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Chubb boosts major account client executive team in Europe
Chubb has appointed Karine Paul and Brigitte Vorrath as global client executives within its major accounts team for continental Europe.…
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Vienna Insurance Group planning to expand
Vienna Insurance Group (VIG) is to use its strong capitalisation to achieve further growth and broaden its presence, according to…
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Geopolitics will continue to impact emerging market currency rates
Geopolitics will continue to cause volatility in financial markets, and the outcomes of many of these situations remain unpredictable, warned…
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Storm Eberhard insured losses up to €1.5bn: AIR
Insured losses from winter Storm Eberhard will range between €900m and €1.5bn, with the majority coming in Germany, according to…
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Insurance Europe reveals European insurance data
Total premiums in Europe increased by 4.7% to €1,213bn in 2017, with property/casualty growing by 4.4% to €371bn, according to…
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Food sector dominates EU recalls
Recalls across the EU remained steady in 2018, with Q4 figures slightly above average for electronic and food recalls but…
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Netherlands, Germany and UK record most GDPR breach notices
More than 59,000 personal data breaches have been reported across Europe since the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation…
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Munich Re returns to strong profit in 2018 as ERGO performs well
Munich Re recorded €2.28bn profit last year, following 2017’s nat cat-hit €392m. The company’s numbers were boosted by primary business…
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EU faces range of challenges that will shake unity in 2019
The EU will face both internal and external challenges next year from issues such as populism, stand-offs with member states,…
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Ninety million more Africans set to gain access to electricity by 2025
A new initiative is set to provide 250 million more Africans with green electricity in the next seven years, including…
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EC launches action over terrorism directive
Some 16 EC member states have been issued formal notices for failing to implement new anti-terrorism laws in their country
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Just over a decade to limit climate change catastrophe, warns UN report
Natural catastrophes will become significantly more serious in as little as a decade if global warming temperatures rise by half…
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Eastern Europe braces for higher levels of trade credit risk
Trade credit risk is expected to increase in eastern Europe next year as GDP growth slows and fewer businesses in…
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Munich Re acquisition shows how insurtech can be applied to corporate insurance
Munich Re has acquired tech company Relayr, which offers industrial players end-to-end solutions in the areas of the internet of…
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Munich Re suffers share dip on Q2 results but underlying results well on track
Munich Re’s shares fell by 4% earlier this week, following news that the German reinsurance giant had suffered a fall…
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European heat and drought to cost agriculture sector billions, says Munich Re
The heatwaves, droughts and forest fires currently affecting swathes of Europe will cost the agriculture sector billions of dollars with…
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UAE tops most complex compliance regime list with Ireland bottom
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) has the most complex compliance regime of any country in the world, while Ireland is…
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BRI offers $11bn in new premium for foreign insurers by 2030 but pricing remains big problem
The Chinese-led Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) will have an estimated economic impact of $21trn, including $8trn of infrastructure investment.…
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GDPR fines insurable in just two European countries: Aon report
Fines under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will only be insurable in two European countries, according to analysis…
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Aon’s 2018 maps show political violence and risk on the rise
Political violence risk has increased worldwide for the third year in a row, while broader political risk is also up,…