Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Threat to business from terrorism and political violence continues to rise
The global threat to business from terrorism and political violence continues to rise, according to Aon’s Terrorism & Political Violence…
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CRE Insurance
Global supply chains still at risk with lessons not learnt, warns Marsh
Despite last year’s devastating run of catastrophic events that caused huge business interruption across the world many organisations have failed…
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CRE Risk Management
Beware ninja trends and infobesity warns trendspotting futurist
Risk managers must be aware of the opportunities and risks associated with ‘ninja trends’ that develop so slowly over a…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
QBE appoints Richard Pryce as Deputy CEO of its European business and expands risk management team, Beazley launches international data…
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CRE Risk Management
Lords risk select committee needed to drive agenda says academic
A leading academic and government policy advisor has called on risk professionals to help lobby for the creation of a…
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CRE Insurance
German court ruling threatens D&O policies
German managers are in danger of losing their D&O cover that protects them from financial claims because of breach of…
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CRE Insurance
No evidence for deregulation of UK health and safety law as second review announced
There remains political pressure for a cut back of health and safety regulations in the UK as its government commissions…
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CRE Risk Management
EU to create risk committee to encourage risk-based regulation
The European Union will create a Risk Committee this September to promote risk-based policy decisions across the territory.
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CRE Insurance
Risk managers at financial institutions make board level breakthrough
Risk managers in the Financial Institutions sector across Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) have become more recognised and…
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CRE Insurance
Credit risk on the rise as Spanish economy struggles, says study
The deterioration of the Spanish economy is forcing companies to find flexible ways to deal with higher levels of credit…
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CRE Insurance
UK market stable as rate increases offset by sluggish economy—Moody’s
Moody’s outlook for the UK general insurance industry remains stable with expected modest real-term rate increases in most lines of…
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CRE Insurance
New working group looks to develop minimum conditions for cyber cover
NCC Group, an information assurance firm, has established a working group to ‘lead the march’ towards a minimum security standard…
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CRE Insurance
AIR develops new CBI modelling tool for risk managers
AIR is expanding its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) solutions to help risk managers better understand and manage global…
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CRE Insurance
Co-insurance creates risks for industry in Brazil, experts warn
Leading players in the Brazilian insurance market have warned of potential risks presented by co-insurance arrangements that have emerged as…
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CRE Insurance
Potential softening in 2012 for ‘stable but fragile’ energy market reports Willis
Willis believes there is potential for a softening of the energy market in 2012 if record market capacity remains, loss…
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CRE Insurance
AGCS vows to triple business from emerging markets
Germany's insurance giant Allianz plans to triple its turnover from industrial insurance in emerging markets. “We intend to grow the…
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CRE Insurance
Mental diseases threaten workers’ comp carriers claims expert
Workers’ compensation schemes run by industrial companies are increasingly challenged by the increase in mental disease, according to an expert…
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Association News
Ferma launches latest survey to unveil state of risk management across Europe
Ferma launched its sixth Benchmarking Survey this week with the aim of getting a truly pan-European view on key risk…
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CRE Risk Management
Failed risk management strategies must change after 2011’s cat crisis—Marsh
Companies must re-examine their risk management strategies as the spate of severe catastrophes last year revealed weaknesses at many organisations…
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Captives
Marsh report reveals onshore captives and alternative structures on the rise
The number of captives domiciled onshore has risen over the last decade to register a near even split in preference…