Benelux
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Fatality rate on commercial flights rises for first time since 2012
Last year saw the trend for fewer fatal accidents per million large commercial aircraft flights reverse as 534 passengers lost…
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Sonja Rottiers appointed CEO of Lloyd’s Brussels
Sonja Rottiers, who has more than 30 years’ experience of working in the Belgian financial services industry, has been named…
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Boom or bust for risk managers when it comes to cyber
If risk managers don’t get out their comfort zones and get to grips with cyber, they face becoming redundant in…
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The insurer’s perspective–HDI Belgium
Chris Staes, managing director of HDI Global in Belgium, discusses the key topics covered in this year’s European Risk Frontiers…
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Alexander Mahnke wins European Risk Manager of the Year
Alexander Mahnke, CEO of insurance at Siemens Financial Services GmbH Insurance and president of German risk management association GVNW, has…
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Belgian firms say world becoming more unstable
Some 80% of Belgian corporates believe the world is becoming increasingly unstable, according to a new poll by business magazine…
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Lloyd’s Brussels opens to write new EEA risks
Lloyd’s has declared itself “ready for Brexit”, on officially opening its new European insurance company in Belgium...
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Payment delays increase for European firms
European businesses recorded a further increase in the number of overdue invoices in 2018 with 41.8% of payments outstanding, according…
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Miller to buy Dutch-owned London market broker Alston Gayler
Miller is set to buy Dutch-owned London market wholesale (re)insurance broker Alston Gayler and Co (AG) for an undisclosed fee.…
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Brexit begins to change dynamics but London company market delivers 16% premium rise
No dominant post-Brexit hub is emerging for London company firms, as the market delivered a 16% premium jump in 2017…
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Wijnants to join XL Catlin from Zurich as head of Benelux
Alain Wijnants has been appointed Benelux regional manager for XL Catlin’s insurance business. He will join the firm on 1…
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Migration and food supply risks can both be stopped by African development
Africa holds the key to reducing the risk of food running out and at the same time has the power…
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H1 $20bn insured disaster losses almost half the ten-year average, finds Swiss Re
First-half nat cat and man-made disaster losses of $20bn were well down on the $35bn ten-year average, according to preliminary…
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Liberty plans to double general liability business in Benelux and Nordics
Liberty Specialty Markets (LSM) has announced plans to double the volume of general liability business written from its Netherlands office,…
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Aspen’s Lillelund joins AIG as insurer reorganises to deliver post-Brexit
Thomas Lillelund will join AIG as chief executive officer of AIG Europe SA, from Aspen, as part of the US-based…
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Nigerian pirates kidnapped 35 seafarers so far this year in the Gulf of Guinea
Nigerian pirates have kidnapped 35 seafarers from vessels in the Gulf of Guinea so far this year, according to security…
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European heat and drought to cost agriculture sector billions, says Munich Re
The heatwaves, droughts and forest fires currently affecting swathes of Europe will cost the agriculture sector billions of dollars with…
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Threat of more lone-wolf terror attacks added to RMS models
An updated terror model has been developed by RMS to include new and increasing threats, such as lone-wolf terrorist attacks.…
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THM names new head of European business
Specialist insurance and reinsurance broker THB has named Ricardo Borges as managing director of its European division in Amsterdam, following…
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Troubled Chinese insurer Anbang to start European sales
Anbang Insurance Group, the Chinese insurer that was taken over by the Chinese government earlier this year and whose chairman…