Risk Management
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Opportunity may well outweigh risk in South Africa IRMSA delegates told
South African businesses and those investing in the country face some big economic challenges over the next few years as…
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Experts tell risk managers how to make most of ‘strategic inflection point’
The risk profession stands at a strategic inflection point where the time has come for its influence to be fully…
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Supply chain risk in spotlight as new SEC rules target central Africa-analysis
Risk audits are needed across many international industries to dodge fines and reputational damage as US regulator targets the many…
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RIMS president launches defence of ERM in light of financial meltdown
Scott Clark, President of the US Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS), launched a defence of the role Enterprise Risk…
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IRMSA ‘on the move’ as education and accreditation top agenda for 2012
The South African risk management profession is maturing and advancing rapidly and 2012 will be an exciting year with plenty…
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Agers conference told premium prices will be kept in check at renewals
There is no hard market on the horizon for Spanish insurance buyers as the effects of sluggish economic growth in…
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French PM announces new nat cat scheme to reward mitigation
French Prime Minister François Fillon has announced that a bill will be presented before the end of the year to…
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IRM conference told profession must break free of finance function shadow
Business and risk management must avoid falling completely under the spell of the finance department, keynote speaker Anthony Hilton, Financial…
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Bernardino urges caution on proportionality under Solvency II
Gabriel Bernardino, Chairman of the European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Supervisory Authority (EIOPA), yesterday poured cold water on the idea…
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Ferma fleshes out hopes for Brazilian reinsurance laws
Ferma has released concrete details of its recommendations to the Brazilian insurance regulator, Susep, that it hopes will limit the…
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Den Dekker takes new role at telecommunications giant
Peter den Dekker will shortly leave Stork to join VimpelCom, one of the world’s biggest telecommunications groups, as insurable risk…
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Buyers still hold the upper hand but market in transition
Despite insurers continued protestations, buyers of commercial insurance remain in a strong position with rates stable or falling in most…
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Education one key plank in response to extreme events community leaders agree at summit
With a raft of natural disasters, huge political unrest in the Arab world and the ongoing financial mess preoccupying the…
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Cooperation needed to drive innovation and solve supply chain dilemma
As insurance and reinsurance buyers across Europe call on brokers, insurers and reinsurers to provide more innovation, and offer broader-based…
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Ferma makes formal approach for single database on global programmes
Ferma, Airmic and the London and International Insurance Brokers’ Association (LIIBA) will formally approach the insurance market this month with…
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Ferma puts full weight behind push for reinsurance law change in Brazil
Ferma has once again added to the pressure on the Brazilian insurance regulator to change its protectionist reinsurance rules, by…
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Risk managers urged to climb ladder to help tackle innovation
Risk and insurance managers must shove themselves up the corporate ladder to enable them to do more to help insurers…
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Theis urges insurers to step up Solvency II lobbying effort
The European insurance industry must step up its lobbying effort on Solvency II to seek more time to carry out…
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Confusion in supply chain risk management adding to exposures
Businesses and their suppliers are unclear where responsibility lies for risk management and due diligence, according to a global survey…
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Firms overconfident in crisis plans and must bolster capabilities, says PwC
PwC has warned that many organisations have a misplaced self confidence in their crisis management capabilities, adding that crisis management…
