Ben Norris
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CRE Insurance
Commercial property rates set to stand firm
Rates for commercial property insurance are unlikely to rise significantly in the near future despite the attempts of some insurance…
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Association News
First AIRMIC Casualty benchmark completes suite
AIRMIC unveiled the results of its first-ever benchmarking study into the Casualty insurance market at its conference this week, which…
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CRE Insurance
Gulf hurricanes threaten to escalate oil loss
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which sank approximately 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico,…
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Climate Change
Spanish market broke too early on ELD deadline
Over the past three years, Spanish companies have been busy preparing to meet the tough requirements of a new environmental…
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Association News
AIRMIC grows on back of eventful year
Paul Howard concludes his year as Chairman of AIRMIC at its conference in Manchester this month. The J. Sainsbury’s Risk…
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Climate Change
First Environmental Liability Directive cases from European Court of Justice
On 9 March, in its first rulings on the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concluded…
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Association News
Crisis boosts interest in training among U.K. risk managers
Ahead of this month’s AIRMIC conference, Ben Norris talked to CEO John Hurrell about the U.K. risk management association’s latest…
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CRE Insurance
Spanish risk and insurance managers warned about rising red tape
Solvency II represents only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in terms of challenges that insurers and their customers face in…
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CRE Insurance
IRM welcomes sharper focus on risk in revised U.K. Code
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has welcomed the sharper focus on the ‘proper management of risk’ included in the…
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CRE Insurance
Big sister likely to erupt in short term
Experts at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster (IRDR) have said that there is a ‘strong possibility’ that the…
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CRE Risk Management
Risk managers told to brace for busy hurricane season
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has added to the rising volume of forecasts of a particularly busy…
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CRE Insurance
HDI-Gerling U.K. unveils new structure for big clients
HDI-Gerling Industrial Insurance Company U.K. has announced the formation of two new business divisions together with the creation of a…
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Climate Change
As environmental liabilities grow regulators look set to get busy
As environmental regulations and liabilities continue to grow in the U.K., beefed up by the implementation of the Environmental Liability…
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Climate Change
Industrial Emissions Directive needs to be more flexible says Cefic
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) supports the objective of the draft Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) but it believes that…
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CRE Insurance
Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be well above the norm
Every indicator points to Atlantic hurricane activity in 2010 being well above the norm with Atlantic basin and U.S. landfalling…
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Risk intelligence on the wane as ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ approach to health & safety grows
The British public seems to have lost its way when it comes to ‘risk intelligence’ according to John Holden, President…
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CRE Insurance
Allied World launch new SME product as corporate world revolves
Allied World Assurance Company, the Bermuda-based insurance company, has announced that its European operation Allied World Europe has launched a…
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CRE Insurance
Bruton to head IFSC as Ireland maps financial recovery
Ireland’s international financial services industry last week announced its intention to create the role of Chairman of IFSC Ireland, the…
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Association News
AIRMIC prepares to tackle ‘unfair’ disclosure rules with market
AIRMIC has opened talks with the insurance market to address concerns that the current law that governs disclosure in the…
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CRE Risk Management
Quality of risk presentation top priority for buyers claims broker
The quality of an insurance buyer’s presentation of risk information is crucial for them to obtain the most competitive terms…