RM News
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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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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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European risk managers must be ready for a data breach
Awareness of the risk and the cost of data breach is well established in the U.S. and fast growing in…
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IGREA is ready for action now board formally elected
IGREA, the association of risk and insurance managers within Spain’s largest companies that was formed last year, plans to step…
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If you don’t risk the question you’ll never find the answer-Comment
A number of readers of Commercial Risk Europe have recently commented that the newspaper seems to be dominated by insurance…
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Corporate ethics critical for true risk management
Risk experts at IRM conference agree that ethics should not be dumped in the dustbin of history. Tony Dowding reports.
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Prepare for bigger volcanoes-Comment
Tony Dowding finds risk management in action as the IRM rapidly reorganises as Volcanic ash brings Europe’s airports to a…
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Risk managers warned not to lose focus as ERM gains ground
ERM is becoming the norm in Sweden and risk managers should not have to constantly prove its value. Ben Norris…
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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…
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Role of risk manager, social responsibility and climate change tackled at SWERMA
Charlotte Barnekow, Chairwoman of Sweden’s risk management association, told Adrian Ladbury about the key debate at this year’s conference and…
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Run off from Solvency II?
Insurance buyers in Europe are worried that Solvency II will drive capacity out of their core industrial insurance lines. Derek…
