Insurance Analysis & Opinion
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Political violence covers in Latin America see growing restrictions
Global companies are finding it ever harder to buy coverages for political violence in Latin America, after a spate of…
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DAC Beachcroft report highlights need for interconnected risk solutions
If the challenges and threats facing the insurance industry are connected, so too are the solutions, according to a new…
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Case delays could add to D&O settlements in US
A backlog of cases filed against directors and officers in the US that worsened during the Covid-19 pandemic is clearing,…
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HDI Germany back on front foot but further tight renewal looms
HDI Global was one of the first insurers to move decisively to re-underwrite its German and overall industrial fire and…
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Networking in a hybrid world: how insurance is securing the future of events
The Covid pandemic has wrought havoc on the events industry during the past 18 months. According to UFI, the global…
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Shining a light on cryptocurrency risk
There are opportunities and obstacles in the fast-moving cryptocurrency market, according to Rishi Baviskar, cyber expert group leader at Allianz…
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Rallying cry to restore UK’s status as premier international financial centre
The UK must fight to defend its position as a world leader in risk transfer, according to influential lobby group…
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P&C insurance riskier and more complex in next 20 years, says Swiss Re
Property and casualty (P&C) business is set to become riskier and more complex in the next 20 years, according to…
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Insurers will profit by walking away from $17bn oil and gas premium
A leading insurance equity analyst at SocGen in London has told insurers and reinsurers that it would be in their…
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(Re)building Italian resilience
The Italian government has launched a €191.5bn recovery plan designed to boost the country’s economic resilience and also set it…
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Survey examines effect of pandemic on commercial lines and the adoption of new tech
Research published by the Italian Insurtech Association (IIA) on the impact of Covid-19 has found that the adoption of digital…
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Resolving Brexit issues for global insurance programmes
For UK and European companies, Brexit was a huge issue, beset with uncertainty and confusion, particularly at the political level.…
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South America sees return of global capacity to commercial insurance market
Global capacity is coming back to the South American commercial insurance market after a period when international underwriters had shown…
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Commercial Risk launches Global Risk Manager
Despite the rise of nationalism, trade wars and attacks on globalisation, the world is still getting smaller. Global news is…
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Risk managers and rival brokers benefit from Aon-WTW deal collapse
Members of Europe’s risk and insurance management community have been remarkably restrained during the last year or so when asked…
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Our insider running a $60bn global broker
As broker consolidation makes some risk managers feel like a commodity being traded between the global intermediaries, the Worldwide Broker…
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Insurers act on rise in ransomware attacks
Cyber risk insurers are ratcheting up their underwriting standards in response to increasingly severe and frequent ransomware attacks around the…
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Gallagher beefing up to become third option in Europe
A J Gallagher is receiving an “unusual” level of positive feedback from customers and carriers alike across Europe about its…
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Pandemic and hard market offer golden opportunity for brokers to demonstrate value
The current hard market, where insurance is hard to find, provides the perfect opportunity for brokers to show their value…
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Australian government flags personal liability for directors for cyber incidents
The political focus on cybersecurity continues, with the Australian government on 13 July publishing a discussion paper on Australia’s cybersecurity…