Risk Management
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Better cooperation needed between risk managers and IT on cyber risk
Collaboration between risk managers and information security officers is vital in the fight against cyber risk that is still underestimated…
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New kid on the block aiming to develop risk management in Asia
The Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima) is the youngest of the major organisations around the world that aim…
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Risk management improvements negate argument for rate rises
German industry has invested heavily in risk management and improved its claims profile over the last 10 to 15 years…
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Risk managers need to watch for Black Swans
Risk managers should pay more attention to so-called black swans, according to Edwin Meyer, General Manager Risk and Insurance at…
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Leading DVS players urge buyers to make use of alternative risk capital
Leading German insurance buyers believe that the time has come for their colleagues to get to grips with the growing…
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Buyers market in Germany but some concern over property risks
Despite a spate of natural catastrophes to hit the German insurance industry, the country’s risk managers face a generally soft…
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Man of Steel
Edwin Meyer is General Manager Risk and Insurance at ArcelorMittal and board member of the German insurance risk managers’ association…
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Rising regulation causes higher costs and reputational damage for all: Hürlimann
Regulatory regimes around the world are increasingly inconsistent leading to higher costs for insurers and the wider business world in…
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Sell our profession or lose relevance says DVS’ Mahnke
To maintain or improve their standing and relevance, insurance risk managers need to better explain their role and why industrial…
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DVS to place itself at centre of insurance market debates
The German insurance risk managers’ association Deutscher Versicherungs-Schutzverband (DVS) wants to play a more active role in the industrial insurance…
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Airmic begins work with Reputation Institute to tackle reputational risk
Airmic is teaming up with the Reputation Institute to develop a framework for dealing with reputational risk.
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European business at threat from Icelandic ash cloud
The threat of disruption to aviation and wider business interests across Europe from the potential eruption of Icelandic volcano Bardarbunga…
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No cutbacks on health and safety urges AGERS and leading union
Spanish companies have been urged by a leading trade union to start seeing the prevention of workplace accidents as an…
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Ferma plans to bring Airmic’s ‘popular’ compliance database to members next year
Airmic this week said that its new database of international insurance regulations, Insight Risk Manager, is proving popular, with the…
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Captive owners ‘surprisingly’ reluctant to write cyber cover: Aon
Aon Global Risk Consulting has found that only 1% of captive owners currently cover cyber risk in their captives.
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Average total cost of risk rises for third year in row for US firms
The average Total Cost of Risk (TCOR) rose for the third year in a row for RIMS member organisations on…
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European companies should prepare for sectoral sanctions in Russia
The alleged shooting down of a Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 civilian aircraft killing all 298 people on board could spark…
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Don’t miss the boat–comment
It is great news that Ferma has announced concrete plans to deliver its pan-European certified risk manager status as early…
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AMRAE guide evaluates true cost/benefits of risk transfer
Last month AMRAE published a new guide to help companies better evaluate the cost benefits of risk transfer, unveiled a…
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Government calls for collaboration with AMRAE to protect overseas staff
AMRAE has been urged by the French government to get more involved in the prevention and management of risks faced…