Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
AIG given green light for Brexit-proof restructure
AIG has been granted authorisation to establish two new insurance companies in Luxembourg and the UK to ensure contract certainty…
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CRE Insurance
UK’s NHS yet to implement WannaCry cyber lessons
The UK’s National Health Service (NHS) remains at risk of another WannaCry-style cyberattack after failing to implement lessons learned from…
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CRE Insurance
Liberty expands European fine art and specie team to Germany
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) continues the expansion of its fine art and specie in Europe with the appointment of Ulrike…
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CRE Insurance
Marsh appoints UK FINPRO leader
Marsh has named Paul Denny as leader of its UK financial and professional practice (FINPRO). Mr Denny has worked for…
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CRE Insurance
EC’s collective redress proposals ‘extremely harsh’ on business and risk managers: source
The EC’s proposed pan-European collective redress system put forward last week is much tougher on business than observers feared and…
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CRE Insurance
GDPR and focus on privacy set to increase D&O risk
A growing focus on privacy and tougher EU data protection laws could drive future claims against directors and officers, experts…
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CRE Insurance
Sedgwick completes Cunningham Lindsey deal
Global risk and benefits solutions firm Sedgwick has completed the acquisition of loss adjuster Cunningham Lindsey, taking it a step…
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CRE Insurance
New stats show cloud-based office solutions under increasing attack
Cloud-based office solutions are coming under attack, with the number of employee emails compromised by hackers rising in 2018, according…
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CRE Insurance
Explosion of German class actions unlikely following collective redress reform: GVNW
Risk and insurance managers need not panic about new German collective redress mechanisms that come on the back of European…
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Association News
Ferma calls for balance in EC’s collective redress plans
Ferma is considering the implications of the EC’s plans to introduce collective redress across the EU and higher penalties for…
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CRE Risk Management
Lafarge HR director charged over Syria plant scandal
The former HR director of French cement and construction firm Lafarge has been charged over the company’s continuing presence in…
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CRE Insurance
Liberty appoints AIG’s Deguettes as general manager for France
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has appointed AIG’s Richard Deguettes as general manager for France. Mr Deguettes will join LSM in…
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CRE Insurance
Italian risk management community seeks progress on supply chain and cyber
Italian risk management association Anra held its annual general meeting in Milan at the end of March, followed by a…
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Association News
Demand for risk management education rising among Italian mid-market and SMEs
During Anra’s AGM, Maurizio Castelli, head of the Italian association’s education programme, told members about recent progress made, and growing…
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CRE Insurance
Allianz boosts sustainability with climate- and social-focused investments
Allianz’s renewed focus on climate protection and social inclusion further boosted its sustainability record last year, after the firm made…
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CRE Insurance
Rising boardroom concern over cyber and regulatory risk but supply chain overlooked
Cyber and regulatory risks have climbed the boardroom agenda at UK multinationals, but corporate and supply chain risks are still…
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CRE People Moves
Swiss Re creates new E&S business unit in North America
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions (CorSo) has announced the creation of a standalone Excess & Surplus (E&S) business unit in North…
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CRE Insurance
European business and insurers concerned EC’s collective redress proposals open to abuse
European business and insurance industry associations have come out against the EC’s proposals to introduce collective redress across the EU,…
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CRE Insurance
EC set to grant consumers collective redress across EU and ramp up fines on rulebreakers
The EC has announced major plans to introduce collective redress rights for consumers across the EU and higher penalties of…
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Africa
Aon’s 2018 maps show political violence and risk on the rise
Political violence risk has increased worldwide for the third year in a row, while broader political risk is also up,…