Ben Norris
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Analysis & Opinion
The risk manager’s role in saving the planet
The average European risk manager may be excused for thinking that the call from Brigitte Bouquot, president of French risk…
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Analysis & Opinion
Risk managers rising to the challenge of employee benefits
Employee benefits have become an increasingly hot topic for corporate risk and insurance managers in recent times. This is because…
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Analysis & Opinion
Back to the future
The thriving European mutual insurance sector accounts for about half of Europe’s insurance companies by number and a third by…
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Asia
China province launches coronavirus cover
The Chinese province of Hainan has launched an insurance product specifically designed to cover losses incurred by businesses as a…
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Association News
French firms face dwindling supply chain insurance options as problems with NDBI spread to CBI
Transferring supply chain risks has become a much harder task for French firms as the insurance market hardening pushes underwriters…
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Africa
Travel risk firm launches city safety maps
Travel risk intelligence agency Riskline has launched 250 city risk maps that will flag up city-specific threats for risk and…
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CRE Insurance
Inga Beale joins Crawford as independent director
Former Lloyd’s CEO Dame Inga Beale has been elected as an independent director at global claims firm Crawford & Company.…
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Asia
Rate hikes help boost QBE profits
Natural catastrophe losses in Australia and North America did not stand in the way of QBE posting a 41% increase…
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Asia
Civil unrest, conflict and trade wars to drive political risk in the 2020s
Corporates are being warned to expect an increase in conflicts, civil unrest and trade disputes in coming years, as political…
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Benelux
European Storm Ciara losses in €1.1bn to €1.9bn range, estimates AIR
The first insured loss estimate for European Storm Ciara/Sabine from AIR Worldwide ranges between €1.1bn and €1.9bn, with the majority…
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Asia
Coronavirus excluded from new event cancellation policies: Reuters
Insurers are starting to exclude coronavirus from event cancellation policies after several high-profile events were scrapped because of the virus,…
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CRE Insurance
Chubb extends incident reporting service to excess casualty
Chubb has extended use of its incident reporting tool to excess casualty clients. Incident Alert was previously used by environmental…
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CRE Insurance
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions hires chief claims officer from Chubb
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (SRCS) has appointed Marc Scheidegger as chief claims officer from Chubb. Mr Scheidegger is due to…
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CRE Insurance
AIG swings to $3.33bn yearly profit on back of big turnaround in general insurance
AIG saw net income swing back to an impressive $3.33bn last year from a $6m loss in 2018, as it…
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CRE Insurance
Insolvencies set to rise in US with slowdown impacting trading partners: Atradius
Corporates trading in the US face slower economic growth, uncertainty and increased risk of insolvency this year, according to a…
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CRE Insurance
Zurich’s P&C profits jump 38% as hardening market helps it successfully execute three-year turnaround plan
Zurich’s P&C operating profit jumped 38% to $2.88bn in 2019 with its combined ratio improving 1.4 percentage points to 96.4%,…
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Asia
Business continuity plans to the fore as coronavirus supply chain disruption predicted to last till Q3
As Verisk Maplecroft warns that coronavirus has “seriously interrupted” global supply chains and expects disruption to last until Q3, risk…
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CRE Insurance
Sedgwick partners with insurtech to advance fleet risk management
Sedgwick has partnered with insurtech firm Concirrus, which operates risk management tool Quest Automotive, to boost fleet risk management. Sedgwick…
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CRE Insurance
Fidelis raises $300m to drive growth and capitalise on hardening market
Bermudan insurer Fidelis Insurance has raised $300m in equity capital to support its expansion plans. The specialty underwriter, which also…
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CRE Insurance
IUMI proposes stronger fire safety regulations to IMO
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) has submitted its promised paper to the International Maritime Organisation (IMO), calling for…