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Stability dominates Italian renewals say big brokers
The Italian insurers enjoyed a stable year-end reinsurance renewals round with more rates falling than rising according to the leading…
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UK MPs urge action to secure flood defences as cuts fall
The UK’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee has called for urgent action from its government to help protect over…
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AMRAE steps up focus on increased HR risks
The French risk management association is working to increase awareness of growing human resource risks and highlight the advantages of…
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French risk managers are unhappy with insurers
French risk managers are less happy with their insurers and brokers than their European peers. That was one of the…
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Proposed Spanish law may restrict D&O coverages
Spanish companies might have their option to buy civil liability protection for managers restricted as the new Insurance Contract Act,…
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French workers more positive about employment following crisis, survey says
French workers are less stressed, but feel more tired in 2010 than in 2009, according the third annual study of…
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US files suit against BP, QBE and seven others for Deepwater spill
The US Justice Department yesterday filed a suit against oil giant BP, and eight other companies, including Lloyd’s of London…
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Beazley drops pursuit of Hardy
Lloyd's of London insurer Beazley has withdrawn a proposed £180m offer for fellow Lloyd’s insurer Hardy Underwriting.
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UK corporates believe severity and variety of risks on the increase
Mid-sized corporations in the UK believe that they are exposed to more risks than five years ago and that those…
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UK Bribery Act concerns financial institutions experts
Underwriters and claims professionals gathered at a Clyde & Co seminar cited the recently passed Bribery Act as the piece…
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Post crisis expansion poses new risks for German risk managers
After the financial crisis, German industry is booming, and enterprises are looking to expand beyond domestic borders. But insurance is…
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Risk awareness rising in Italy… …but ERM not quite there
The profile of risk management has been raised in most Italian companies but there is still some way to go…
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SIRM delegates told don’t ignore climate change
Switzerland is already more affected than many other European countries by climate change because of its melting glaciers. But the…
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The time is now-Spain
There is a sharp focus on risk management in both the Spanish and Portuguese economies as they struggle to pull…
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Managing la fronde-France
This year’s Risk Frontiers French roundtable took place in Paris during a time of great drama as French workers and…
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Bribery Act will stifle UK firms abroad: IRM
Experts gathered at the Institute of Risk Management’s Risk Leaders’ Conference last month warned that the UK’s new Bribery Act…
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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…
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German buyers say Solvency II may reduce reinsurance spend
Risk managers of leading German companies believe Solvency II may cause problems for reinsurers, as consolidation amongst primary companies will…
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Security chiefs focus on risks posed by emerging markets
Multinational companies will have to deal with an increasing volume of security risks as they look for growth in emerging…
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New role for security chiefs as risks multiply
The job role of corporate security chiefs is changing fast and gaining more importance within international companies, as they increasingly…
