Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions teams with IBM to boost cyber mitigation and transfer, Geyman appointed assistant VP, Onshore Construction at…
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CRE Insurance
Munich Re and HP partner on cyber risk to strike balance between mitigation and transfer
Munich Re has joined forces with technology firm Hewlett-Packard (HP) to allow large companies to better assess their digital risks…
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Asia
Gallagher opens Asia-Pac practice to push boundaries of rep risk management and takes major stake in Chilean firm
International broker Arthur J Gallagher has launched a new reputational risk practice in the Asia Pacific and strengthened its Latin…
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Insurers listening to customers on emerging risk but more attention needed, survey suggests
Customer demand is increasingly driving insurers to push the boundaries of insurable risk and provide solutions to emerging threats, according…
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Southeast Asia suffers over half of world’s piracy attacks in 2015
Southeast Asia accounted for over half of the world's marine pirate attacks in the first quarter of 2015, the International…
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Europe
IRT compliance–we can work it out
Insurers are not yet fully aligned on IRT compliance but they're making good progress, writes Ben Norris.
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Scottish Bill to recover medical costs of asbestos disease from insurers comes under fire
A proposed Scottish Bill to recover medical costs for the treatment of asbestos-related illness that would allow retroactive extension of…
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Association News
A job well done
Commercial Risk Europe’s Ben Norris caught up with outgoing Airmic technical director Paul Hopkin to discuss past achievements, future goals,…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
Marsh names Sally Williams as director of risk and governance, Willis appoints JLT's Paul Scope as chairman of Bermuda operations,…
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New marine and energy syndicate for Lloyd’s
Concerns that the current wave of consolidation in the international insurance and reinsurance industry could lead to a dangerous concentration…
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Outlook negative as reinsurer results masked by reserve releases and low cats: AM Best
Despite tough trading conditions the reinsurance industry delivered a solid performance in 2014 but its results were masked by low…
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Insured losses from European extratropical cyclone Niklas up to €1.9bn
Insured losses from extratropical cyclone Niklas that hit much of Europe in late March will range between €1bn and €1.9bn,…
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CRE Insurance
Supply chain risk jumps in Thailand and Ukraine
Thailand and Ukraine are the most notable countries in which the newly published 2015 FM Global Resilience Index rates supply…
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CRE Risk Management
Hopkin calls for end to risk management standard squabble
The risk profession must end the 'almighty war' between risk management standards and settle upon one approach in order to…
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Asia
Allied World completes acquisition of RSA’s Asian business
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has completed its acquisition of Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Plc's Hong Kong and…
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Kurth to replace retiring Morinerie at AXA
Dr Jürgen Kurth will replace AXA Corporate Solutions' (ACS) Patrick de La Morinerie when the unit's deputy CEO and board…
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2014 sees record nat cat events but below average losses
Despite 2014 witnessing a record 189 nat cat events, insured losses from such incidents and man-made disasters were well below…
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Marsh reports record breaking year for transactional risk cover
Marsh has reported a huge surge in demand for transactional risk insurance to support merger and acquisitions across the world.…
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Push to solve BI woes gains momentum
Efforts are underway at leading insurance buying associations to support efforts to improve business interruption and supply chain insurance. They…
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Supply chain bill to place French firms at disadvantage warns AMRAE
AMRAE has warned that a proposed French law that aims to make large corporations accountable for labour and environmental conditions…
