Benelux
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Amlin ‘bloodied…but unbowed’ but must sort Benelux business-analyst
Amlin, the London-based specialist corporate insurance and reinsurance group, needs to ‘sort’ Amlin Corporate Insurance (ACI), the continental European business…
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Corporate round-up
New Marsh service aims to help small law firms obtain ‘reasonable’ PI cover, New product protects construction firms against bad…
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Ten largest non-life insurers showed signs of strength in 2010-Mapfre
The ten largest non-life European insurers showed signs of strength in 2010, according to the latest annual ranking released by…
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FERMA elects new board members
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has elected three new board members who will serve from now until…
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Belrim President calls for clarification on ELD from EU
Gaetan Lefevre, President of Belrim, the Belgian risk management association, has called on the European Union (EU) to provide urgent…
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EU more risky than ever for chemical users
Chemicals have always posed a risk. Yet in the past few years they have become far riskier, in business terms,…
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Narim Conference: Risk managers told to step up reputation efforts
Reputational risk is higher than ever on the corporate agenda and its threat to industry on the increase as society…
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Spanish farmers lose millions from E. coli accusations
Spanish farm producers are suffering large losses following health authorities in Germany wrongly blaming Spanish cucumbers for being the cause…
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Perception is all
There is a growing suspicion among Europe’s risk and insurance managers that insurers and brokers are reacting too slowly to…
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Europe’s corporate brokers critical in chain but challenged to raise game
Europe’s corporate insurance brokers continue to play a critical role in the distribution of complex corporate risk for Europe’s largest…
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Date agreed for market meeting to kick-start global programmes solution
FERMA and Airmic have fixed a date for a meeting with representatives of leading international insurers and brokers to try…
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Ladies@Risk wins NARIM Award
Yvonne du Floo, Quality and Risk Manager at Synbra Holding and Jacqueline Plessius, Global Insurance Manager at TNT, the ‘founding…
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AEGON sells Reinsurance arm to SCOR to aid state repayments
Standard and Poor’s (S&P) has affirmed its ‘A’ rating of SCOR SE and stuck to it’s ‘A-‘ rating with negative…
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Deutsche Bank’s chairman Ackermann named FERMA Forum keynote speaker
As the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) prepares for its 2011 risk management forum in October it has…
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In search of excellence-Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen
Marguerite Soeteman-Reijnen is chief broking officer for Aon Risk Solutions, the risk management business of Aon Corp., in Europe, Middle…
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ING repays further $2bn of state aid
ING Group announced this week that it is to repay €2bn of state aid in May as part of its…
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Intense competition drives innovation and service among large insurers
Europe’s leading corporate insurance groups are stepping up their efforts to raise service levels in key areas such as global…
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Benelux remains a buyer’s market
Aon Benfield reported that the Dutch primary market, especially on the commercial and industrial property side, ‘continues to soften’ with…
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BP-Rosneft deal shows improved political risk in Russia, say risk experts
Political risk in Russia is much lower now that the government has set rules that limit foreign participation in strategic…
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On the ball-Malta Congress
The Malta International Risk and Insurance Congress on November 25 and 26 gathered a highly impressive group of industry leaders…