Insurance Analysis & Opinion
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The ghost of Spitzer walks again?
News broke in recent weeks that the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has opened an inquiry into the wholesale insurance…
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Collaboration key to supply chain risk management
Supply chain risk is clearly a critical area for all companies that operate in today’s highly competitive, fast-changing and global…
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Risk managers warned to expect disruption in specialty lines
European risk managers do not need to brace themselves for a dramatic overall market hardening during 1 January renewals as…
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Building a better trigger…
Parametric insurance products are increasingly being used as an alternative to traditional insurance to address the “protection gap” and increase…
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Cyber risk management needs to be a ‘shared task’
Cybersecurity needs to be an enterprise-wide responsibility and not handed over to a single individual or department, according to Paolo…
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Cyber coming of age in Italy
Awareness about the serious threat of cyber risk is definitely on the rise in Italy after a slow start compared…
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Time will tell on cyber
ADD is the Belgian representative of European Risk Frontiers sponsor Worldwide Broker Network (WBN). Commercial Risk Europe editor Adrian Ladbury…
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Cyber: Risk prevention and management are key
For the Belgian leg of this year’s European Risk Frontiers survey, Adrian Ladbury asked sponsor HDI Global’s Belgian cyber and…
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Dramatic expansion of US sanctions on North Korea
On 21 September 2017, the US dramatically expanded the scope of US sanctions that apply to those who do business…
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Holiday illness claims – the Spanish viewpoint
As recently reported in Commercial Risk Europe, the epidemic of holiday illness claims, predominantly being brought by British tourists against…
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No need for state intervention on cyber as market evolving steadily, says HDI Global
Patrick Smolka is head of financial lines at European Risk Frontiers survey sponsor HDI Global in Germany. Adrian Ladbury, editor…
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Big gaps remain in German cyber market but offering rapidly maturing: SUEDVERS
SUEDVERS, the family-owned broker based in Freiburg with 15 offices across Germany and Austria, is the German representative of the Worldwide…
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Cyber: Clearly a board level topic
VZ Insurance Services is the Swiss member of the Worldwide Broker Network (WBN), sponsor of this year’s European Risk Frontiers…
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Service is key for insurers as soft market continues: Schilling
The German commercial and corporate insurance market is as competitive as elsewhere in Europe and there are few signs of…
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The customer is king
The decision by Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) to focus board member Andreas Berger on its core German and…
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Turning the tide on holiday illness claims
Risk managers and their insurers are always on the watch for the next big trend. The recent eye-watering increase in…
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Common law liabilities for pollution in the UK
Anyone familiar with environmental liability will understand how heavily laden the subject is with regulation. Amid the excitement of the…
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Advertorial: Will you be giving your kids cryptocurrencies for pocket money?
First introduced in 2009, bitcoin has had a turbulent history that shows little sign of settling down. In spite of…
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Parametric insurance: closing the protection gap in Asia
As a region, Asia is particularly prone to natural disasters and extreme weather events such as earthquakes, floods, droughts, heatwaves…
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Advertorial: What’s a steering wheel?
In the past few months: a self-driving pod developed by Oxbotica made its debut in Milton Keynes, England; a self-driving…