Ben Norris
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ESG
Howden launches Resilience Lab to boost climate risk management
Howden has launched a new platform to help clients evaluate and manage climate risks. The Howden Resilience Laboratory uses Microsoft…
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ESG
Ferma wants risk management more involved in CSRD
Ferma says there needs to be more strategic involvement from risk managers to help organisations meet reporting requirements under the…
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Cyber & Technology
Miller thinks CrowdStrike likely to lead to higher cyber premiums
London market and global broker Miller told Commercial Risk that the CrowdStrike outage is likely to see cyber premiums rise…
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CRE Insurance
Cyber market may switch in favour of insurers early next year: Gallagher
The cyber insurance market remains competitive, with “substantial” premium savings on offer, but things may shift in favour of carriers…
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People Moves
AIG’s Lillelund joining Allianz Commercial and AGCS as CEO
Thomas Lillelund, AIG’s head of Europe, Middle East and Africa, has been named as the third CEO of Allianz Commercial…
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Reinsurance
Berenberg foresees single-digit property cat reinsurance rate reductions
Unless there are big losses in the rest of this year, Berenberg expects property cat reinsurance rates to fall at…
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ESG
Just 65% of UK businesses have set 2050 net-zero target
An inaugural survey of UK businesses has revealed that 65% have committed to net zero by 2050, leaving 35% yet…
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Cyber & Technology
Munich Re to maintain ‘significant’ backing for cyber
Munich Re told those gathered at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous it plans to “continue providing significant capacity” for cyber risk…
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Geopolitical
Aon and Marsh want end of blanket exclusions for Ukraine
Aon and Marsh McLennan have come together to call on the (re)insurance industry to help boost Ukraine’s resilience and economy…
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Market
GVNW foresees market easing despite tough spots
The GVNW expects insurance pricing to ease in the coming months across most lines but warns that corporate motor and…
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Insurance
Average insured cat loss expectation reaches $151bn high: Verisk
Insured nat cat losses are now set to average $151bn a year, according to Verisk’s Extreme Event Solutions business, with…
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Association News
Airmic launches risk management fundamentals course
UK risk management association Airmic has launched a new course to help people learn about the fundamentals of risk management,…
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Reinsurance
Reinsurer appetite for nat cat to rise: S&P
S&P says reinsurers are showing growing appetite for nat cat risk as market conditions move in their favour and expects…
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People Moves
Aon names Kemp head of commercial risk UK
Aon has appointed Rob Kemp as head of commercial risk solutions for the UK. He will take up the role…
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Cyber & Technology
Cat bonds jump 20.5% in Q2 with ILS at record levels
Second-quarter catastrophe bond issuance reached $8.34bn, 20.5% higher than the same period last year that set the previous Q2 record,…
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Association News
GVNW condemns blanket PFAS exclusions
German risk and insurance management association GVNW has come out strongly against new blanket insurance exclusions for PFAS, also known…
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Association News
Ferma moves to boost ERM across Europe
Ferma’s new Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) committee aims to boost the practice among members by clarifying exactly what ERM is…
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Geopolitical
Political violence a ‘real threat’ in US
Increased political violence in the US driven by hostility between rival politicians in the run-up to the presidential election is…
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ESG
Zurich urges companies to open up on energy transition risks
Stronger collaboration with clients is the only real way to overcome a lack of data on emerging risks created by…
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Market
AGCS’s revenues rise as rate increases moderate
AGCS saw its total business volume increase by 8.2% in the second quarter to €3.11bn and by 5.3% to €6.66m…