RM News
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AIRMIC conference breaks all records but members believe soft market is over
With record numbers of AIRMIC members attending, and the largest ever exhibition, Paul Howard, AIRMIC’s Chairman, was in buoyant mood…
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French companies hit risk learning curve as Chinese trade grows–AMRAE
French companies must learn new ways of dealing with the risks involved with doing business in China as the country’s…
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French risk managers digest challenges posed by ELD
French risk managers are fast waking up to demands placed upon their companies as they attempt to meet new environmental…
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FERMA elects vice-presidents
The FERMA board has elected both Julia Graham, Chief Risk Officer of law firm DLA Piper UK, and Jorge Luzzi,…
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Reputational risk top concern for AIRMIC members
Reputational risk is the leading concern for U.K. risk managers according to the annual survey of members carried out by…
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Captives under pressure
As debates continues as to the future role of captives, in light of the potential impacts of Solvency II and…
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First AIRMIC Casualty benchmark completes suite
AIRMIC unveiled the results of its first-ever benchmarking study into the Casualty insurance market at its conference this week, which…
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Business warned to maintain vigilance on terror risk
The last few years have seen a relative decline in terrorist attacks in the developed world, but the threat of…
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Last chance saloon for captive owners on Solvency II
FERMA has urged the owners of the 500–plus European captives to participate in the final consultation on the technical implementation…
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Spanish market broke too early on ELD deadline
Over the past three years, Spanish companies have been busy preparing to meet the tough requirements of a new environmental…
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AIRMIC grows on back of eventful year
Paul Howard concludes his year as Chairman of AIRMIC at its conference in Manchester this month. The J. Sainsbury’s Risk…
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Malta responds to Solvency II’s threat to its captive business
The Maltese captive management community is as threatened by Solvency II as any other in Europe. But, they believe that…
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Beyond the crisis–lessons learned
A group of insurance company leaders and risk managers debated the key lessons to be learned from the recent economic…
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First Environmental Liability Directive cases from European Court of Justice
On 9 March, in its first rulings on the Environmental Liability Directive (ELD), the European Court of Justice (ECJ) concluded…
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Crisis boosts interest in training among U.K. risk managers
Ahead of this month’s AIRMIC conference, Ben Norris talked to CEO John Hurrell about the U.K. risk management association’s latest…
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IRM welcomes sharper focus on risk in revised U.K. Code
The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) has welcomed the sharper focus on the ‘proper management of risk’ included in the…
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Big sister likely to erupt in short term
Experts at the UCL Institute for Risk and Disaster (IRDR) have said that there is a ‘strong possibility’ that the…
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Risk managers told to brace for busy hurricane season
The U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has added to the rising volume of forecasts of a particularly busy…
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Fiscal and regulatory pressure builds on captive owners
Captive owners in the U.K. face a probable effort by the new government to raise insurance premium tax according to…
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AIRMIC prepares to tackle ‘unfair’ disclosure rules with market
AIRMIC has opened talks with the insurance market to address concerns that the current law that governs disclosure in the…
