Insurance
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Moody’s launches credit service for risk managers in emerging markets
Credit rating agency Moody's has launched a new credit research service that it says will help risk managers and investors…
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Launch of new business continuity guidance standard
BSI, the UK-based business standards company, will launch a new guidance standard for business continuity management, ISO 22313, in London…
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Corporate round-up
Five additions to Blufin's broker network, Antares appoints Chris Day as PI underwriter and Neil Russell joins Argo International as…
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Airmic unveils its model Reservation of Rights clause to end dodgy practice
Following months of discussions with the market Airmic has unveiled its long desired Reservation of Rights (RoR) model clause that…
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Cyber security not taken seriously warns UK government secretary
Organisations are failing to treat cyber security as seriously as physical security, delegates at the Institute of Risk Management's Risk…
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Insurance accounting rules finally underway, prepare for a bumpy ride
Swiss Re, the Zurich-based international reinsurance group, believes that 'significant' progress has been made on new insurance accounting standards, but…
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ATI signs biggest trade credit agreement with Asian manufacturer
The African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI) - the Pan-African political and trade credit insurer - announces its biggest ever trade…
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Mining violence cuts deep into socio-economic quandary of the region
Protests at South African mines have sparked tricky questions about how risks can be transferred but also fueled concerns that…
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IRMSA in discussion to launch in Namibia
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA), based in Johannesburg, is currently in talks to establish its first branch…
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SSA corporate governance must improve to stop capital flight
Sub saharan african leaders must accept that they need to adopt much higher standards of political and corporate governance and…
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Support grows for international response to African piracy threat
Liz Booth reports on badly needed coordination to the increasingly costly threat of piracy lurking along both east and west…
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AGCS eyes potential of deepening Australia-Africa mining link-ups
Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) is targeting the huge Australian mining sector as a prime market for expansion into…
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Comment – A brave new world…
Welcome to the first issue of Commercial Risk Africa, the new newspaper from Rubicon Media, the publisher of Commercial Risk…
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Time for a global approach to risk?
Ferma's latest survey on the state of the risk management community in Europe and evidence gathered throughout the year suggests…
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Risk managers still need to work harder to sell profession—Ferma
Ferma carries out a big survey of European risk managers every two years. The latest shows that the profession still…
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Penetrate to liberate
Sub Saharan Africa offers huge opportunities for local and international companies as its growth is forecast to continue well above…
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Work in Progress
Corneille Karekezi, CEO of Africa Re, spoke on the state of the African reinsurance market at the AIO. Adrian Ladbury…
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Leading by example
A deeply embedded risk culture has been a key factor that has helped South Africa survive the financial crisis. IRMSA…
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Africa’s time
To tap the potential offered by Sub Saharan Africa the insurance market needs to recognise the local peculiarities and be…
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EIOPA still open to Solvency II rule changes for captives
Delays to Solvency II should be viewed as an opportunity to engage with regulators and EIOPA about the implementation of…