RM News
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Willis CEO urges brokers to embrace transparency
With the thorny issue of broker remuneration still under consideration at the European Commission, as part of its review of…
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Policy wording and compliance the key issues for Global Programmes
As globalisation continues its march and organisations have to increasingly consider the issues surrounding global insurance programs, a workshop at…
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Captive owners ‘optimistic’ about latest Solvency II developments
It seems increasingly likely that Solvency II will not hit captives as hard as originally feared based on the latest…
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Now is the time to act-Comment
It has been an exceptionally busy time for the team at Commercial Risk Europe over the last couple of months…
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NARIM – Confidence in insurance industry undermined by Solvency II issues
At the annual NARIM conference held last month key themes were member concerns over Solvency II and the need for…
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Narim – risk managers urged to extend frontiers
Insurance risk managers need to sell the value of insurance to senior colleagues to avoid corporate isolation, according to experts…
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Insurance buying will not impress the board concludes PolRisk event
Risk professionals must focus their efforts to help their organisations achieve their objectives and help ensure that key management decisions…
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Don’t ignore the soft stuff
Most attention on Solvency II so far has focused upon the capital requirements. But Jonathan Groves argues that risk managers…
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Work in progress
Ben Norris met Kevin W. Knight, Chair of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) working group that developed the ISO…
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French risk managers take centre stage
New regulations and the aftershocks of the global economic crisis have forced French risk managers to play a bigger role…
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Risk gospel must spread out as well as up–AMRAE
French risk managers may have gained the ear of top management in recent times because of the financial and economic…
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Battle lines drawn for Solvency II as QIS5 published
CEIOPS has issued the technical specifications for QIS5, its final field test for Solvency II if all goes to plan,…
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Den Dekker scoops second award in a month
Peter den Dekker, the President of FERMA, won two awards over the last month for his services to the profession…
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Insurers should be penalised for late payments says AIRMIC
Insurance companies in the U.K. that are slow to pay claims should expect to pay damages to their clients, according…
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Insurer reminds buyers to remember their role in disclosure
The U.K. insurance buyers community is right to call for greater clarity and updated rules on disclosure because the century-old…
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Terror cover rises in popularity in the U.S. as prices fall
U.S. insurance buyers continued to buy more terrorism coverage in 2009 as prices fell and capacity rose, according to a…
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Companies with strong risk management deliver more stable earnings
Businesses with stronger risk management practices than their peers obtain more stable financial performances over the long term, including much…
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IT software for risk managers immature but can provide important tools
Software that helps to gather and process data about the risks faced by companies is still at a low level…
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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…