RM News
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Insurers and regulators pressured to take global programme effort seriously
If the leading industrial insurers hope that they can quietly evade the effort by European risk managers to deliver an…
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Companies must have response strategies for business interruption
The ability of companies to respond quickly when their facilities are hit by a disaster is crucial if they are…
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Futurologist speaker says ‘use your imagination’
Risk managers should embrace uncertainty, avoid becoming a tickbox function and ensure that their role is correctly perceived by top…
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Risk controls need to improve but not through more regulation–Ackermann
Risk management is ‘crucial’ for the success of the financial industry, especially for banking firms, the Ferma Forum was a…
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Corporate round-up
RSA creates Global Specialty division, XL obtain prior approval for Brazil operation, Ecclesiastical set to call halt on NZ quake…
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ISO 31000 survey paves way for new guidance
In preparation for new guidance on the latest ISO risk management standard the first global survey of the ISO 31000…
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A global brief-Jorge Luzzi
Rodrigo Amaral interviewed new Ferma President Jorge Luzzi for the first time about the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead…
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French captive experts fear for the sector, rate hikes under Solvency II
French risk managers and brokers who recently gathered in Paris for a debate on Solvency II organised by Amrae were…
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Improved relationships across risk transfer chain top Dennery’s agenda
Michel Dennery, the Deputy Chief Risk Officer at GDF Suez, the French utility group, is the new vice-president of Ferma.…
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Man with a mission-Comment
Jorge Luzzi of Pirelli takes over at Ferma at an interesting and very challenging time for the European and international…
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Progress made on global programmes industry database
The effort to create a global database to help risk managers ensure that their global programmes are compliant took some…
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IUMI conference tackles piracy and poor insurer results
The growing threat of piracy as well as persistently poor insurer technical results were among the subjects discussed at the…
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Corporate round-up
Marsh appoint Waterer as Head of Risk Consulting in UK and Ireland, XL extends Nordic upper mid market offering, Marsh…
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Jorge Luzzi elected President of Ferma
Jorge Luzzi, Group Risk Management Director for Pirelli worldwide, has been elected as the next president of the Federation of…
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Maltese and Slovenian risk management associations join Ferma
Ferma this week announced that the risk management associations of Malta and Slovenia have been accepted as its latest members.…
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Jeworrek says CBI cover must change and urges risk managers to up efforts
Torsten Jeworrek, member of Munich Re's Board of Management and Chairman of its Reinsurance Committee, has warned that for severe…
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How to sell a risk-Comment
The Kiwis (New Zealanders), as anyone who has had the ‘pleasure’ of playing rugby against them will attest, do not…
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Best practice guide on supply chain management launched by SCRLC
With supply chain disruption at the forefront of many risk managers’ minds following the recent Japanese earthquake and other global…
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IRM launches new guidance on risk appetite
The IRM has launched a new guidance paper on the subject of risk appetite that aims to help risk professionals…
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Solvency II to shake up insurance market and cause exits–PwC
Solvency II is expected to force insurers and reinsurers to reassess their product mix and exit certain markets, according to…
