Association News
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Parima members warned to dig in for long hard market
Risk and insurance managers in the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide need to steel themselves for a prolonged hard market, take…
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Broker and insurer consolidations to continue, say Buberl and Glaser
Risk managers worldwide can expect continued consolidation in the commercial and corporate insurance sector, as the market remains remarkably fragmented…
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Governments need risk managers and should give tax breaks for self-insurance: Baron
The Covid-19 pandemic has underlined how governments around the Asia-Pacific region and worldwide need to adopt proper, long-term risk management…
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Buberl calls for focus on public-private partnership for systemic risk
Thomas Buberl, CEO of AXA Group, used the closing CEO debate during Parima’s Resilience Week today to call again for…
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Don Forgeron elected president of GFIA
The Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) has elected Don Forgeron as its new president, following a vote at its…
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Time for wholesale change to risk management approach, suggests South African Professor
Almost all risk managers believe the Covid-19 pandemic will increase the focus on operational resilience, but there is also a…
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President Ramaphosa receives South African Risk Influencer of the Year award
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, as chair of the National Command Council established under the Disaster Management Act, has been…
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Ferma announces that past president Jo Willaert has died
Colleagues have paid tribute to Ferma’s immediate past president Jo Willaert, who sadly died last week. Mr Willaert was president…
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This is the time for action
This issue of Commercial Risk Asia is wholly based on a series of in-depth interviews carried out with leading members…
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Risk managers need to focus on financial stress, health and safety, and planning
Financial sustainability, health and safety of customers and staff members, job security of staff, and business plans and projections, are…
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Natividad urges risk managers to take the driving seat in new age of risk management
The shock caused by the sudden arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted the need for companies to carry out…
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Focus on the long term and wellbeing of staff to build resilience: Wu
The relative lack of preparedness for the arrival of the Covid-19 pandemic across the world can be attributed to the…
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Resilience has to be number one priority: Baron
Commercial Risk Asia editor Adrian Ladbury discusses the key questions for this year’s Risk Frontiers survey, sponsored by HDI Global…
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Adapt, pivot and rapidly evolve to survive and prosper, advises Parima’s Tunstall
Steve Tunstall is general secretary of the Pan-Asia Risk & Insurance Management Association (Parima) and director of Tunstall Associates, based in…
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The time and the place
Oliver Wild appears perfectly suited to the position of AMRAE president in this increasingly global world as he has British…
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IRMSA Risk Report 2021 set to help prepare for the post-Covid world
Focusing on the lessons learned from Covid-19, the Institute of Risk Management South Africa (IRMSA) has claimed that its annual…
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Mahnke urges government to step up efforts on credit and pandemic schemes
The German risk and insurance management association GVNW has repeated its recent call for federal government and the German insurance…
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Ferma president urges insurers to improve pandemic response
Insurers need to be more proactive in their response to the coronavirus pandemic and work with governments on solutions for…
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Captives a key tool in hard market but need serious investment
Captives are currently a good option for European risk managers as they grapple to contain costs and maximise coverage during…
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Wegener says pandemic offers unique chance to usher in new era of risk management
Ferma president Dirk Wegener believes risk management stands on the threshold of a new era as Covid-19 offers an opportunity,…