Journals
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Governments strengthening cyber defences
The UK and French governments, and the EU, are ramping up their efforts to upgrade cyber resilience within businesses, not…
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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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Financial institutions adapt after hard market
The arrival of new players in the insurance market for financial institutions (FI) has helped it to turn a corner,…
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State of the global insurance market for multinationals
For multinationals, there is a complex situation across global insurance programmes, but in general such programmes remain popular, while at…
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Captives and employee benefits: a perfect match?
Many observers have long called for a greater involvement of captives in employee benefits, pointing to greater control over rates,…
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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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Flood risks grow in Europe
The intensification of flood risks was put under the spotlight last year when Europe was hit by summer floods that…