CRE Journal Archive
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Insurance market hardening to moderate further at year-end
European risk managers will continue to face a hardening commercial insurance market at year-end renewals but price rises look set…
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Ferma’s president says pan-European vehicle for systemic risks not dead
Dirk Wegener, president of Ferma and global head of corporate insurance at Deutsche Bank, has told Commercial Risk Europe that…
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Marsh urges buyers to prepare for net-zero underwriting
Risk managers need to prepare for net-zero underwriting that is likely to influence pricing, terms and conditions in the next…
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Hardening reinsurance market set to prolong primary buyers’ pain
Heavy losses, inflation and rapidly rising interest rates are combining to drive reinsurance market hardening, particularly for nat cat risks,…
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Battle lines drawn over mandatory security for ELD
The European Commission is forging ahead with its proposed revision of the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) to give the regime…
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Ferma urges OECD to exclude captives from BEPS tax guidelines
Ferma has urged the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to amend its coming technical guidelines designed to tackle…
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Nordic risk managers vent frustration at insurers’ retreat
September was a pivotal time for Nordic risk managers as their associations were able to hold their first in-person events…
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Risk and reward in the energy transition
Commercial Risk Europe talks to Charlotte Hedemark Hancke, Ferma vice-president, leading Darim member and senior risk manager in customer success…
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Concern grows that cyber won’t remain insurable risk
Cyber remains the big risk that keeps French risk and insurance managers awake at night. They are concerned about its…
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Post-Covid bounceback under threat
Cyberattacks are by no means the only risks facing French risk managers this year, stressed Oliver Wild, president of Amrae,…
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Risk management continues to attract more board attention
Risk managers across France are being seen in a new light post-Covid-19, explained Oliver Wild, president of Amrae. He said…
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Climate change, inflation and cyber top the risk list
Climate change has been forced to the top of the agenda in France after a torrid summer of extreme heat,…
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Balancing the needs of multinationals with rising protectionism
Q: In the current era of rising protectionism, which is concerned with keeping premiums local, it is becoming increasingly difficult…
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Risks piling up as world lurches from crisis to crisis, warn risk managers
New shocks are hitting business in wave after wave at the moment, and risk managers fear that a global recession…
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Aviation insurance buyers face extremely challenging 2022
Aviation insurance buyers face some of the most challenging renewals in more than a decade, as rising exposures and the…
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Spanish buyers call on insurers to give back lost capacity as results improve
As insurers post better results, Spanish risk managers believe the time has come to return some of that windfall to…
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Work needed on LMA cyberwar exclusions to address buyer concerns
Buyers, brokers and insurers need to have open and frank discussions about the Lloyd Market Association’s (LMA) cyberwar clauses, which…
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Risk managers take on strategic role in face of ongoing crises, finds Ferma survey
The seemingly neverending set of crises during the last two years have provided a shot in the arm for risk…
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Ferma survey shows cyber and supply chain top risk agenda
Cyber risk and the threat of supply chain failure have shot up the European risk management agenda during the last…
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Ferma raises concerns with EC over Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) is concerned about key aspects of the recently announced Corporate Sustainability Due…