Risk managers will be interested to hear that insurers Allianz, Zurich and QBE, brokers Willis Towers Watson and Marsh, and reinsurer Swiss Re are among 230 firms included in the global Bloomberg 2019 Gender Equality Index, regarded as the ‘gold seal’ for corporate commitment to gender equality…
The quality of risk management has become as relevant as financial results when measuring how well a company is adapting to the new business environment, according to the president of French risk management association AMRAE…
The world’s inability to cooperate and tackle major global risks has reached “crisis levels”, and is only expected to worsen in the year ahead, finds the World Economic Forum’s (WEF’s) Global Risks Report 2019…
Cyber has been voted the joint-biggest risk facing companies in the Allianz Risk Barometer 2019, joining perennial leading concern business interruption (BI) at the top of the rankings for the first time…
Willis Towers Watson has appointed former Carillion insurance risk manager Andy Kirby to its major projects team for UK construction within corporate risk and broking GB…
Californian energy firm Pacific Gas and Electric Corporation (PG&E), which faces significant liability if its equipment is found to have sparked the costliest natural disaster in 2018, is planning to file for bankruptcy protection…
UK state-backed terrorism reinsurer Pool Re is on the cusp of sponsoring the first terrorism cat bond, according to media reports…
The professionalisation of risk management is likely to change the typical profile of risk managers, who are much more likely to hold risk management qualifications and seek certification in coming years, according to a recent Ferma survey and report. The sector also looks set to become younger and more diverse…
Swiss Re Corporate Solutions has launched parametric water-level insurance for companies at risk of business interruption following changes in river water levels…