GRM Comment & Opinion
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January 16, 2023
What goes around comes around: reinsurance renewals hit insurers hard
It wasn’t so long ago that risk and insurance managers were accusing insurers of a knee-jerk reaction leading to a…
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December 22, 2022
Time to get back on the front foot
This has been quite a year for the European and global risk and insurance management community, and I am sure…
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November 14, 2022
Atlantic hurricane seasons getting longer and broader
There’s an old saying in the Caribbean about hurricanes: June too soon, July stand by, August it must, September remember,…
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October 31, 2022
The challenges faced by risk managers – one risk manager’s viewpoint
Global Risk Manager talks to Sharon Xu (XU Tong), director, Marriott Asia-Pacific insurance, risk management, about the challenges she has…
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September 13, 2022
Tough reinsurance renewals ahead do not bode well for primary renewals
For the last six months, the accepted view has been that the hard market is slowly and surely on the…
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September 9, 2022
Technical underwriting is sustainable underwriting: Haagen
Commercial Risk’s Adrian Ladbury interviews Henning Haagen, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) board member and chief regions and markets…
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September 9, 2022
Brazil market update: ILS legislation on the way
Tony Dowding talked to João Marcelo Santos, founding partner of Santos Bevilaqua Advogados, and former director and deputy superintendent of…
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May 30, 2022
Ten most difficult things about global insurance programmes
As everyone knows, global insurance programmes aren’t easy, but they are necessary and important. Obviously there are many benefits, but…
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May 24, 2022
Ten reasons why you need a global insurance programme
It may feel as though globalisation is currently under attack, as wars, sanctions and pandemics threaten global business, nationalism appears…
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April 4, 2022
A high point for risk management?
As the world seems to lurch from one crisis to another, risks to businesses multiply and expand, and the insurance…
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March 16, 2022
Ten reasons why insurance is still relevant
A recent McKinsey report questioned the relevance of the insurance industry in the future, and said it was time for…
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February 14, 2022
Ten positives about the hard market for risk/insurance managers
A hard market is never good news for risk and insurance managers. And especially when it comes after an economic…
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February 7, 2022
Just where are we on contract certainty and clarity?
For a good few years now (and perhaps it has always been the case), risk managers and insurance buyers have…
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December 21, 2021
Season’s greetings: predictions and new year’s resolutions
Times are gloomy but it is important to remember what the festive season is all about. Renewals. Only joking, obviously…
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December 13, 2021
Renewal outlook and more: latest issue of Global Risk Manager Journal published
What does 2022 hold in store for the multinational insurance buyer? Renewals are set to be challenging once again but…
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December 1, 2021
Rate increases moderating but are there tough renewals ahead?
The countdown has started and we are rapidly coming to that crucial time of year – we’re not talking the…
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November 26, 2021
Crypto FOMO – is it catching?
“Bitcoin plunge reveals possible vulnerabilities in crazy imaginary internet money” reads a recent headline in the satirical magazine The Onion.…
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November 3, 2021
Top ten criteria for premium allocation to subsidiaries
In a global programme, the premium spend of the group will need to be allocated to the different subsidiaries according…
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October 25, 2021
Recalibrating the relationship with insurers
The current hard market, after such a long soft market, is a stark reminder that the underwriting cycle is back…
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October 1, 2021
GRM Journal highlights impact of hard market on multinationals
There is little good news for multinational buyers of insurance at the moment, with the hard market in full effect.…