Insurance Analysis & Opinion
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Compulsory motor insurance is Vnuk’d
In a long-awaited judgment, the UK High Court has called for the UK to extend compulsory motor insurance to vehicles…
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Teamwork and early engagement deliver superior claims service
Efficient claims management and providing quick win-win solutions to all claims situations have become more important than ever in this…
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Insurance predictions for 2018 – Clyde & Co
Clyde & Co has produced its insurance predictions for 2018, suggesting that a wave of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) could…
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Advertorial: Your refrigerator – appliance or accomplice?
If hackers are hungry enough for information, your refrigerator is not off limits. They are not interested in what’s inside…
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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…