Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Cat losses to drive reinsurance rate increases, says Moody’s
Catastrophe losses during the fourth quarter of 2018 will support higher reinsurance rates, according to Moody’s. Reinsurers are expected to…
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CRE Insurance
Insured catastrophe losses total $79bn in 2018: Swiss Re
Global insured catastrophe losses will total $79bn this year, the fourth highest on record and above the ten-year average of…
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Analysis & Opinion
The rise of technology within the insurance industry
Melissa Boyars, claims operations manager UK at Generali GC&C, reflects on the latest practices to improve processes at insurers, the…
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CRE Insurance
Claims resources under pressure as expertise drains from sector: Clyde & Co
A shortage of skilled claims staff is looming as staff retire and new expertise is becoming harder to find, according…
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Asia
Argo names new head of international business
Argo Group has appointed Matt Harris as group head of international operations, with his remit including business in the UK,…
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CRE Insurance
Sompo makes double leadership change as it seeks international growth
Sompo International, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer and reinsurer subsidiary of Japanese firm Sompo, is shaking up its leadership and operating…
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CRE Insurance
Poll reveals most sought-after workplace benefits
Private medical insurance (PMI) is top of UK employees’ wishlist of workplace benefits, according to a poll conducted by Capita…
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CRE People Moves
BMS recruits two brokers in Bermuda
Broker BMS Group has boosted its Bermuda business with the appointment of George Bowring from Price Forbes and Kian Wookey…
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CRE Insurance
Plastic manufacturers next likely target of environmental damage litigation: Clyde & Co
Plastic manufacturers are at “significant risk” of being the next industry to get caught up in the wave of environmental…
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CRE Insurance
Zurich transfers $2bn worth of UK employers’ liability policies to Catalina
Zurich Insurance is to transfer a book of pre-2007 UK employers’ liability policies, including those covering asbestos and industrial disease-related…
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CRE Insurance
Munich Re launches new North American specialty insurance unit
Munich Re has launched a new specialty commercial insurance unit in North America that will bring together the company’s primary…
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Association News
European risk managers preparing for hard market
European risk managers are preparing for a hard insurance market while at the same time taking on a more strategic…
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Analysis & Opinion
Relentless extension of risk frontiers continues as 2019 beckons
This year’s European Risk Frontiers Survey, sponsored again by HDI Global, is published with this issue of Commercial Risk Europe…
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CRE Insurance
Navigating the Brexit trap
With the final shape of Brexit still up in the air, insurance buyers in the EU purchasing cover from the…
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CRE Insurance
Rein in IT after cyber event or risk losing vital claims evidence
Risk managers are advised to rein in internal IT when a cyber event hits, so that important information remains intact…
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Analysis & Opinion
Risk managers taking centre stage with employee benefits
The world of employee benefits is becoming both increasingly important and complex in the global economy, and risk managers find…
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Association News
Boom or bust for risk managers when it comes to cyber
If risk managers don’t get out their comfort zones and get to grips with cyber, they face becoming redundant in…
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CRE Insurance
Mahnke calls for premium reduction if cyber cover removed from other lines
If insurers want to remove cyber coverage from other lines of business in favour of standalone, all-encompassing cyber insurance, they…
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Association News
Global risk management under threat in new world order
Companies must learn to operate in a transition between the old, globalised world order of shared risk and solutions to…
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Association News
Risk managers must react fast to avoid becoming business disablers in tech age
If risk managers do not reinvent their role and skills fast enough in the digital age, they risk becoming business…