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Standalone D&O best option for German board members
A new law soon to be introduced in Germany has forced board members to look again at their directors’ &…
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Risk managers warned not to lose focus as ERM gains ground
ERM is becoming the norm in Sweden and risk managers should not have to constantly prove its value. Ben Norris…
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Improve communication or risk isolation, experts warn delegates
Risk managers must learn how to communicate effectively if their true value is to be realised by employers argued a…
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Role of risk manager, social responsibility and climate change tackled at SWERMA
Charlotte Barnekow, Chairwoman of Sweden’s risk management association, told Adrian Ladbury about the key debate at this year’s conference and…
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BSI adopts ISO 31000 and provides guidance
The British Standards Institute (BSI) has adopted the ISO 31000 Risk Management: Principles and guidelines, the international standard, into its…
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IGREA is ready for action now board formally elected
IGREA, the association of risk and insurance managers within Spain’s largest companies that was formed last year, plans to step…
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DVS to tackle emerging risks with insurance market
The apparent inability of the industrial insurance market to react to so-called emerging risks with innovative new covers was a…
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Reform of U.K. insurance contract law ‘some way off’, says Hertzell
The U.K.’s Law Commissioner for Commercial and Common Law, David Hertzell, believes that aspects of the current law that governs…
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IGREA prepares to add political role to fast-growing agenda
IGREA, the association of risk and insurance managers within Spain’s largest companies that was formed last year, plans to step…
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New law sparks risk management education boom in Poland
Demand for risk management expertise is booming in Poland, as a law passed last year to make the adoption of…
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U.K. insurance buyers face disappointment over contract law reform
The U.K. Law Commission is unlikely to recommend the extension of the recent reform of insurance contract law that significantly…
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Irish regulator promises fair and proportional approach for captives
Matthew Elderfield, Head of Financial Regulation at the Irish Financial Regulator, (FR) has promised captive owners that they will receive…
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Policyholders safe as provisional liquidators move in at Quinn
The Irish High Court has appointed joint provisional liquidators to Quinn Insurance Limited after a request was made by the…
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U.K. insurers create new claims office to trace employers’ liability claims
The U.K. Association of British Insurers (ABI) has announced the formation of the Employers’ Liability Tracing Office (ELTO) to help…
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Risk management blossoming in Turkey
ERMA, the Turkish risk management association, was only founded last April but already the group has many of the country’s…
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France’s plans to prevent technological risks are delayed
The implementation of mandatory plans to prevent the rise of technological risks in industrial sites in France is running later…
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RIMS ‘pleased’ with Marsh announcement on contingents as debate builds in Europe
RIMS, the U.S. risk management association, has announced that it is ‘pleased’ that broker Marsh has decided not to accept…
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Solvency II will kill soft market and slam captives warn carriers
Swiss insurance buyers agree with colleagues around Europe that pricing conditions for their core lines will remain stable for the…
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Lloyd’s reports record £3.9bn profit and vows to continue ‘hard slog’ in Europe
Lloyd’s of London, the international insurance and reinsurance marketplace, says it is determined to continue its efforts to break into…
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AIRMIC warns Commission Solvency II ‘out of all proportion’
AIRMIC, the U.K. insurance and risk managers association, has added its weight to the growing opposition to Solvency II, Europe’s…