Journals
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Changing risk landscape posing challenges for Swiss
Risks are increasing and challenges are growing for risk managers, which ultimately means risk management has an even more central…
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Risk management to the fore on both sides of the transfer divide
Stiff competition may have kept insurance premiums down for some 15 years, but now the Swiss market has seen a…
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Claims complicated by hard market
Edoardo Leusciatti, director, SRB Assekuranz Broker AG, Brokerslink partner in Switzerland, talks to Liz Booth about some of the challenges…
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The nuts and bolts of global programmes
Global insurance programmes are undoubtedly affected by macro issues such as the state of the insurance market, capacity and pricing,…
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A flight to specialists?
Specialty business should be served by specialty brokers. Discuss. Ever since the mid-1990s when Pat Ryan and his counterparts at…
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Better news for marine and aviation risks
During the pandemic, premiums went down in both aviation and marine insurance as planes were grounded and the transportation of…
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The insurance factory
“One man draws out the wire, another straightens it, a third cuts it, a fourth points it, a fifth grinds…
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Singapore: playing to its strengths
Singapore’s location at the southern tip of the Malacca Strait has meant it has long been the gateway for those…
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Looking closer to home
Asian companies are increasingly looking locally for coverage, even with specialty lines, and various markets have grown up, which is…
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Australian D&O market continues to harden but signs of hope for buyers
Global commercial insurance market hardening has pretty much spread to all corners of the world and business lines, causing all…
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Hard times
Nevertheless, the market is tough, according to buyers, while insurers point to the need for price corrections after the long…
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Getting the global/local mix right
Global programmes are generally put together with the involvement of a global insurer, working with local or regional partners. Asia…
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Hong Kong looking to re-establish its credentials
Hong Kong's first captive was formed more than 20 years ago but has since failed to live up to expectations.…
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Taking a global approach to the hardening market
The hard market in Asia-Pacific, as in the rest of the world, is seeing increasing rates but which lines are…
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Reinsurers expand their corporate specialty menus
Large corporate primary insurance business has not always been kind to the handful of global reinsurers bold enough to enter…
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US surplus lines remain tight
A tight US excess and surplus lines market will continue to harden during the next year as admitted market insurers…
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Inside Bermuda’s class of 2020
With corporate insurance buyers in their sights, two new Bermudians, Mosaic and Vantage, have hit the ground running this year,…
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Tough times for financial institutions
To compound the challenges financial firms face to set up their insurance programmes after two years of increasing premium prices,…
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Growing focus on EIL in multinational programmes
European multinationals are increasingly adding environmental impairment liability (EIL) to their global programmes as demand grows for transfer solutions to…
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Captives on the rise in Asia
While Asia has had a relatively small captive market to date, it is seeing considerable growth and interest. Statistically, Asia…