Tony Dowding
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CRE Insurance
Global reinsurers call for mutual access between UK and EU
Global reinsurers have reportedly written to the European Commission to ask it to ensure mutual access between British and EU…
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Insurance
South American political and economic risk assessment from Atradius
The economic environment in Brazil will remain challenging while in Chile, the business environment remains one of the best in…
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CRE Insurance
Generali opens German desk for mid-sized corporates
Generali Global Corporate & Commercial’s (GC&C) German operation has opened a German desk to specifically address the insurance risk needs…
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Captives
Barbados sees captive growth and OECD Global Forum recognition
Barbados has been ranked as ‘largely compliant’ by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s (OECD) Global Forum, putting it…
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Africa
Global reinsurance rates still falling says S&P
The global reinsurance market is continuing to see price falls, according to S&P Global Ratings. The ratings agency said it…
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Asia
QBE’s emerging markets division sees increased claims
QBE has provided an update prior to its 2017 interim result being announced, which warns that its emerging markets division…
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CRE Insurance
Experts identify likely cyber terror targets
Transport and chemical plants are among the most attractive targets for cyber terrorists, although known terrorist groups are years away…
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Captives
Texas brings in improvements to its captive insurance law
Texas has enacted changes to the Texas Captive Insurance law through the passing of House Bill 1944. According to the…
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CRE Insurance
UK government tackles compensation culture
New proposals by the UK government to crack down on fraudulent motor claims were announced yesterday as part of the…
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Captives
Rated captives show strong Solvency II ratios, says Best
Reported Solvency II ratios, the ratio of Solvency II available capital to the Solvency Capital Requirement (SCR), are very strong…
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CRE Risk Management
Report turns GDPR focus on insurers
Celent has focused a new report on the impact that EU rules on data protection will have on the insurance…
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CRE Risk Management
Willis Towers Watson starts work on megatrends report
Willis Towers Watson is working on a report to look at the impact of megatrends on the financial system. Commissioned…
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Captives
Ferma publishes guidelines on captive (re)insurance and BEPS
Ferma has issued draft guidelines for captive (re)insurance arrangements in order to ensure a consistent implementation of the Organisation for…
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CRE Insurance
EIOPA publishes Financial Stability Report on EU insurance sector
The insurance sector has continued to adjust to the new Solvency II regime, but is adequately capitalised and overall the…
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CRE Risk Management
Hacker group FIN10 plans more cyber attacks, warns report
Cyber security firm FireEye Inc has warned that a hacking group known as FIN10 is planning more cyber attacks, having…
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CRE Risk Management
UK car manufacturers lobby for Brexit interim deal
A trade group representing UK car manufacturers said Brexit negotiators must secure a transitional deal to ensure the survival of…
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Captives
Munich Re establishes protected cell company in Malta
Munich Re Group is reported to have established a protected cell company (PCC) in Malta. According to a report in…
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Captives
EY appoints Bermuda captive leader
EY in Bermuda has appointed Umer Islam as the new leader of its captive insurance practice. He is Bermuda executive…
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Africa
Blockchain technology creates first multinational insurance ‘smart contract’
The first so-called ‘smart contract’-based multinational insurance policy using blockchain technology has been successfully piloted by AIG, IBM and Standard…
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Asia
Unison and Steadfast unveil new broker network partnership
Australian Steadfast Group has taken a stake in German-based broker unisonBrokers AG as part of a strategic partnership agreement between…