the Swiss Association of…
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Climate risk measurement and management a work in progress: Stampa
Marco Stampa, sustainability governance manager at Italian oil and gas services giant Saipem, gave a talk during the recent SIRM…
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Association News
November 30, 2022
Climate change: No time to lose
Gaudenz Flury, a prominent Swiss meteorologist and presenter of the nation’s daily weather forecast, painted a bleak picture of climate…
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Corporate citizenship is ‘paradigm shift’ for business leaders
Elena Rittstieg, executive search consultant at Egon Zehnder, told the recent SIRM Forum: “Long gone are the days when shareholder…
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Progress made by Swiss insurers on climate compatibility
The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) have carried out…
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DACH
November 30, 2022
Swiss businesses call for nation to rise to the energy challenge
Switzerland faces a huge challenge in its efforts to shift away from fossil fuels to a more reliable and greener…
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ESG
November 29, 2022
Risk managers urged to engage with environmental NGOs
European risk managers and their corporate leadership have been urged to engage with NGOs campaigning to drive the fight against…
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ESG
November 29, 2022
Case dropped against Belgian central bank after ECB ‘greens’ bond scheme
Campaign group ClientEarth has dropped its case against Belgium’s central bank for helping to finance polluting businesses, after the European…
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Legal & Regulation
November 29, 2022
Irish data regulator fines Meta €265m for Facebook GDPR breaches
Meta-owned Facebook has been fined €265m by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC) for breaching Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation…
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ESG
November 29, 2022
Arch and AEGIS rule out cover for East African pipeline
Arch Insurance and AEGIS London have ruled themselves out of insuring the East Africa Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP) as Lloyd’s…
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Captives
November 29, 2022
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive gets green light for 2024
The EC has given the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) its final green light and more companies operating in the…
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Legal & Regulation
November 29, 2022
SEC awards $20m to whistleblower
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is awarding $20m to a whistleblower who provided “new and critical” information that…
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Cyber & Technology
November 29, 2022
Buyer concern switches from coverage litigation to cyberwar clauses
Buyers are growing more concerned about moves by insurers to exclude cyberwar protection than the recent spate of cyber coverage…
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Risk Management
November 28, 2022
Risk managers and internal auditors must work closer with boards on sustainability, says Ferma
Boards of directors need to work more closely with risk managers and internal auditors to meet sustainability challenges faced by…
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ESG
November 28, 2022
Diversity index records small improvements at UK financial services
UK financial services companies have improved their diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) scores by two points in an index published…
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Marine
November 28, 2022
North P&I joins Standard in 10% renewal rate hike
North P&I Club said it will increase premium rates by 10% for 2023/2024 renewals, which puts it in line with…
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People Moves
November 28, 2022
Tysers names Andrew Kendrick non-exec chair
Tysers Insurance Brokers has appointed former Chubb Europe president Andrew Kendrick as non-executive chair of its board. The appointment is…
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Employee Benefits
November 25, 2022
The future is here. The future is now.
Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together? And what a plan – and a monumental journey –…
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Energy
November 25, 2022
European companies call for emergency measures on energy and regulatory breathing space
The presidents of BusinessEurope’s 40 member federations have called for more support in the ongoing energy crisis as European companies…