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CRE Insurance
Ogden rate change could triple personal injury claims: Marsh
Companies that face increased costs following the new discount rate for personal injury claims introduced by the UK government last…
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CRE Insurance
Chubb launches online broker platform for SME clients
Chubb Ignite is a new online platform for brokers and their small and medium-sized (SME) and middle market clients in…
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CRE People Moves
Brad Gow named head of cyber products at Endurance Specialty
Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd has appointed Brad Gow to the new role of global cyber product leader within Endurance…
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CRE Insurance
THB industrial cyber risk package includes alternative firewall technology
A cyber security protection package for industrial businesses has been launched by a partnership comprising broker THB in conjunction with…
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Asia
Political risks rise as oil prices fall warns Marsh
Changing trends in the oil and gas industry, largely driven by lower oil prices, have presented risk managers with a…
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CRE Risk Management
Charter launched to eradicate modern slavery in construction supply chains
A Construction Coalition Charter has been launched in the UK that aims to eradicate modern slavery in construction supply chains.…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers entering less legal disputes with policyholders: survey
New research has found that insurers are less willing to raise disputes or get into conflict with policyholders as they…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers urged to review crisis plans following London terror attack
The ‘lone wolf’ terror attack in London last week highlights the changing nature of the terror threat, which is increasingly…
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BI
London attack to spark further demand for widening terror cover
Insured losses from the horrific terror attack on central London this week will be small, but the attack is likely…
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CRE Insurance
London market moves ahead with single claims protocol
Key underwriting groups in the London market have approved a Single Claims Agreement model proposed by brokers that will allow…
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CRE Insurance
The words on everyone’s lips
Cyber risk/cyber security is the most-used word or phrase encountered by insurers in 2016 according to a report from AM…
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CRE Insurance
Tokio Marine HCC unit to acquire International Ag MGA
Producers Ag Insurance Group, Inc, part of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies, has signed a purchase agreement to…
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CRE Insurance
AmWINS’ Unicorn MGA hires haulage underwriter
US-based global broker AmWINS Group, Inc has appointed Perry Lyons as motor fleet underwriter in its London-based managing general agent…
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Aviation
Commercial drone use to soar in the US, FAA predicts
The US commercial, non-hobbyist drone (or Unmanned Aircraft Systems) fleet is forecast to grow from 42,000 at the end of…
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Asia
‘Balanced Book’ strategy pays dividends for HDI Global in soft market
HDI Global SE, the industrial insurance arm of German group Talanx, has reported a significant improvement in underwriting results, combined…
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CRE Risk Management
Third-party risks costing firms, survey finds
A quarter of businesses said exposure to third-party risks has cost them more than $10m in losses during the past…
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Asia
EU and Japan target speedy conclusion of trade negotiations as protectionism rises
As risk managers try to work out the implications of growing protectionism in key global markets, the European Union and…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers start raising rates after Ogden change
Insurers have started the first of several expected rate increases for UK liability insurance after changes to the Ogden rate…
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CRE Risk Management
Eurozone stability dips in 2016
Eurozone countries have reported the first dip in economic stability for three years, according to a set of 20 indicators…
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CRE Risk Management
US thunderstorm losses on par with hurricane claims: Willis Re
Thunderstorms property losses in the US are equal to those caused by hurricanes, according to a new report from Willis…