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As environmental liabilities grow regulators look set to get busy
As environmental regulations and liabilities continue to grow in the U.K., beefed up by the implementation of the Environmental Liability…
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Industrial Emissions Directive needs to be more flexible says Cefic
The European Chemical Industry Council (Cefic) supports the objective of the draft Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) but it believes that…
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AIRMIC prepares to tackle ‘unfair’ disclosure rules with market
AIRMIC has opened talks with the insurance market to address concerns that the current law that governs disclosure in the…
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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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Rates must harden or margins will suffer, warn top insurers
The insurance industry weathered the recent financial and economic storm better than most and has posted another set of healthy…
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Brokers confirm oil pollution capacity to shrink following disaster
Brokers have told a group of U.S. Senators that oil pollution capacity is likely to fall by about 15% following…
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Swiss Re says risk manager should be last line of defence
Insurance risk managers should be used as an independent line of defence to help ensure that the risk-reward balance is…
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FM Global announces major evolution of its fire protection standards
FM Global has rolled out what it describes as ‘important’ modifications to its fire protection standards with the introduction of…
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Quality of risk presentation top priority for buyers claims broker
The quality of an insurance buyer’s presentation of risk information is crucial for them to obtain the most competitive terms…
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Run off from Solvency II?
Insurance buyers in Europe are worried that Solvency II will drive capacity out of their core industrial insurance lines. Derek…
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Bermuda market intensifies campaign for equivalence
European insurance and reinsurance buyers should support an effort by the Bermuda market to gain equivalent status under Solvency II…
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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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Bermuda market gives tentative welcome to new solvency regime
During a series of interviews with Bermuda market leaders Commercial Risk Europe found general support for the goals of Solvency…
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EU gathers oil industry for assurance on safety
EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger called a meeting of oil and gas production industry executives that operate in Europe and…
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Raising the professional bar
Carolyn Williams, Head of Thought Leadership at the Institute of Risk Management (IRM), told Ben Norris, about the importance of…
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Standard terms given green light from the European Commission
E.C. guidelines on horizontal competition will allow standard policy conditions so long as they are transparent, open and non-binding.
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A game of high stakes-Philippe Brahin
Philippe Brahin, Director, Head of Group Regulatory Affairs, at Swiss Re is one of the key players in an increasingly…
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Claims up but cover bought down in financial lines claims broker
European financial institutions are buying less insurance or decreasing their sums insured in an effort to reduce costs, despite an…
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Fighting fit-Gernot Klantschnig
Last year was a tough one for XL Capital as it strived to bounce back off the ropes after big…
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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…