Ben Norris
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CRE Risk Management
‘Cyber defenders’ outnumbered against new threats conference warns
With two million new malicious websites now detected each month and a 400% rise this year in malicious software (malware)…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk management appreciation grows amongst business leaders—report
A report by The Economist’s Intelligence Unit has found that long-term and strategic risk management are both climbing the agenda…
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Association News
Ferma makes formal approach for single database on global programmes
Ferma, Airmic and the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA) will formally approach the insurance market this month with…
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Association News
Ferma puts full weight behind push for reinsurance law change in Brazil
Ferma has once again added to the pressure on the Brazilian insurance regulator to change its protectionist reinsurance rules, by…
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CRE Insurance
Extremus sees increased demand for terror cover on back of court ruling
German terror pool Extremus has registered an increased demand for terror policies so far in 2011 having written policies with…
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CRE Insurance
AIR launches inland flood model for Germany
Catastrophe risk modelling firm AIR Worldwide (AIR) has released its first inland flood model for Germany that it said offers…
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CRE Insurance
Confusion in supply chain risk management adding to exposures
Businesses and their suppliers are unclear where responsibility lies for risk management and due diligence, according to a global survey…
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Asia
Disruptions to supply chains major cost from Thai floods—AIR
The major cost from the recent historic flooding in Thailand is the result of disruption to supply chains and manufacturing…
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CRE Insurance
Pressure mounts on supervisors to tackle global programmes question
Günter Dröse, President of ECIROA and Global Head of Insurance at Deutsche Bank, told attendees at Commercial Risk Europe's latest…
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CRE Insurance
New consultation on Brazil’s reinsurance rules as ABGR submits its proposals
The Brazilian risk management association, Associação Brasileira de Gerência de Riscos (ABGR), has presented a proposal to the country’s insurance…
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CRE Insurance
Argentina raises trade barriers and forces insurers to repatriate assets
Argentinian insurers took another hit last week as the government decided they will have to repatriate all investments made abroad.
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CRE Insurance
New legal insurance for trademark protection in Germany as disputes grow
As electronic giant Apple files a lawsuit against a cafe owner in Bonn over infringement of its trademark, a Hamburg-based…
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Climate Change
EC proposes extension of ELD to tackle offshore energy risk
The European Commission has proposed draft regulation to improve the safety of offshore oil and gas activities in the EU…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate round-up
JLT combines with Marine & Aviation in Italy as expansion continues and David Batchelor appointed CEO of Marsh’s International Division.
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CRE Insurance
Fitch expects US to be granted equivalence with Solvency II
Fitch expects the US solvency regime for insurers to achieve equivalence with the European Union's Solvency II requirements, despite the…
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CRE Risk Management
Cyber security in freefall with many organisations behind the curve warns PwC
The cyber security industry is in freefall with most organisations a long way off successfully combating this growing threat, experts…
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CRE Insurance
Corporate insurance market still facing downward pressure says Miller seminar
The corporate insurance market faces long-term downward pressure on rates, according to a Miller Insurance seminar held this week.
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CRE Insurance
Social media set to transform general insurance buying habits
Social media is set to transform the distribution of commercial insurance over the next five years, but firms are reluctant…
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Captives
Captive owners reassured by Commission ahead of Frankfurt conference
Commercial Risk Europe holds its fourth Risk Frontiers seminar for readers today, this time in Frankfurt, Germany in partnership with…
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CRE Insurance
Filhet-Allard joins BrokersLink to expand French and global offerings
International brokerage network BrokersLink has boosted its presence in one of the major European markets by welcoming France's Filhet-Allard as…