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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…
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IRM Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum-Full Report
Following the Institute of Risk Management's Global Risk Management Professional Development Forum, held last month in Keele, Staffordshire, Commercial Risk…
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European risk managers must be ready for a data breach
Awareness of the risk and the cost of data breach is well established in the U.S. and fast growing in…
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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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If you don’t risk the question you’ll never find the answer-Comment
A number of readers of Commercial Risk Europe have recently commented that the newspaper seems to be dominated by insurance…
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Corporate ethics critical for true risk management
Risk experts at IRM conference agree that ethics should not be dumped in the dustbin of history. Tony Dowding reports.
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Prepare for bigger volcanoes-Comment
Tony Dowding finds risk management in action as the IRM rapidly reorganises as Volcanic ash brings Europe’s airports to a…
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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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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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Gauntlet thrown down to risk professionals by IRM’s Andrew Keeling
In the opening speech at this year’s Institute of Risk Management (IRM) conference in Keele, England, Andrew Keeling, the education…
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Torus swoops on Glacier subsidiary as deal flow steps up
Property casualty insurer and reinsurer Torus has acquired Glacier Insurance AG, a subsidiary of the Glacier group, subject to regulatory…
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Energy risk an increasing concern to business
Energy risks are of increasing concern to business and are now rated as big a risk as health and safety,…
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Energy rates head north as lawyers prepare for post loss bonanza
Energy market insurers have reacted swiftly to the Deepwater Horizon oil rig loss in the Gulf of Mexico and buyers…
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FERMA gives mixed reception to partial block exemption regulation
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has welcomed the adoption of the new European Union insurance block exemption…
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Non-executives need more risk oversight claims Moore at IRM
Further organisational crises are inevitable unless significant improvements are made to corporate culture, ethics and governance, Paul Moore, the whistleblower…
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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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White Rock launches PCC operation in Isle of Man
White Rock, the company owned by Aon that manages Protected Cell Company (PCC) facilities in Gibraltar, Guernsey, Luxembourg, Malta and…