Risk Specialty
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FERMA says EU Company Law Directive opportunity for profession
FERMA this week launched a guide for non-executive and executive board directors to help them comply with the risk management…
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Airlines fleet values rising as confidence returns
Airlines predict a 13% increase in passenger numbers in 2011 compared to a predicted 9% fall at the same point…
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New security challenge for gas market risk managers
Risk managers with Europe’s gas companies face a further significant addition to their workloads following the move by the European…
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New EU rules will ‘name and shame’ less safe shipping companies
The European Commission has adopted new rules to enhance and improve the safety performance of ships, which will include the…
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Munich Re takes centre stage in Monte Carlo with oil rig plan
Munich Re announced an ambitious plan during the Monte Carlo reinsurance market Rendez-Vous to open talks with the US government…
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Liability to expand in Europe despite recent caution
The breadth of legal liability and levels of compensation across Europe are likely to increase in due course, along with…
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Chinese companies must up risk game–Marsh
Chinese companies that expand into Europe face an entirely different regulatory and business environment that means they must pay closer…
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E.C. opens formal investigation into P&I market
The European Commission has opened formal proceedings into whether certain provisions that accompany claim-sharing and joint-reinsurance agreements in the marine…
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Deepwater fund launched amidst controversy
A $20 billion compensation fund for economic victims of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill was launched on Monday but immediately…
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Confusion reigns in Spain over environmental liability
Spanish companies are seriously ill-prepared for the expected rise in environmental liabilities following the introduction of the Environmental Liability Directive…
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Vigilance needed to meet terrorism threat
The last few years have seen a relative dearth of terrorist attacks in the developed world–but the threat of a…
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Terror cover rises in popularity in the U.S. as prices fall
U.S. insurance buyers continued to buy more terrorism coverage in 2009 as prices fell and capacity rose, according to a…
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Budgetary pressures could affect response to terror attack
Heads of all the national terrorism insurance programmes member countries that make up the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development,…
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Link between brain tumours and mobile phones inconclusive, says study
After ten years of research, conducted in 13 countries, and costing approximately €19.2m so far, the largest case control study…
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French risk managers digest challenges posed by ELD
French risk managers are fast waking up to demands placed upon their companies as they attempt to meet new environmental…
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Commercial property rates set to stand firm
Rates for commercial property insurance are unlikely to rise significantly in the near future despite the attempts of some insurance…
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First AIRMIC Casualty benchmark completes suite
AIRMIC unveiled the results of its first-ever benchmarking study into the Casualty insurance market at its conference this week, which…
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Business warned to maintain vigilance on terror risk
The last few years have seen a relative decline in terrorist attacks in the developed world, but the threat of…
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EU corporate governance reform announced
The European Commission said last week that it is considering an overhaul of corporate governance rules for financial institutions, according…
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Gulf hurricanes threaten to escalate oil loss
The Deepwater Horizon oil rig, which sank approximately 41 miles off the coast of Louisiana in the Gulf of Mexico,…