Ben Norris
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CRE Risk Management
Insurers ‘Stone Age’ IT systems must adapt-Risk Frontiers
Insurers must up their game to deliver better service and claims handling, Gregor Kohler, Head of Insurance at German chemical…
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CRE Insurance
Tough time for brokers—Risk Distribution
Commercial Risk Europe spoke to Joaquin Huergo Luz, CEO of Spanish broker Artai, as part of our annual Risk Distribution…
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CRE Insurance
£471,846 FSA fine and ban for individual UK broker due to fraud
A former UK commercial insurance broker was this week banned and fined £471,846, one of the largest amounts ever levied…
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CRE Insurance
Cat reinsurance market nears strategic shift as third party providers move in
The catastrophe reinsurance market may be on the cusp of a strategic shift, with third party capital providers set to…
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CRE Insurance
Half of European companies unprepared for emerging risks finds ACE
Around half of European companies say they are unprepared to deal with many of the most prominent emerging risks, citing…
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CRE Risk Management
Most internal audit functions have room for improvement survey shows
Eighty per cent of chief audit executives (CAEs) believe their organisations' internal audit function has room for improvement, and 75%…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
Willis makes top appointments in key regions, AIR expands suite of catastrophe models for Australia, Hiscox appoints new CRO and…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers battling to navigate choppy financial waters-Risk Frontiers
We spoke to Gary Marshall, Group Risk Manager at Polestar UK Print Limited, about the effects on risk management of…
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CRE Insurance
Do insurers really know better?–Risk Distribution
Commercial Risk Europe caught up with Leberecht Funk as part of our annual Risk Distribution survey, sponsored by Lloyd’s. Discussions…
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CRE Insurance
Risk management key to Arctic puzzle
New business opportunities in the Arctic as a result of climate change and developments in technology must be carefully balanced…
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Association News
Ferma announces certification plans to bolster profession
Last month Ferma launched an ambitious project to plan the creation of pan-European certificates of professional competence for risk managers.…
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Europe
Joining the party–Russia
Anne-Christin Gröger, one of the Commercial Risk Europe German team, recently travelled to Moscow for the annual RusRisk conference. She…
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CRE Risk Management
Russia joins the party–Russia
Anne-Christin Gröger, part of the Commercial Risk Europe's German team, recently travelled to Moscow for the annual RusRisk conference. She…
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CRE Insurance
Brokers under the microscope as competition gets tough-Risk Distribution
In light of the economic slowdown, insurance brokers are being forced to try and take customers from each other. But…
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CRE Insurance
IAIS gives verdict on systemic risk of reinsurance, calls for more supervision
A policy paper published today by the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) has concluded that traditional reinsurance is unlikely…
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CRE Insurance
HDI-Gerling to get tough on bad risks
HDI-Gerling, one of Germany's large industrial insurers, has begun to individually reassess all of its clients on the basis of…
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CRE Insurance
Stable capacity but hardening rates foreseen by insurance industry leaders
Insurance industry leaders foresee a hardening of rates, stable capacity and greater profitability for their firms over the next 12…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk and vulnerability up in UK public sector finds survey
Public services in the UK are under threat with a predicted increase in major incidents likely to be exacerbated by…
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CRE Insurance
Insurers split over move to single worldwide accounting standard–survey
Insurance executives seem split over the benefits of moves towards a single global accounting framework for insurers and the potential…
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CRE Insurance
Moody’s downgrades ratings at Italian insurers due to links to weakened state
Moody’s has downgraded the ratings of three Italian insurance groups and related entities. The downgrades at arms of Generali, Allianz…