Risk Management
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Don’t let the politicians pass the ELD buck – Comment
There is no bigger supporter of cross-border efforts to try and save the environment from man’s rapacious appetite for natural…
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Flat market for corporate business forecast by major European carriers
During a series of interviews carried out with a group of executives from Europe’s leading industrial insurance carriers just before…
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WEF report warns of threat from ‘creeping risks’
Risk managers should read the annual Global Risks report published by the World Economic Forum as it contains some important…
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Reinsurers edge forward as few cats and solid capital levels force flat renewals
Insurance buyers should be pleased to see that the reinsurers suffered a flat year end renewal as competition remained high,…
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A Full Plate – Guy Soussan
Guy Soussan, Partner with Brussels law firm Steptoe & Johnson LLP, is legal adviser to FERMA and has plenty of…
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Risk managers must train ‘risk owners’ on the board
Risk management education experts urge the professionals to spread the word up the corporate ladder while interest is high.
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Buyers, insurers and brokers still grappling with ELD’s complexities
The Environmental Liability Directive (ELD) finally reached implementation in all 27 E.U. member states at the end of 2009, two…
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New World, New Risks; Time to help save the planet – Comment
This, the second, issue of Commercial Risk Europe appears to be dominated by one common theme. That is, the ever-rising…
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RMIA outsources operations to ANZIIF to focus on growth
Australia’s risk management association has decided to relieve itself of administration but says the decision was made to improve services…
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New risks, new world
The French risk and insurance management profession set a big challenge for themselves and insurers during this year’s AMRAE conference…
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Mission Impossible? – Johny Merlot
Emerging risks and the ability of the insurance industry to rise to the changing risk and insurance needs of their…
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Business as usual… almost – Nicolas Aubert
Chartis’ French operation is one of the biggest and the longest-established in the group. Adrian Ladbury interviewed General Manager Nicolas…
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Demand for captives in national oil sector expected to grow
Only a small portion of national oil companies (NOCs) currently operate a captive insurance company, but, broker Marsh believes that…
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Emphasis must shift from risk assessment to response and velocity
The recent financial and economic crisis has proved beyond doubt that companies must redirect their risk management efforts from risk…
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Captive groups seek talks with ministers and EC on Solvency II
[BRUSSELS]—Leading representatives of Europe’s captive community hope to sit down with national finance ministers of the European Union Member States…
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Brussels opens ‘discussion’ on broker pay with CEIOPS
The pressure on European risk managers and their brokers to find an industry agreement on broker pay to remove potential…
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Chartis creates new Captive Practice Group
Chartis Insurance UK Limited has set up a Captive Practice Group that brings together risk management, risk finance, underwriting, legal,…
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Risk response not assessment is the key – Comment
I have to confess that when I see a speech on enterprise risk management scheduled at a conference I usually…
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ISO’s Knight affirms opposition to “tick and flick” certification of standards
Kevin Knight, Chair of the ISO working group that recently published a global risk management standard, says that he and…
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Global think tank maps top risk governance failings
The Geneva-based International Risk Governance Council (IRGC) has published a far-reaching report that lists and describes the most common risk…