DACH
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Schulte leads new unified property lines at HDI Global
HDI Global is bringing together its portfolio steering teams in the property lines. The carrier says the newly centralised operatoin…
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Kessler cements position in French-speaking Swiss market with new Sion office
Leading Swiss insurance broker and benefits consulting firm Kessler has further cemented its position in Switzerland with a new office…
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Swiss captives set for lighter regulation under revised insurance law
The principle of proportionality will be enshrined in the upcoming new Swiss insurance law, thus ensuring that captives are not…
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Risk Frontiers Europe: Switzerland
Continual change in corporate risk profiles is a huge risk in itself, said a group of Swiss risk managers speaking…
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German market facing a perfect storm of risks: HDI Global
Cyber risks remain high up the agenda of German risk managers, as a result of the rise in cyberattacks following…
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Insureds wary of ‘new’ risks that often lead to price increases and exclusions
No week seems to pass nowadays without news emerging of some national, European or global law that will potentially increase…
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Preparing for the storms ahead
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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DACH market ‘looking forward’ to another round of tough cyber renewals
A survey of risk managers, brokers and underwriters primarily from across the German-speaking DACH region, carried out during the GVNW…
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German insurance buyers look at alternatives as hard market drags on
The continued firm stance taken by German insurers is forcing GVNW members to increasingly look at alternative risk management options,…
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Cyber risks: stability, predictability and continuity – especially in difficult times!
In today’s world, when just about everything depends on information technology being available around the clock, the effects of a…
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EU member states rapped for failing to implement transparent and predictable working conditions
A total of 19 member states have failed to transpose the EU Directive on Transparent and Predictable Working Conditions, and…
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PERILS adds Euro flood risk to loss database
Nordic risk managers should be better able to model their flood risk after catastrophe loss data provider PERILS expanded its…
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Aon bolsters team in southern Germany
Aon has further strengthened its position in southern Germany with the appointment of Michael Spörlein as head of sales management…
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Technical underwriting is sustainable underwriting: Haagen
Commercial Risk’s Adrian Ladbury interviews Henning Haagen, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) board member and chief regions and markets…
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Descartes leading the parametric charge in DACH region
Parametric solutions are becoming increasingly popular among risk and insurance managers as the traditional insurance market continues to pull back…
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Leading European multinationals create cyber mutual to counter capacity crunch
Seven leading European multinationals from different sectors have teamed up to form a new mutual insurance company to provide badly…
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Energy crisis questions drive to ban fossil fuel cover
The increasingly intense pressure placed on insurers and reinsurers to back away from covering fossil fuels is causing an “unacceptable”…
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German buyers question territorial exclusions in global programmes sparked by Ukraine war
German insurance buyers feel that international insurers have “overshot the mark” by introducing so-called “territorial exclusions” for Russia, Belarus and,…
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German buyers suffer more challenging market in Q2 than European peers
The German commercial insurance market stood out as particularly difficult for buyers during the second quarter, according to Aon’s latest…
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German business unhappy with latest relief package to combat inflation and energy crisis
The Federation of German Industries (BDI) has warned that there are “serious deficiencies” in the latest package of measures announced…
