Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
Willis launches WillisCaptus to support risk retention, Chubb names new European Casualty Claims Manager, Gard subsidiary launches facility to cover…
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Asia
Big changes at Marsh’s international division as Piccolomini named CEO of extended European region
Marsh today announced the appointment of Flavio Piccolomini as leader of a new Continental Europe, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)…
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Association News
Greimel to stand down at DVS
There will be wide-ranging changes to the leadership and management of the German Risk Managers' Association Deutscher Versicherungs-Schutzverband (DVS) next…
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Association News
Ferma survey suggests lack of ERM to meet cyber threats
Information security and privacy is a growing concern for the vast majority of European companies yet less than half have…
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CRE Insurance
AIR significantly raises Sandy insured loss estimates up to $22bn as costs mount
AIR has 'significantly' increased its insured loss estimates for Hurricane Sandy to between $16bn and $22bn, from a revised range…
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Association News
New risks, new transfer conundrums for Spanish buyers – Igrea
The need for Spanish companies to understand and get to grips with risks in new markets whilst at the same…
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CRE Insurance
Germany’s €50bn cyber cost necessitates specialist cover says broker
Germany's internal secret service Verfassungsschutz's estimate that cyber attacks cost the country €50bn annually should come as a concern to…
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CRE Insurance
European companies fear rise in business travel risk and non-compliant cover
Over half of European companies fear that business travel risk will increase over the next five years, with one quarter…
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Association News
Ferma urged not to reinvent the wheel on certification as RMIA offers hand
Grant Whitehorn, President of the Risk Management Institution of Australasia (RMIA), has urged Ferma not to reinvent the wheel as…
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Association News
Risk managers must remove blinkers to overcome fragile systems
For far too long risk professionals have overly focused on frameworks and processes that build fragile risk management systems and…
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Association News
Tsunami of regulation on the horizon for risk professionals
Risk, governance and compliance professionals will have to deal with an ever-expanding raft of regulations as authorities look to stamp…
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Association News
Risk owners should be forced to stand on their own two feet
Risk professionals should stop managing the risks belonging to others in their organisation and develop crucial competencies such as listening,…
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Association News
Risk managers must shine light on regulatory group risk
Risk and compliance professionals must shed light upon, interpret and demystify international regulations when they are rolled out through multinational…
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Association News
Debate hots up over merits of integrated governance, risk and compliance function
When the risk and compliance institutes of Australasia joined forces for their inaugural GRC Conference last week there was heated…
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Association News
Australasian risk and compliance institutes open merger discussions
The Australasian risk and compliance institutes have entered into discussions over a potential merger, Commercial Risk Europe learned last week…
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Association News
Airmic unveils its model Reservation of Rights clause to end dodgy practice
Following months of discussions with the market Airmic has unveiled its long desired Reservation of Rights (RoR) model clause that…
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CRE Insurance
Cyber security not taken seriously warns UK government secretary
Organisations are failing to treat cyber security as seriously as physical security, delegates at the Institute of Risk Management's Risk…
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Climate Change
Insureds must beware unfavourable court action as Sandy claims play out
A leading lawyer has urged insureds to avoid litigation and settle the likely claims and coverage disputes arising from superstorm…
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CRE Insurance
Chartis back under AIG brand as confidence returns
Chartis fell back under its mother ship brand American International Group (AIG) this week along with the majority of the…
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CRE Insurance
Business urged to be proactive and reconsider supply chain risk following Sandy
As businesses affected by superstorm Sandy begin the road back to recovery, industry experts have this week stressed that losses…