Ben Norris
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Climate Change
French government announces strategy to mitigate pollution risks
The French government has launched a new strategy to boost the adoption of measures to mitigate pollution-related technological risks at…
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CRE Insurance
Court criticises agricultural insurance in France
Agricultural insurance policies in France have been criticised by a French court for being too costly and providing insufficient coverage.
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CRE Insurance
UK solicitors’ PI market sees another unrated insurer exit
The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) has moved to reassure law firms insured by Balva Insurance after the Latvian insurer was…
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CRE Insurance
Marsh targets German marine business
Insurance broker Marsh is aiming to increase its marine business in Germany and is targeting ship owners and KG companies.
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Europe
Risk manager and insurance buyer? – Australasia
One of the big dilemmas facing the global risk industry and the cause of many frank exchanges of views is…
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Europe
Risk penny dropping for CEOs but battles ahead – Australasia
Having a CEO who takes risk management seriously and understands its benefits rather than regarding it as a tick box…
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Europe
Australasians add backing to international risk qualification but are divided over feasibility – Australasia
A globally recognised risk management qualification or accreditation scheme would bring a welcome boost to the profession, help raise the…
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Europe
The do’s & don’ts of best practice risk management – Australasia
As part of our Global Risk Frontiers survey we spoke to leading Australasian risk professionals about how best to manage…
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Europe
Global risk community urged to work as one – Australasia
The global risk management community needs to better organise itself in order to lobby on the international stage, further spread…
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CRE Risk Management
Coming to America – North America, Part 1
The Global Risk Frontiers (GRF) survey of leading risk practitioners continues with Commercial Risk Europe taking stock in North America.…
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CRE Insurance
Influx of non-traditional reinsurance capacity changing marketplace say brokers
Global reinsurance capital has grown to record levels on the back of an influx of funds from non-traditional sources that…
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CRE Insurance
Privatisation of Brazilian reinsurer won’t affect market capacity, say experts
The looming privatisation of IRB-Brasil RE, Brazil's leading reinsurance company, is unlikely to affect capacity in the local market, according…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers braced for flurry of financial crisis-based lawsuits
Insurers are bracing themselves for a flurry of lawsuits against financial institutions related to liabilities from the credit crunch and…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
ACE announces key changes to management team in Germanic region, AGCS names Northcott as Regional Head Financial Lines, ACE launches…
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CRE Risk Management
UK public sector leaders still see budget cuts as biggest risk
Risk managers at UK public sector organisations will note a new Ipsos MORI poll that finds funding and budget cuts…
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Association News
Lobbying on Solvency II captive concerns tops Swerma agenda
The Swedish Risk Management Association (Swerma) has three key goals this year—lobbying local authorities on Solvency II on behalf of…
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Africa
Corporate round-up
Torus launches Lloyd's managing agency that assumes business of Syndicate 1301, Willis to acquire UK PI broker Prime Professions, ACE…
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Association News
Ferma announces first joint event with law association to improve understanding
Ferma is holding its first ever joint event with insurance law association AIDA Europe in a bid to improve understanding…
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CRE Risk Management
Change of mindset key to successful risk management, says leadership expert
Who needs to change first-organisations or the risk professionals within them? That is the question posed by charismatic leadership guru…
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Asia
Mandatory EIL regimes could backfire warns broker as China introduces scheme
With pollution concerns leading to China's earlier than expected introduction of a compulsory environmental pollution liability regime, a leading broker…