Association News
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Deliver solutions to strategic business risks or lose relevance Airmic warns insurers
Insurers must adapt to the changing needs of business and develop solutions that support business strategy rather than simply focusing…
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AMRAE demands further innovation as it welcomes buyer-friendly 2015 French market
France's risk management association has urged the insurance market to focus on innovation and deliver better solutions for business interruption,…
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Baron vows to align Asian certification with Ferma model
The Asian risk management community will be offered education and certification that is aligned with Ferma's planned programme as early…
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New risk landscape demands political response from risk community
One of the most interesting things to come out of this week's Ferma seminar in Brussels was rising evidence of…
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Ferma hits forty–comment
Ferma has made great strides over the last 40 years and particularly the last couple of decades. It has transformed…
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Ferma positions risk profession for future success as it marks 40 years
Commercial Risk Europe’s Ben Norris caught up with Ferma president Julia Graham ahead of the federation’s seminar in Brussels as…
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Ferma certification programme remains ‘on target’: Graham
The pan-European Certification project for risk managers currently under development at the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma) is…
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Airmic urges action from IAIS to ease compliance woes
CEO of Airmic, John Hurrell, has called on international regulators to help end the confusion over compliance on multinational insurance…
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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 SIRM president plans to grow membership and boost lobbying efforts
New Swiss Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (SIRM) president Sabrina Hartusch wants to increase the association's lobbying power by…
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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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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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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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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.
