Insurance
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A quality option for European buyers-Comment
The Bermuda insurance and reinsurance market is very different to that which rapidly emerged in response to the U.S. liability…
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Risk management man-Stephen Catlin
Stephen Catlin, CEO of Catlin, the group he founded, told Adrian Ladbury that the future for insurers is based firmly…
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David be nimble, David be quick-David Brown
Flagstone Re has relocated from Bermuda to Luxembourg and seeks to take advantage of its closer proximity to the European…
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Bermuda market report
To reflect the rising importance of the Bermuda market to European industrial insurance buyers Commercial Risk Europe attended the World…
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Spanish risk and insurance managers warned about rising red tape
Solvency II represents only the ‘tip of the iceberg’ in terms of challenges that insurers and their customers face in…
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IRM welcomes sharper focus on risk in revised U.K. Code
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has welcomed the sharper focus on the ‘proper management of risk’ included in the…
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Big sister likely to erupt in short term
Experts at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster (IRDR) have said that there is a ‘strong possibility’ that the…
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HDI-Gerling U.K. unveils new structure for big clients
HDI-Gerling Industrial Insurance Company U.K. has announced the formation of two new business divisions together with the creation of a…
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As environmental liabilities grow regulators look set to get busy
As environmental regulations and liabilities continue to grow in the U.K., beefed up by the implementation of the Environmental Liability…
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Industrial Emissions Directive needs to be more flexible says Cefic
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) supports the objective of the draft Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) but it believes that…
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Atlantic hurricane season predicted to be well above the norm
Every indicator points to Atlantic hurricane activity in 2010 being well above the norm with Atlantic basin and U.S. landfalling…
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Risk intelligence on the wane as ‘Jekyll and Hyde’ approach to health & safety grows
The British public seems to have lost its way when it comes to ‘risk intelligence’ according to John Holden, President…
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Allied World launch new SME product as corporate world revolves
Allied World Assurance Company, the Bermuda-based insurance company, has announced that its European operation Allied World Europe has launched a…
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Bruton to head IFSC as Ireland maps financial recovery
Ireland’s international financial services industry last week announced its intention to create the role of Chairman of IFSC Ireland, the…
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AIRMIC prepares to tackle ‘unfair’ disclosure rules with market
AIRMIC has opened talks with the insurance market to address concerns that the current law that governs disclosure in the…
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Standalone D&O best option for German board members
A new law soon to be introduced in Germany has forced board members to look again at their directors’ &…
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Rates must harden or margins will suffer, warn top insurers
The insurance industry weathered the recent financial and economic storm better than most and has posted another set of healthy…
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Brokers confirm oil pollution capacity to shrink following disaster
Brokers have told a group of U.S. Senators that oil pollution capacity is likely to fall by about 15% following…
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Claims up but cover bought down in financial lines claims broker
European financial institutions are buying less insurance or decreasing their sums insured in an effort to reduce costs, despite an…
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Run off from Solvency II?
Insurance buyers in Europe are worried that Solvency II will drive capacity out of their core industrial insurance lines. Derek…