Ben Norris
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Geopolitical
August 31, 2022
China-US tensions pose major threat to supply chains
Growing tensions between the US and China pose a significant threat to global supply chains with further disruption likely during…
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Risk Management
August 30, 2022
Staff and resource shortages usher in new risks for live events post-pandemic, warns AGCS
Risk managers involved in the live events sector, which is now booming post-pandemic, face a range of new risks and…
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Market
August 30, 2022
Moderate EMEA P&C price rises in Q2 but German buyers suffer challenging conditions: Aon
Moderate price increases continued for most P&C insurance buyers in Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) during the second…
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Legal & Regulation
August 30, 2022
Financial services face mounting compliance risk as they battle to keep pace with regulation
Three quarters of global financial services firms expect regulatory activity to increase further in the next year but most don’t…
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Insurance
August 30, 2022
AXA to build ‘innovative’ parametric cover using RMS’s tropical cyclone trigger
AXA Climate is going to use Risk Management Solutions’ (RMS) tropical cyclone tool as a trigger for parametric insurance policies…
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Pandemic
August 30, 2022
Insurer wins Covid BI ruling in Washington as insured wins Californian case
Washington became the fifth US state supreme court to rule in insurers’ favour over Covid-related business interruption (BI) litigation, when…
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Reinsurance
August 30, 2022
Net premiums written by leading US reinsurers rise in first half
Net premiums written during the first half of this year increased to $42.1bn from $37.1bn in the year-earlier period among…
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Climate Change
August 25, 2022
Germany’s Talanx reportedly latest European carrier to exclude east African pipeline
German insurance group Talanx, parent of HDI Global and Hannover Re, is the latest leading German and European carrier to…
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Partner Video
August 24, 2022
Zurich: going to the next level
In this video, Zurich explains how digitalisation gives the insurer, its customers and its brokers a unique opportunity to bring…
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ESG
August 18, 2022
European business body says proposed Corporate Sustainability Directive will not work
BusinessEurope, the group that represents 40 EU-based national industry and employer associations, believes the EU’s current draft Directive on Corporate…
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Cyber & Technology
August 18, 2022
Lloyd’s extends cyberwar risk exclusions to tackle non-physical attacks
Lloyd’s has told its syndicates that they must add cyber policy clauses that exclude state-backed cyberattacks linked to both physical…
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Reinsurance
August 18, 2022
Top 50 reinsurer ranking driven by rate increases in 2021: AM Best
Between one third to a half of premium growth recorded by the world’s largest reinsurers last year was driven by…
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Legal & Regulation
August 18, 2022
Buyers’ side Fenchurch Law boosts north of England team with two hires
Fenchurch Law, the UK firm that only works for policyholders and brokers, has expanded its team with two new appointments…
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ESG
August 17, 2022
New board diversity rules in UK and US heighten D&O risk: Marsh
New rules by UK and US regulators on board diversity at listed companies look set increase D&O risk with fines…
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Marine
August 17, 2022
EU clarifies ban on carrying and insuring Russian fertilisers and coal applies worldwide
The EU has made clear to EU-based shipowners and the international marine insurance community that its new rules on carrying…
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Cyber & Technology
August 17, 2022
Beazley’s Smart Tracker offers hope of a more efficient market
There has been much talk in recent times of how insurtech will revolutionise the insurance market by enabling more accurate…
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Supply Chain
August 17, 2022
Credit Suisse unit doubles Greensill insurance claims to $2.2bn
Credit Suisse Asset Management (CSAM) has filed additional insurance claims related to the collapse of Greensill Capital bringing the total…
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Insurance
August 17, 2022
R&Q shareholder Brickell supports call to remove exec chair Spiegel
R&Q Insurance Holdings’ largest shareholder Brickell PC Insurance has “lost confidence” in the runoff specialist’s current leadership and said it…
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M&A
August 17, 2022
Ocean International Re acquires London’s Oceva Risk Solutions and targets European expansion
Barbados-based reinsurer Ocean International Reinsurance has acquired London-based Oceva Risk Solutions as part of the company’s plans to expand internationally.…
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Property
August 17, 2022
AXA XL appoints senior underwriter of international property for UK & Lloyd’s
Sabrina Lahrmann has been appointed as senior underwriter of international property insurance for the UK & Lloyd’s at AXA XL.…