Risk Specialty
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March 19, 2024
AI will shift liability rather than create new risks
Artificial intelligence raises challenging questions for liability as the technology continues to outpace regulatory and legal developments, experts have told…
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March 19, 2024
Chubb launches global transactional risk platform
Chubb has launched a global transactional risk platform that will offer its products across international markets while boosting its existing…
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March 19, 2024
UK SMEs ‘woefully unprepared’ for cyber threat
New research commissioned by London-based cyber MGA Cowbell has found that UK SMEs are “woefully unprepared” to react to a…
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17.10.2024
CONFERENCE: Construction Risk Management Asia 2024
The recently published Global Construction Futures Report, produced by Oxford Economics, predicts that completed global construction work will grow over…
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March 18, 2024
Corporates gaining confidence in parametric solutions
Martin Hotz, head parametric nat cat, Swiss Re Corporate Solutions , talked to Global Risk Manager about the growing interest…
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March 18, 2024
BusinessEurope unhappy with revised CSDDD
BusinessEurope, the European confederation that represents 40 national industry and employers’ organisations, is unhappy with the agreement on the EU…
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March 18, 2024
US Chamber of Commerce sues SEC over climate risk disclosure rules
Business lobby group the US Chamber of Commerce has filed a lawsuit against the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)…
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March 18, 2024
USAID and WTW working on parametric solution to boost climate change resilience
WTW is working with the US Agency for International Development (USAID) to deliver a parametric solution that will protect and…
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March 18, 2024
Miller adds to new fine art and specie team
Miller has added Lance Thorpe as a specie account executive within its recently created fine art and specie team, which…
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March 15, 2024
European Council adopts watered down CSDDD
The Belgian presidency of the European Council has finally managed to gain approval for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive…
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March 15, 2024
Landmark legal opinion highlights UK directors’ obligations on nature-related risks
Directors need to consider their company’s nature-related risks as part of their legal duties under English company law, according to…
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March 15, 2024
Italy fines TikTok after French Scar probe into child safety
Italy’s competition regulator has fined social media platform TikTok €10m for failing to monitor content that threatened child safety. The…
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March 15, 2024
UK government urged to support new reinsurance panel for combustible clad buildings
A new reinsurance facility covering commercial and residential buildings cladded in combustible materials has been launched in the UK, more…
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March 15, 2024
Soaring climate losses see insurers exit ‘uninsurable’ areas
Insurers are hiking premiums and exiting high-risk areas as a result of a 360% rise in insured losses in the…
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March 15, 2024
Firms urged to adapt approach to lithium-ion battery fire risks
QBE Europe is urging companies to put in place appropriate risk management and fire safety controls to tackle lithium-ion battery…
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March 15, 2024
French nat cat carrier posts big technical loss from rising weather events
French state-backed catastrophe carrier CCR recorded a significant technical loss of €112m for 2023 due to heavy natural disasters in…
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March 15, 2024
Marsh names new marine director in the Netherlands
Marsh has appointed AIG’s Koen van Leuven as marine broking director for the Netherlands. He is expected to join this…
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March 14, 2024
US cyber backstop gathers momentum
Discussions to establish a US cyber insurance backstop, which should spur competition and innovation in the cyber insurance market, are…
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March 14, 2024
EU Parliament approves AI act
The European Parliament has approved the Artificial Intelligence Act, the world’s first binding law aimed at reducing AI risks. The…
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March 14, 2024
Dutch cybersecurity and insurance firm secures further €36m funding
Eye Security, the fast-growing Netherlands based cybersecurity and insurance firm, has announced a further €36m Series B investment led by…