Risk Management
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Cat risk more influential than Solvency II for Germany’s brokers
Most insurance market experts agree that the combined effects of rising catastrophe losses combined with higher costs and capital charges,…
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Risk managers win breathing space on roll-out of new motor tax rules
German risk managers will probably be given more time to prepare for planned new taxation rules on motor liability that…
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Market not ripe for hardening despite renewed calls from insurers—Greimel
Klaus Greimel, Head of the DVS yesterday resisted calls from the insurance industry for a hardening of the industrial insurance…
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Honisch set to leave DVS committee
Jurand Honisch of publishing group Bertelsmann, one of Germany’s most prominent risk managers, is set to leave the committee of…
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CBI market finally on the move
There are signs that sales of business interruption policies that cover damages without a preceding property loss, otherwise known as…
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Schlafende Hunde soll man nicht wecken
German insurance brokers and buyers do not think that the European Commission or national regulators should go further with current…
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HDI-Gerling Industrie set to receive Talanx IPO boost
Market sources close to the Initial Public Offering (IPO) that Talanx announced this week and is planned for the autumn…
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Inex24 opens doors to state-owned buyers as interest grows
The operators of the Germany-based electronic placement platform Inex24 have extended their service to another new target group with state-owned…
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Still looking good for buyers–comment
DVS members will no doubt grin knowingly and in a satisfied manner as they read the latest news from brokers,…
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Eurozone crisis and globalisation are the big risks say leading German risk managers
Like many of their colleagues across Europe, German risk managers that took part in the survey were quite clear that…
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Buyers still worried about effects of Solvency II on industrial insurance, captives
Germanrisk managers that spoke to Commercial Risk Europe ahead of the DVS Symposium remain concerned about the effects that Solvency…
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Supply chain risk mitigation needs work on both sides of the divide
With last year’s catalogue of natural disasters in different parts of the world we asked leading German risk managers about…
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Insurers and risk managers need to work harder and closer on innovation say top German risk managers
The ability and willingness of the industrial insurance market to react speedily to the changing demands of risk and insurance…
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It’s good to talk–Mathias Pahl
Adrian Ladbury, Editor of Commercial Risk Europe interviewed Mathias Pahl, CEO of Willis Germany, as part of this year’s Risk…
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Time for evolution not revolution-Amer Ahmed
The big catastrophic events of 2011 are still working their way through the global insurance and reinsurance market system and…
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Report rails against inflated costs of cybercrime protection
Companies are in danger of spending more money on protecting themselves against cybercrime than they are ever likely to incur…
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Risk managers feel pressure to perform with role not fully defined finds survey
A recent survey by RIMS and Marsh & McLennan companies suggests that there are rising expectations on risk managers to…
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Ferma-backed study attempts to shed light on security and privacy risk
Zurich, in association with The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), has launched a comprehensive study into security and…
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IRMSA gains official stamp for risk education in South Africa
The Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has announced that the South African Qualifications Authority Board (SAQA) has approved…
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Risk managers call for TCoR to address more than insurance premiums
Risk managers are questioning the suitability of industry metrics used to assess the effectiveness of risk management programmes, suggesting that…