GRM News & Analysis
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Round up of insurance laws and regulations in Qatar
Companies operating in fast growing Qatar are required to procure their insurance locally. Here, Jason Majid, a partner at Clyde…
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Editor’s comment – Risk managers’ Xmas list for Santa
December is here, snow may be on its way for some of us, and the Festive Season is fast approaching.…
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Tax and regulatory news
New insurance premium tax regime for Hungary, Qatar to set up single regulatory authority, Dutch IPT plans change again, Guernsey's…
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News in brief
Colombian insurance industry thriving, says AM Best, broker consolidation in Australia, Canada and South Africa, Chartis Europe changes name back…
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Brazil market report – Going for gold
Brazil has been hitting the headlines recently, not least because it will host the next Olympic Games as well as…
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Martin Strnad – Essential ingredients for a global non-admitted insurance business data base
The focus on legal, regulatory and tax requirements for doing insurance business abroad is increasing all the time. In particular,…
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Ferma survey highlights concerns over global programmes
The high level of concern about the compliance of global programmes expressed by European risk managers this year was heavily…
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Continuing problems integrating Latin America into global programmes
Insurance markets have been 'frivolous' when offering some kinds of insurance coverage with a global coverage, as they may not…
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Growing demand for global programmes in Latin America
Latin America is clearly a region of business opportunity, and its vibrant markets are increasingly attractive to multinational organizations. However,…
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Analysing the link between sovereign debt ratings and insurer ratings
The problems faced by many countries around the world in relation to the financial crisis, not least in the Eurozone,…
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NAIC spars with European Commission at IAIS annual conference
The International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) recently held its Annual Conference in Washington, D.C. The key debate, between Terri…
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Editor’s comment – Do your homework
One of the interesting issues that arose during the recent European Captive Forum (which incidentally has grown from being a…
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Tax and regulatory news
Channel Islands in talks with US over FATCA, Czech Republic: no IPT until 2014, France to increase standard VAT rate…
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Corporate round-up
Coface launches unit aimed at multinational clients, Lockton launches overseas employee cover for government contractors and corporates turning to transactional…
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Turkey market report – Making progress
A rising number of European and international risk managers will find Turkey suddenly dropping into their inboxes and onto their…
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Jurand Honisch – Experience is king
Tony Dowding, Editor of International Programme News, caught up with Jurand Honisch, Senior Vice President, Corporate Risk Management & Insurance,…
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Mike Stalley – The impact of taxes on global programmes
Driven by the global financial crisis and the need to balance their books, governments are targeting insurance as a source…
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International programmes – compliance and databases
Can you rely upon your insurers' database to make you compliant? And should there be a standard for international programmes?…
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Risk managers warned to match local limits to local exposures
It is a simple message: match the local policy limit to the local exposure, and allocate the master policy according…
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Colombia opens up insurance market to tackle capacity constraints
Colombia is to allow buyers to purchase insurance directly from international markets from July 2013.