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EC weighs in against alleged insurance cartel in Spain
The EC has backed a case against a group of insurance companies in Spain that are accused of price fixing…
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Global reinsurer capital tops $510bn
With just days to go before reinsurers, brokers and their clients start the all-important January renewal negotiations, Aon and rating…
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Munich’s CIP reports progress in CBI, cyber and reputational risk
Munich Re’s Corporate Insurance Partner (CIP) is confident that focused investment in key areas such as reputational risk, contingent business…
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View from the top – Rüdiger Auras, Managing Director of the DVS
Ahead of the DVS Symposium 2013, Commercial Risk Europe’s Patrick Hagen spoke with Rüdiger Auras, Managing Director of the association,…
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Risk Frontiers – Germany, Part 2
From IT problems, limited capacity for risk transfer, claims management and innovations of limited use, leading German risk managers are…
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End of the day – Mathias Pahl, CEO Willis Germany
Commercial Risk Europe’s Friederike Krieger caught up with Mathias Pahl, CEO Willis Germany, as part of our Risk Frontiers survey.…
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Insurers and customers lock horns over innovation
Innovation, or rather the lack of it from insurers, was the big topic of debate at the opening morning of…
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No sign of market-wide hardening but pressure rises on industrial property rates
German Risk managers can look forward to a reasonably comfortable series of renewals in the coming months as the industrial…
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Risk managers urged to join regulatory debate
Leading insurers and risk managers that spoke at the DVS Symposium 2013 yesterday voiced concern that the continued rise in…
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Widespread rate rises in Germany off the table despite heavy nat cats
German insurers have been hit hard by heavy flooding in large parts of Germany in June and severe hailstorms in…
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Recent progress in German cyber market no panacea say buyers
German industrial insurance buyers have often accused insurers of failing to provide the necessary cover for cyber risk, but in…
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View from the top—Hans-Jürgen Allerdissen
Commercial Risk Europe reporter Patrick Hagen caught up with Hans-Jürgen Allerdissen, Chairman of the German risk managers’ association DVS and…
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Broker calls for ERM credit
A leading insurance broker is calling on credit ratings agencies to give greater consideration for insurance purchased by large companies…
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Market remains soft heading into renewals
Insurance prices continue to rise in the US, but elsewhere rates continue to soften. As thoughts turn to the key…
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Insurers and brokers under fire for excess data demands and poor risk analysis
The allegedly fast-rising information demands of insurers as they attempt to grapple with complex risks such as non-damage business interruption…
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FSB calls for US federal insurance supervision
Completing its review of US financial services regulation, the Financial Stability Board (FSB) has recommended that the US authorities move…
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Self-reliance seen as key to coping with future risks: survey
A major survey by Swiss Re has found that people are well aware of the risks they may face in…
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Weaknesses in risk management remain despite growing board level involvement
Top management and the board are increasingly setting the direction and taking tighter control of risk management, integrating it with…
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Bermuda captive tally holds as SPI numbers grow rapidly
The Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) registered 47 new insurers in the seven month period ending July 2013, an 81% increase…
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First half insured catastrophe bill exceeds $20bn
Man-made and natural disasters cost a total of $56bn in the first half of 2013, of which insurers paid more…