RM News
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Time to step up to the plate-comment
Forces in the European and global economy and the insurance industry strongly suggest that now is the time for risk…
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New electronic buying tool planned for German industrial risks
German industrial groups are making a fresh attempt to arrange a system that will allow them to buy cover via…
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French strikes turn focus on business continuity plans
The latest holiday season in France has caused considerable losses to companies and highlighted the growing need for risk managers…
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UK business must consider the risks of trading with the US, says ACE
ACE's Corporate Liability Team has urged UK business to carefully consider the risks, as well as the opportunities, of exporting…
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Actuary role will evolve to deliver ERM and scenario planning—Aon Benfield
The role of the actuary will evolve to deliver robust Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and will increasingly involve the…
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Risk adversity dominates UK as R&D spend falls across Europe
UK businesses have become much more risk averse in the last three years, according to a recent poll of finance…
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Product safety top of bill in EC-China talks
EU Health and Consumer Policy Commissioner, John Dalli, has placed product safety top of his agenda in a series of…
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QIS 5 delayed but captives have not been ignored
Captive owners will have to wait a few weeks longer than expected for the results of QIS 5 but can…
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Commission looks to beef up ELD as Hungary counts cost of toxic disaster
A recent report from the European Commission suggests that it is looking to beef up the Environmental Liability Directive [ELD]…
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Risk management on the rise
Risk managers are becoming more visible and active across their organisations and are wielding greater influence on strategic decisions, according…
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FERMA seminar & Presidents meeting-Let the people talk
FERMA held a very well attended seminar and President’s meeting in London at the end of September where most of…
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ELD to ‘bare its teeth’ in Hungarian toxic spillage
The disaster in Hungary, which has seen toxic sludge escape from a reservoir in the city of Ajka, should serve…
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German risk managers fear computer worm Stuxnet
German risk managers are alarmed over the emergence of a fresh IT threat in the form of the computer worm…
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No hard market on the horizon–Bowring Marsh
Global property and casualty rates show no sign of hardening and, barring a major loss, are expected to remain soft…
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Captives use questioned by European companies
European companies are increasingly questioning the value of running a captive as they anticipate greater capital and time costs as…
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Risk spend poured into multi-billion dollar black hole?
In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, spending on risk is set to continue to rise as investors and…
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Opportunity knocks-comment
The board of FERMA and Paul Taylor of AIRMIC and Morgan Crucible in particular, deserve a pat on the back…
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Honisch heads running for DVS president
Jurand Honisch, Senior Vice President Corporate Risk Management & Insurance at Bertelsmann and a DVS board member, is being touted…
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Risk came, saw and will conquer?-Italy
The global financial crisis has hit Italian companies as hard as any others in Europe and Italian risk managers are…
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Long-term risk planning key to success says top broker
European companies should take the longer view on risk and prepare now for a hard market, warns Gilbert Van den…