Association News
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December 14, 2022
Risk managers face growing ESG risks
The interconnectivity of ESG risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot afford to ignore. ESG…
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December 14, 2022
ESG-related litigation on the rise in Europe
Corporate Europe has been far more successful in its efforts to resist the kind of litigation persistently faced by its…
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December 13, 2022
Anra relaunches course on fundamentals of risk and insurance management
Italian risk association Anra has relaunched its ‘Fundamentals of Risk and Insurance Management’ course in e-learning mode from 24 January…
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December 8, 2022
Staying ahead of the storm
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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December 8, 2022
Eiopa publishes dashboard to help tackle nat cat protection gap
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released a dashboard that depicts the insurance protection gap for natural…
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December 7, 2022
Risk managers must innovate as models thrown into doubt by current crises
Risk managers must challenge some of the models and assumptions they rely upon to help mitigate the raft of current…
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December 7, 2022
Airmic launches AXA Climate School to help members manage transition
UK risk management association Airmic is launching a climate change learning programme in collaboration with AXA Climate to help members…
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December 1, 2022
ESG is worth it… despite the global meltdown
The Commercial Risk team arrived in Antwerp this week to host our latest annual conference, with Belgian risk and insurance…
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November 30, 2022
Preparing for the storms ahead
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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November 30, 2022
Swiss risk managers focus on sustainability
The Swiss Association of Insurance and Risk Managers (SIRM) finally addressed the topic of sustainability at its recent forum in…
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November 30, 2022
Wegener calls for stronger effort on climate change
Dirk Wegener, president of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), used his speech at the Swiss Association of…
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November 30, 2022
Climate risk measurement and management a work in progress: Stampa
Marco Stampa, sustainability governance manager at Italian oil and gas services giant Saipem, gave a talk during the recent SIRM…
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November 30, 2022
Climate change: No time to lose
Gaudenz Flury, a prominent Swiss meteorologist and presenter of the nation’s daily weather forecast, painted a bleak picture of climate…
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November 30, 2022
Corporate citizenship is ‘paradigm shift’ for business leaders
Elena Rittstieg, executive search consultant at Egon Zehnder, told the recent SIRM Forum: “Long gone are the days when shareholder…
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November 30, 2022
Progress made by Swiss insurers on climate compatibility
The Swiss Federal Office for the Environment (FOEN) and the Swiss State Secretariat for International Finance (SIF) have carried out…
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November 30, 2022
Swiss businesses call for nation to rise to the energy challenge
Switzerland faces a huge challenge in its efforts to shift away from fossil fuels to a more reliable and greener…
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November 29, 2022
Risk managers urged to engage with environmental NGOs
European risk managers and their corporate leadership have been urged to engage with NGOs campaigning to drive the fight against…
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November 28, 2022
Risk managers and internal auditors must work closer with boards on sustainability, says Ferma
Boards of directors need to work more closely with risk managers and internal auditors to meet sustainability challenges faced by…
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November 25, 2022
Risk managers face mounting ESG risks
The interconnectivity of environmental, social and governance (ESG) risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot…
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November 24, 2022
Mahnke to leave GVNW for MSIG Insurance Europe
Christian Böhm, managing director of insurance at global technology group Freudenberg, will take over as chairman of the German risk…