Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Buyers welcome Lloyd’s strategy but execution in doubt
Lloyd’s ambitious modernisation plans have been broadly welcomed by buyers and market participants alike. However, some question the market’s ability…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers say US-led market hardening is accelerating
Corporate risk and insurance managers must steel themselves because the commercial insurance market is hardening across multiple lines and geographies,…
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Analysis & Opinion
Time to prepare for a sustained hard market
It seems that the corporate insurance market is finally turning. If they have not already done so, risk and insurance…
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Asia
Hard lessons from Australia’s financial services scandal and liability crisis
Widespread misconduct in the financial services market has dominated the news in Australia, but the scandal has important lessons for…
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Analysis & Opinion
Tech to drive risk prevention trend
Technology will help shift risk management emphasis onto prevention rather than transfer, Fujitsu’s chief technology officer for the Europe, Middle…
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CRE Insurance
Insureds struggling with late notice of changes to cover
Risk managers are struggling with late decisions from insurers on renewal programmes, particularly if it is resulting in withdrawal of…
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CRE Insurance
The sharp end: claims
With the insurance market hardening, it is no surprise that risk managers report increased internal scrutiny from senior management and…
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Analysis & Opinion
Tackling the big risks
We spoke to Claire McDonald, country manager for the UK and Ireland at Risk Frontiers Europe sponsor HDI Global, about…
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CRE Risk Management
Fast-changing business environment demands acrobatic risk management skills
Risk managers need to develop balancing skills that would not be out of place in a circus if they are…
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CRE Risk Management
ESG and cyber risks create communication challenge for risk managers
As companies become more exposed to cyber and environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks, risk managers must step up to…
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CRE Insurance
Carriers reviewing cyber contracts to recalculate rates
Insurers are asking to review cyber contracts in a bid to adjust premium rates as risks evolve, according to the…
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CRE Insurance
Room for improvement in claims processes
Risk managers taking part in our Risk Frontiers Europe survey said there remain situations where claims handling takes too long,…
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Association News
Employee benefits pushed onto risk agenda in Germany, Netherlands and UK
Employee benefits, mental health and wellbeing continue to rise up the corporate risk and insurance management agenda, according to discussion…
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CRE Risk Management
UK businesses warned of HSE crackdown
UK businesses and senior management have been warned that regulators are proactively looking to make examples of companies with poor…
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CRE Insurance
Insurance market urged to agree interpretations of global insurance regs to end buyer frustration
Marsh’s Praveen Sharma has called on the London insurance market to come together and agree on interpretations of insurance regulations…
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CRE Insurance
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty opens France office
Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has established a new office in Paris after receiving its insurance licence in France. BHSI has…
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Asia
Baron calls for better support from brokers on employee benefit risk
Brokers, and as a result insurers, are failing to properly support risk managers as they move into the employee benefit…
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CRE Risk Management
Lawyers creaming off securities class actions settlements, warns Chubb
“Meritless” securities class actions in the US are lining the pockets of lawyers rather than compensating investors for harm, according…
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Analysis & Opinion
Data key to more accurate risk analysis and pricing
The arrival of big data theoretically offers the risk and insurance management community an unprecedented opportunity to significantly improve the…
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Analysis & Opinion
Mapfre steps up game with brokers
Chris Smith was appointed to the newly created role of chief global brokers officer at Mapfre Group at the end…