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Political violence, strikes and war added to terror as main threats to continuity—Aon
Aon has added acts of political violence, strikes and war to its annually produced and popular political risk map that…
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Chartis creates global programmes powerhouse in London
Chartis UK has launched a Multinational Centre of Excellence designed to provide customers and brokers with a focused source of…
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The critical glue-Comment
There has been much talk in recent years about the role of the broker in the risk management, distribution and…
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A big opportunity
Stuart Collins interviewed Paul Taylor, the new chairman of AIRMIC, and found a man keen to get his teeth into…
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‘Just get stuck in’
Nicola Harvey has enjoyed an eventful year in the AIRMIC chair. Stuart Collins asked her about what she felt the…
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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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Inex24 yet to convince DVS president with key players not on board
The president of the German risk managers’ association DVS is openly sceptical about the proposal for the new electronic insurance…
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French risk managers step up communication effort on risks
Risk managers are all too aware that it is not easy sometimes to talk about their jobs. People often do…
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MAPFRE and Mitsui Sumitomo extend global agreement
Spanish insurance group MAPFRE and Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance (MIS), the Japanese non-life insurance group, have extended their existing partnership agreement…
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Health and safety a burden says UK industry as BCC call for changes to regulation
Half of UK businesses believe that health and safety ‘yellow tape’ and regulations are a burden, according to a recent…
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UK’s Willis Ltd appoints new chairman and CEO
Willis Limited, the principal UK broking company of global insurance broker Willis Group Holdings plc has announced that Rodney Baker-Bates…
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French mutuals descend on Berlin to promote pan-European mutual concept
They advanced stealthily and German insurers had no advance warning. French insurance bosses and their wives, 90 people altogether, of…
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AMRAE and audit group urge active co-operation to raise risk profile
The recent financial and economic crisis that was sparked by the credit crunch has exposed the fact that most companies…
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Lloyd’s faces $3.8bn in claims from 2011 nat cats and says market will harden
Lloyd’s has estimated that it will face combined net claims from this year’s Japanese and New Zealand earthquakes and the…
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Niche approach key for German industrial insurers facing profit squeeze
German industrial insurers are enjoying rising premium income in key lines, but are suffering from margins that have been too…
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MAPFRE Q1 results boosted by Latin America performance
MAPFRE's move to grow its presence in the Latin American markets appears to be paying off, as first quarter results…
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Conference report- Italian risk managers believe cat market will harden following Japan disaster
Some Italian risk managers—many with first-hand experience in managing earthquake risk in their own country—expect the recent Japan quake to…
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Cartel fears could hamper German rate rises following cats-DVS
German industrial insurers could fail to achieve a market-wide hardening of rates and conditions because of fears of another probe…
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Final Bribery Act guidance offers comfort but severe concerns remain
Publication of the final and more detailed guidance from the UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) that caused a delay to…