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Post Europe: The importance of geography

Geographical risk assessment has come on in leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. Insurers now have access to data across Europe that gives them the ability to pinpoint the locations of their insured risks better than ever before.

The importance of geography

Geographical risk assessment has come on in leaps and bounds over the past 10 years. Insurers now have access to data across Europe that gives them the ability to pinpoint the locations of their insured risks better than ever before.

Career development & CSR news: Ask the expert

I want to move on from my current place of work but I'm not unhappy and want to collect my bonus. Will I enjoy more opportunities in 2011 or should I strike while the iron's hot, despite the Christmas lull?

Penny Black’s insurance week

One of the rumours that will not go away is that Giles, fresh from the largest deal in its history, has again got an appetite for deals, with Kerry London among the firms on its hit list.

View from the t’opera: The ‘tache triumphant

You insurance types are certainly a very stylish bunch. Since I exploded onto the scene back in August 2009, I’ve been impressed by all the tailored suits, neatly pressed shirts and perma-tans sported by almost everyone that I meet.

View from the top: Fight the good fight

Well - what a year. The turmoil in the financial services markets over recent years hasn’t really evaporated from customers’ minds, even if we’ve all worked through it and moved from stock market crisis to sovereign crisis in more recent times. Against…

View from the Top: Europe’s changing flood risks

In a recent survey nearly a third of European risk managers said extreme weather had caused disruption to their organisations in the past year, making it the most likely reason for a business stoppage.

View from the top: Looking under the bonnet

Do you need to know how a Formula One engine works to appreciate the speed of the car? It is an interesting question — does understanding the minutiae of the mechanics make you appreciate the race more?

Penny Black's insurance week

It could have been a disaster but the Broker Network conference in Harrogate kept ploughing ahead, displaying a determination to challenge that of keynote speaker and explorer Sir Ranulph Fiennes.

Post Europe: View from the Top: The battle for Ireland

Ireland, along with most other countries, continues to experience the sharp impact of the global downturn. We are clearly in a recession, our property market has collapsed, the cost of borrowing for Ireland Inc has soared and two cornerstones of growth -…

View from the Top: The battle for Ireland

Ireland, along with most other countries, continues to experience the sharp impact of the global downturn. We are clearly in a recession, our property market has collapsed, the cost of borrowing for Ireland Inc has soared and two cornerstones of growth -…

Penny Black's insurance week

Penny and her colleagues were out and about on the town last week with the NIG executive, apart from poor managing director Jon Greenwood who has been struck down with glandular fever.

View from the top: Staying ahead of the game

So, business plans have been approved and/or amended and 2011 looms ever closer. In today's market there is at least one certainty: it will be just as challenging to produce an underwriting profit next year as it has been in 2010.

Postbox: H&S performance index useful for all

I was interested to read the article on a "sense of anticipation" from Zurich's David Smith where he commented on the lack of engagement with the Health & Safety Executive's H&S performance index

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