Liz Booth
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Clyde & Co
Insurance 2024: The year ahead, according to Clyde & Co
Market predictions from Clyde & Co partners around the world include: Greenwashing litigation to increase as mandatory reporting comes into…
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Clyde & Co
Extending fixed recoverable costs in civil claims: October 2023 implementation confirmed
The recent publication of the minutes of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee’s (CPRC) March 2023 meeting reports important progress towards…
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Europe
What next for talc litigation?
On 11 August Johnson & Johnson (J&J) announced that it is to stop global sales of its talcum-based powders in…
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Insurance
UK Data Protection Law reforms: divergence from EU rules on the cards?
On 10 May 2022, in the Queen’s Speech to mark the state opening of parliament, the UK government confirmed plans…
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Insurance
UK compulsory motor insurance is no longer Vnuk’d
The UK’s Motor Vehicles (Compulsory Insurance) Bill will provide relief to risk managers and insurers long concerned about the impact…
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Legal & Regulation
Further exposure inevitable for the residential development industry?
Following extensive investigations into building safety following the Grenfell tragedy, the UK government plans for the Building Safety Bill (BSB)…
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Legal & Regulation
European court tests US sanctions rules
The Court of Justice of the European Union’s (CJEU) judgment in Bank Melli Iran v Telekom Deutschland GmBH (handed down…
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Global Risk Manager
Law Commissions issue recommendations on future regulation of autonomous vehicles
The Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission have published a joint report recommending new laws…
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Construction
New data emerges for construction risk insurance
Keeping the conversation open between insureds, brokers and insurers is crucial but so is giving risk managers transparency about the…
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Africa
South African climate body recognised as risk influencer
Recognising the increasing risk and danger that climate change is posing, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has…
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Africa
African CEOs optimistic about growth in next year
African CEOs have expressed optimism about their business and economic growth in the next 12-18 months. A survey of African…
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Africa
SCR bids to become a major regional player
Moroccan reinsurer Société Centrale de Réassurance (SCR) is planning expansion across Africa, with a new strategy for the next two…
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Africa
Global supply chain disruptions set to remain but South African exports likely to rise
Global supply-chain disruptions could remain high until H2 2022, amid renewed Covid-19 outbreaks around the world, China’s sustained zero-Covid policy,…
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GRM Journal
Morocco: top of the rankings
Morocco is often considered second in insurance markets across Africa, behind only South Africa. The north African country has positioned…
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Africa
South Africans must support vaccination drive
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has said a renewed call by the country’s President Cyril Ramaphosa to…
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Africa
British nationals urged to leave Ethiopia
The UK’s Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office (FCDO) is urging British nationals to leave Ethiopia now while commercial flights continue…
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Africa
Guy Carpenter and Marsh to merge fac operations in South Africa
Guy Carpenter and Marsh, both subsidiaries of Marsh McLennan (MMC), are to combine their South Africa facultative reinsurance operations into…
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Global Risk Manager
Ghana regulator steps up pressure on insurers
Ghana’s National Insurance Commission (NIC) has committed to ensuring that all insurers meet new minimum capital requirements by a 31…
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Legal & Regulation
UK Supreme Court provides good news for corporates in Google case
Last week, the UK Supreme Court gave its judgment in Lloyd v Google LLC, a case that could have paved…
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Africa
Digital solutions assist in recalibrating insurance risk
Global insurers and reinsurers are leveraging technology to get closer to data, gain new insights into risk and recalibrate their…
