Geopolitical
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RSA agrees £7.2bn sale to Intact and Tryg
RSA has agreed a £7.2bn sale to Intact Financial and Tryg that will see the insurer broken up. Scandinavian insurer…
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Pandemics, climate and cyber top AXA risk list
Pandemics and infectious diseases have unsurprisingly jumped above climate change and cyber risk to become the number risks during the…
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Multinationals face heightened Covid-19 fuelled political and civil unrest
Multinational companies must beware of growing civil unrest across the world this year and into 2021, particularly in countries with…
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HDI Global Specialty appoints Barenthein as MD for Scandinavia
HDI Global Specialty has appointed Thomas Barenthein as managing director of its Scandinavian branch. He also joins the executive board…
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AMRAE reports extremely tough market for French buyers and warns of ‘bitter’ renewals
A new AMRAE report finds that the French insurance market is now hard pretty much across the board and warns of…
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German insurers defend price rises after years of losses
Leading German industrial insurers used a panel debate at the close of last week’s virtual GVNW Symposium to justify rising…
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Pandemic fuelled political risks rise in every country during H1, says Marsh JLT
Political risks increased in every country across the world during the first half of 2020 as the Covid-19 pandemic accelerated…
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Terror threat spreads in 2020 with civil commotion risk rising in advanced economies: Aon
More countries face the threat of terrorism in 2020 than last year, with multinationals increasingly at risk from right-wing extremists,…
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AXA XL falls to €843m loss on back of pandemic hit
AXA XL posted a €843m loss in the first half of this year as the unit bore the brunt of…
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Emerging markets face ‘unparalleled’ civil unrest as pandemic takes toll, warns Maplecroft
Some 37 countries are at risk of major civil unrest before the end of 2020 as the economic fallout from…
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Supply chain risk falls in May but more Covid-19-related pain to come: riskmethods
A report from riskmethods finds a decline in every type of supply chain risk it monitored during May, as Covid-19-related…
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Covid-19 heightens key risks and raises operational threat for several EU countries: Control Risks
The Covid-19 pandemic has heightened political and economic risks, with a bungled recovery and threat of economic paralysis meeting political…
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SCOR Channel makes specialty insurance appointments
SCOR Channel, part of the reinsurer’s specialty insurance platform, has appointed Christian Stanley as head of underwriting insight and Christianna…
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HDI Global Specialty launches London political and credit risk team with Neon hires
HDI Global Specialty has launched a political and credit risk team in London after hiring Nick Robinson and Anthony Vaughan…
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Covid-19 set to extend hard market through 2021, says WTW
The Covid-19 pandemic and resultant economic downturn are set to extend the hard US commercial insurance market through 2021, according…
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Contract frustration claims from virus likely to lead trade credit losses: Kennedys
The Covid-19 pandemic will deliver insured losses in the trade credit market, mainly from falling commodity prices, increased governmental intervention…
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Retroactive expansion of BI coverage challenges ‘very notion’ of insurance: Glaser
Marsh president and CEO Dan Glaser has said that efforts by lawyers and legislators in the US to try and…
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Beazley estimates $170m Covid-19 loss as rates rise 8% in Q1
Beazley has estimated Covid-19 losses of $170m net of reinsurance as it saw average rate increases of 8% in Q1…
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No v-shaped economic ‘snap back’ from Covid-19 as geopolitical tensions split open
There will be no economic “snap back” from Covid-19 until late 2021 as the pandemic causes civil unrest and splits…
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Coronavirus risks civil unrest backlash in Latin America, warns Verisk Maplecroft
The coronavirus pandemic is artificially containing civil unrest in Latin America, but postponed elections threaten a stronger backlash once containment…