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Captives will receive simplified and proportionate treatment under Solvency II–Van Hulle
European captive owners can rest a little easier in their beds tonight as Karel van Hulle, Head of Unit, Insurance…
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No time to take a rest as Solvency II remains on track for January 2014
Solvency II seems to have become increasingly complicated and confusing as it nears completion and thus more tricky for insurers…
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German insurers open their books for offshore wind farms
In good news for German companies running wind farms in the open sea, German insurers can now supply more of…
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Ever accelerating exposures-Switzerland
Risk managers are not having to deal with loads of new risks but loads of old ones that are being…
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Admin fees for international D&O programmes on the way warns broker
German brokers will start charging administrative fees for internationally focused D&O programmes as administration costs grow, according to a leading…
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German market under pressure from poor investment returns says S&P
German insurers are under pressure from reduced investment returns as the financial markets provide a big test for the industry,…
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German managers need better D&O protection as litigation mounts
German managers are demanding better protection from their D&O policies as the trend for companies to sue their management continues,…
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Recent prominent incidents highlight supply chain risks
When the acid tanker ‘Waldhof’ capsised on the river Rhine near St Goarshausen in January 2011 and the river was…
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inex24 reports rising interest at home; opens international talks
Interest in inex24, the web-based collaboration platform for the industrial insurance sector, is fast-rising among German insurance managers after news…
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Market finally hits bottom and ready to turn: Insurers
Insurers of German industrial business expect the market to stabilise and start to harden over the next six months, despite…
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Content, not price, needs to be focus: Kurth
The quality of the relationship between insurance managers and insurers and the struggle to resist commoditisation in the complex industrial…
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Insurance industry can innovate if risks spotted early: Galvagni
Agostino Galvagni, CEO of Corporate Solutions at Swiss Re, defended the insurance industry’s performance on innovation in his speech at…
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It takes two to tango-Comment
With the DVS inviting leading insurers to attend a roundtable this autumn to discuss ways to better achieve more innovative…
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Brokers see no hardening but advise more retention and long-term deals
German corporate insurance managers will not suffer a general hardening in rates over the next six months so long as…
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The time for straight talking
This year’s Deutscher Versicherungs-Schutzverband (DVS) symposium will again cover a broad range of key issues and give the German risk…
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Talanx targets international expansion despite delays to IPO
Even without its long-awaited initial public offering (IPO), German industry-controlled mutual Talanx has embarked on a series of international expansion…
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New Ergo policy aimed at victims of violence gets cool reception
Düsseldorf-based insurance company Ergo has developed a new insurance policy that will provide quick psychological counselling for employees of companies…
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Transparent Analysis-Florian Karle
Florian Karle, Managing Director of German broker Südvers, spoke with Friederike Krieger ahead of the publication of Commercial Risk Europe’s…
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Supply chain risk management needs improvement says Zurich
Zurich Financial Services is unhappy with many companies supply chain risk management plans because a survey suggests that certain companies…
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German industrial insurers await fines decision from federal court
German industrial insurers are keen to hear the decision of the Karlsruhe-based Federal Constitutional Court on how interest should be…
