Journals
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Extreme weather events hit insurer risk appetite
Extreme weather events in 2021, including Europe’s worst flooding in living memory and an active US hurricane season, are causing…
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Risk managers to the fore as pandemic drives push for resilience
As Europe tentatively emerges from Covid-19, risk managers are being called upon to help in a renewed push to strengthen…
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Cover increasingly hard to find for Iberian firms but some hope on the horizon
The hard market continues to bite for Iberian companies, although some believe that the cycle of price increases and capacity…
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Claims conflict mounting in hard market, say Portuguese risk managers
The hard market has affected claims settlements and, as a result, created some friction between underwriters and insurance buyers, according…
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Systemic risks top agenda as German risk managers meet for GVNW
The new German government that will be installed after national elections on 26 September can expect to hear from its…
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Cat reinsurance pricing set to climb after heavy losses
Hurricane Ida and billion-dollar losses from European floods this summer are likely to push up the cost of catastrophe reinsurance…
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Risk management and modelling vital to secure nat cat insurability
Risk management, catastrophe modelling and government support will be key to keeping natural catastrophe perils insurable in a changing climate,…
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Event risk managers face challenging market
The event cancellation market is rebounding but buyers are likely to find conditions challenging, with increased rates and limited capacity…
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Risk managers and rival brokers benefit from Aon-WTW deal collapse
Members of Europe’s risk and insurance management community have been remarkably restrained during the last year or so when asked…
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GDPR begins to bare its teeth with two record fines reaching nearly €1bn
Messaging service WhatsApp was fined €225m for GDPR breaches by Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) last week, just a month…
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German market prepares for the new normal
Alexander Mahnke says that German companies have reacted well to the Covid-19 crisis and have learned many lessons, not least…
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The loss of a true leader
The tragic death of long-time HDI board member Christian Hinsch in a car crash earlier this year left the German…
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Time for teamwork in German industrial market
In April 2019, London-based specialty insurer Newline Group announced the establishment of Newline Europe Versicherung AG (Newline Europe) based in…
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Insurers undermining trust and confidence
Agroup of leading German risk managers taking part in Commercial Risk Europe’s Risk Frontiers Europe 2021 survey feel that insurers…
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Changing times, changing behaviours
The impact of insurers’ behaviour during the past couple of years may well impact the tripartite relationship between insurer, broker…
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Long-term risks topping the agenda
Sustainability, cyber and political risks are the leading concerns for a group of German risk and insurance managers. Jörg Henne,…
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Flash floods a warning to German insureds
After the devastating flash floods this year, German insureds and their insurers are considering future risks and how they can…
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Jury still out on pandemic’s long-term impact
Stephan Winneg, managing partner, Karl Köllner GmbH, Brokerslink partner in Germany, recognises that it is still too early to tell…
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Buyers turn to retentions and captives to boost transfer strategy
With capacity falling and prices surging, Portuguese and Spanish companies have had to increasingly retain more risk, either by choice…
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Risk managers step up to new risks and new challenges
As the Covid-19 pandemic continues to grab the attention of companies, cyber risks have emerged as one of the biggest…