RM News
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AIRMIC unveils plans to tackle ‘failings’ in law on disclosure
AIRMIC will issue a guide for members in early Autumn to tackle what it sees as the failings in the…
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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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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…
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Rates must harden or margins will suffer, warn top insurers
The insurance industry weathered the recent financial and economic storm better than most and has posted another set of healthy…
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Swiss Re says risk manager should be last line of defence
Insurance risk managers should be used as an independent line of defence to help ensure that the risk-reward balance is…
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FM Global announces major evolution of its fire protection standards
FM Global has rolled out what it describes as ‘important’ modifications to its fire protection standards with the introduction of…
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Quality of risk presentation top priority for buyers claims broker
The quality of an insurance buyer’s presentation of risk information is crucial for them to obtain the most competitive terms…
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Improve communication or risk isolation, experts warn delegates
Risk managers must learn how to communicate effectively if their true value is to be realised by employers argued a…
