Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Insurtech investment gathers pace in Q2 but Covid-19 could affect market, says WTW
Investment in insurtech picked up during second quarter after Covid-19 stalled the market in Q1, according to Willis Towers Watson…
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Analysis & Opinion
In the Hot Seat: Tracey Skinner, Airmic chair
Tracey Skinner, group insurance director at BT Group, the UK telecommunications group, has long been an active member of Airmic…
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Association News
Airmic accelerates digital transformation
Airmic had to react quickly to the Covid-19 pandemic, as lockdown in the UK happened while final preparations for its…
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Association News
All aboard for the Airmic Fest!
Airmic was forced to cancel its annual conference planned for Edinburgh in early June because of the lockdown. The association…
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Association News
Risk education takes centre stage at Airmic
Airmic has seriously ramped up its educational programme since Julia Graham arrived at the association as technical director and deputy…
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Analysis & Opinion
Crisis breathes new life into Airmic’s SIG programme
Airmic has run special interest groups (SIGs) for many years to help members dig deeper into areas of particular importance…
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BI
Insurance buyers urged to start talking early as market hardens due to Covid-19
UK risk managers taking part in our Risk Frontiers Europe survey predict the insurance market will continue to harden, partly…
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CRE Insurance
UK rolls out new cybercrime defences for SMEs
The UK has unveiled a new £2m cyber resilience package to help SMEs boost their defences against cybercrime. Launched by…
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Analysis & Opinion
Learning lessons from Covid-19
With more than 100 years since the last global pandemic, it is not surprising that words like “unprecedented” are being…
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CRE Insurance
Mapfre hit by €153m of Covid-19 claims as Global Risks unit falls to H1 €4m loss
Mapfre Group saw profit fall by 28% in the first half of this year to €271m, as Covid-19 losses of…
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CRE Insurance
Baden Baden Reinsurance meeting cancelled for 2020
The 2020 Baden Baden Reinsurance Meeting, which was due to be held in the German town this October, has been…
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Benelux
Speed of Covid-19 crisis took risk managers by surprise
The speed and scale of the Covid-19 pandemic caught many businesses and governments by surprise, a group of leading Belgian…
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CRE Insurance
Back to the future
Roscoe Fawcett of Bridge Insurance Brokers, a UK partner of Risk Frontiers Europe sponsor Brokerslink, suggests that a little like…
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CRE Insurance
IUA publishes model clause to clarify motor terrorism cover in UK
The International Underwriting Association (IUA) has published a new model clause to clarify insurance coverage for motor terrorism risks in…
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Benelux
Mixed reaction to insurers’ Covid-19 response
Belgian risk managers taking part in our Risk Frontiers Europe survey were split on how insurers have reacted to the…
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Benelux
Risk managers showing their value through Covid-19 crisis
Continuity is the key to success with Covid-19, Chris Staes of HDI Global being prepared and able to provide clients…
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Benelux
A world of risk
Pandemic risk has been underestimated for many years but the interconnectedness of global trade has made it all but impossible…
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Analysis & Opinion
Cat among the pigeons
Brokers are not enjoying a great time currently, with questions raised again about conflicts of interest, inadequate transparency and the…
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Association News
Ferma and national associations back pan-European pandemic insurance plan
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) and both the German and Spanish national risk management associations have told…
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BI
Everest Re to suffer $160m pandemic loss in Q2
Everest Re expects to report a profit in the second quarter, despite booking $160m in Covid-19 losses and recording a…