Benelux
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Good year for ACE but pressure on pricing shifts focus to service–Jeff Moghrabi, ACE
ACE Group recently reported a record operating profit in 2014 in a tough market. Adrian Ladbury interviewed Jeff Moghrabi, ACE…
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Corporate round-up
Lloyd's opens new office in Dubai International Financial Centre, ACE extends ACE Tech Pro through continental Europe, Charles Taylor Adjusting…
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Oil price to hit insurance demand and further pressure rates
Energy insurers are likely to come under renewed pressure at renewals as oil companies look to cut costs in response…
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Corporate round-up
Ardian agrees to buy JLT's stake in Siaci St Honoré, Equinox gets official Lloyd's backing for Dutch business, ACE launches…
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Edwin Meyer passes away aged 59
Edwin Meyer, General Manager, Risk and Insurance Management at steel giant ArcelorMittal, passed away on Saturday following a heart attack.…
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Shell settles Nigerian spill case after six-year battle
The inability of international companies to dodge environmental and social responsibilities as they seek to tap opportunities in emerging markets…
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Corporate round-up
Marsh buys Belgian credit specialist Trade Insure, AXA Corporate Solutions appoints Paul Evans as chairman, AGCS completes integration of Fireman's…
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Ghana–country focus
Putting SMEs in touch, insurers remain confident despite still gloomy financial picture plus a look at the challenging past year…
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Tax and regulatory news
New chairman for IAIS, First global insurance capital standard launched, VAT update from TMF Group, NAIC director warns on unintended…
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EC moves to stop spread of avian influenza
The European Commission this week adopted emergency measures to help contain an outbreak of avian influenza in Holland, the UK…
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News in brief
Kenya appoints new board member to ATI, Broker renamed, Business travel app launched, New political violence expert and Understanding clients’…
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Risk managers at the heart of the business–Netherlands
Risk managers hold a unique position within any organisation but must keep up with changes around them.
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Compliance still a major issue for global programmes–Netherlands
Global programmes can prove to be more trouble than they are worth, according to a group of leading Dutch risk…
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Learning on the job–Netherlands
Dutch participants of our European Risk Frontiers survey agreed that formal education is just the start of the process when…
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European Risk Frontiers Survey 2014–Netherlands
As part of our HDI-Gerling-sponsored European Risk Frontiers survey of leading risk managers around Europe we organised a roundtable discussion…
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Insurance capacity available, but not necessarily right for risks–Netherlands
Insurance markets must become more proactive in gaining first-hand knowledge of emerging risks if they are to serve their clients…
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Corporate round-up
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions opens office in Frankfurt, XL names Eric Zandvliet as senior political risk and trade credit underwriter,…
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News in brief
Catastrophe losses down for first half, Afriflora finds perfect match, Insurers risk losing customers in digital age, Law firms flock…
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Dutch risk managers recognise challenges of African markets
Political risk plays a huge part in determining whether companies continue to operate in Africa, agreed a group of Dutch…
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New Belgium laws increase staff welfare demands and costs for companies
Two new laws that came into force on 1 September in Belgium have increased the scope for employees to blame…