Ben Norris
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Analysis & Opinion
No need for state intervention on cyber as market evolving steadily, says HDI Global
Patrick Smolka is head of financial lines at European Risk Frontiers survey sponsor HDI Global in Germany. Adrian Ladbury, editor…
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Analysis & Opinion
Big gaps remain in German cyber market but offering rapidly maturing: SUEDVERS
SUEDVERS, the family-owned broker based in Freiburg with 15 offices across Germany and Austria, is the German representative of the Worldwide…
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CRE Risk Management
Cyber, economic transformation and credit top agenda in Switzerland
During a roundtable for this year’s European Risk Frontiers survey, Sabrina Hartusch, risk manager for international lingerie firm Triumph and…
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CRE Risk Management
Time management and knowledge key to success for risk managers
The rapid pace of the modern economy means that risk managers need to be knowledgeable, flexible and agile to stay…
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CRE Insurance
No sign of hard market…or innovation from Switzerland
Swiss risk managers taking part in our European Risk Frontiers survey do not expect a significant change in overall insurance…
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CRE Insurance
Longer-term agreements way ahead for Swiss risk managers
Swiss risk managers agree with their colleagues across Europe that long-term agreements are the way ahead for their insurance programmes…
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CRE Insurance
Cyber risk demands enterprise-wide approach
The Swiss risk managers who joined this year’s European Risk Frontiers survey discussion agree with most of their European peers…
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CRE Insurance
Let market forces do their job on cyber: HDI Global
Stephan Roth, head of financial lines at European Risk Frontiers survey sponsor HDI Global in Switzerland, admits that the cyber…
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Analysis & Opinion
Cyber: Clearly a board level topic
VZ Insurance Services is the Swiss member of the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), sponsor of this year’s European Risk Frontiers…
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CRE Insurance
Munich Re issues profit warning following Hurricanes Irma and Harvey
Munich Re is the first big company from the risk transfer industry to publicly state that losses from Hurricane Irma…
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CRE Insurance
Chubb promotes Tara Parchment to lead its HNW business in Europe
Chubb has promoted Tara Parchment, vice-president, personal risk services, UK & Ireland, to head its European personal risk services division.…
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CRE People Moves
Kingsbridge announces appointment of James Twining as CEO
Kingsbridge, the UK provider of specialty insurance services to contractors, freelancers and the recruitment and utilities industries, has appointed James…
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Cyber & Technology
Novae Group partners with Lloyd’s Illinois on cyber security education
The cyber team at Novae, the Lloyd’s insurer, delivered its Understanding Cybersecurity and Insurance (UCS-I) course to brokers at Lloyd’s…
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Association News
New COSO ERM framework welcomed by risk managers
The risk management community has welcomed a key update to the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework from the Committee of…
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Aviation
Mapfre Global Risks sets up in London aviation market to drive international growth
Mapfre Global Risks (MGR) is moving into London’s aviation insurance market by appointing former Willis Towers Watson man Oscar Becerra…
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Benelux
Generali sells Dutch business to ASR Nederland
Generali has sold its Dutch insurance business to ASR Nederland for €143m. Generali’s disposal of its Dutch operation, Generali Nederland,…
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BI
Irma set to cost insurance industry less than initially feared and unlikely to shift market
Insured loss estimates from Hurricane Irma are lower than initially feared, with the latest placing costs at around $25bn. Experts…
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CRE Insurance
Cyber and large risks to occupy marine insurers at IUMI’s Tokyo conference
As marine underwriters head to Japan for their annual gathering next week, storm losses, digitalisation and increasing exposures will be…
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CRE Insurance
$12.5bn cat bonds exposed to Irma with event set to test market: AM Best
Analysis from AM Best shows that approximately $12.5bn of catastrophe bonds are exposed to Hurricane Irma, with losses from the…
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CRE Insurance
New covers emerging for changing terror threat but more work needed to develop market
The terrorism market is still geared towards catastrophic, physical damage covers that do not lend themselves to the changing terror…