Risk Specialty
-
Cyber raises fundamental questions about role of risk management–Italy
Cyber risk has been a hot topic in this year’s Risk Frontiers survey and risk managers all over Europe are…
-
Risk managers face potentially tougher liability renewals as Munich vows to ‘adjust’ underwriting strategy
Torsten Jeworrek, Reinsurance CEO of Munich Re, used the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous to warn customers that it is adjusting its…
-
Cyber is strategic risk that needs better management says UK government in new guidance
In a move that can only help risk managers in their fight against cyber risk the UK government and its…
-
Munich reports progress on CBI but threat of capacity withdrawal still looms
Torsten Jeworrek, CEO of Reinsurance at Munich Re, the world's biggest reinsurance company, told Commercial Risk Europe during the Monte…
-
Electronic eavesdropping threat underestimated by risk managers
Risk managers are underestimating the risk posed to their business by electronic eavesdropping and are failing to include audio-based data…
-
CBI market finally on the move
There are signs that sales of business interruption policies that cover damages without a preceding property loss, otherwise known as…
-
It takes two to tango-Claudia Hasse
CRE Editor Adrian Ladbury discussed strategy and business development with Munich Re’s Corporate Insurance Partner Chief Underwriting Officer, Property, Claudia…
-
Supply chain risk mitigation needs work on both sides of the divide
With last year’s catalogue of natural disasters in different parts of the world we asked leading German risk managers about…
-
Ferma-backed study attempts to shed light on security and privacy risk
Zurich, in association with The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (Ferma), has launched a comprehensive study into security and…
-
Report rails against inflated costs of cybercrime protection
Companies are in danger of spending more money on protecting themselves against cybercrime than they are ever likely to incur…
-
Large firms face favourable solicitors’ PI market with abolition of ARP likely to further reduce rates
With the English and Welsh solicitors’ Professional Indemnity (PI) renewal looming, Marsh has said the market remains soft for the…
-
IT association paper warns of hidden cost when migrating to the cloud
Migration to cloud computing is high on the agenda of many organisations, but according to a new paper by the…
-
Indian power failures leave supply chains in the dark
The power failures that hit northern India earlier this summer have highlighted yet another supply chain exposure for European business…
-
Buyers in control of aviation market—Willis
With buoyant capacity for aviation risks and excellent loss experience in 2012 market conditions are stable and the balance of…
-
Libor scandal to hit directors and officers market expert warns
As the Libor interbank lending scandal rumbles on, a leading professional lines expert has warned that some carriers of directors…
-
Corporate round-up
ACE launches legal helpline for UK D&O and EPL clients, Standard Club offers three new products including K&R and Willis…
-
Half of European companies unprepared for emerging risks finds ACE
Around half of European companies say they are unprepared to deal with many of the most prominent emerging risks, citing…
-
Transparency and teamwork–comment
The thought-provoking report from the European Network and Information SecurityAgency (ENISA) published at the start of this month and featured…
-
Companies struggling with consumerisation of IT
Employees are often described as a company’s greatest asset. But they can also represent the greatest risk, particularly when it…
-
Where is the innovation?–Russia
A big theme of this year’s Risk Frontiers survey has again been the ability of the insurance market to help…