Risk Management
Editor's Comment: The biggest risks
Next week the great and the good of the risk management sector will gather in Liverpool to raise the profile of risk and discuss the pressing issues for the market, ultimately, looking to the insurance industry for help solving them.
XL Catlin and Bell Pottinger offer Asia product recall media support
XL Catlin's product recall team is partnering with PR company Bell Pottinger in Asia to offer help with the media in a crisis.
Airmic Head to Head: Business Interruption
This year’s Airmic conference has the theme ‘Raising the profile of risk’. With that in mind, Post asked some leading industry figures to go head-to-head on business interruption.
Interview - Patrick Smith: The business of risk
Post caught up with new Airmic chairman Patrick Smith to find out his plans for the organisation and hear more on how risk management is making its way up to the boardroom.
Lancashire looks internally for CRO appointment
Lancashire Holdings has appointed group internal audit head Louise Wells as its group chief risk officer, effective 28 July.
Peak Re partners with Shanghai Typhoon Institute
Hong Kong based reinsurer Peak Re and the Shanghai Typhoon Institute are partnering for research projects into the impact of tropical cyclones on the insurance market.
C-Suite: Asia remains engine of global growth
Euler Hermes expects the Asia-Pacific region to drive global growth in 2015 although a slowdown in payments in China is a concern.
Risk managers dispute reputation is an 'uninsurable risk' and urge innovation
Damage to a company’s reputation is insurable despite widespread preconceptions that it cannot be covered according to the risk mangers' trade body.
Companies must pay more for certainty says Airmic's Hurrell
Companies should be willing to pay a higher premium for contract certainty when it comes to business critical insurance products, according to Association of Insurance and Risk Managers' CEO John Hurrell.
Aon highlights increased European terrorism threat
Aon has identified nine developed economies as being at an increased risk of terrorism, including seven from Europe.
Product innovation required as global firms face uninsurable risks
Industry experts have highlighted product innovation as a means of addressing the findings of an Aon study that showed six of the top 10 risks impacting global businesses are uninsurable.
C-Suite: Singapore’s ambitious work safety goal
Collaboration is needed to help Singapore's government reach an ambitious national workplace fatality rate of zero by 2018.
Industry should prepare for $1bn container ship loss, says AGCS
After a 80% plus increase in container ship capacity in a decade, Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty is warning of some significant loss events to come.
Steadfast invests in emerging risks SME underwriting agency
Australian broker Steadfast has joined forces with South African insurer Hollard Insurance to invest in an underwriting agency aimed at SME emerging risks.
C-Suite: Risky business
Ace’s Toby Merrill outlines the risks of employees being allowed to access company data on their own devices.
Opportunities to innovate in Asia-Pacific, says Aon Benfield
Aon Benfield believes there is room for growth in specialty lines and product innovation in the Asia-Pacific region.
Brokers to provide risk management guidance with online tool
Brokers are being encouraged to provide their clients with risk management guidance as an online digital tool is launched by Axa.
Marsh call for all-risk BI gets Airmic support
The risk management industry has backed a call from global broker Marsh to overhaul business interruption policies and make them more relevant to modern customer demands.
Marsh calls for universal all-risk business interruption
Marsh has urged the insurance industry to work towards establishing an all-risk business interruption policy.
CMA inviting comments on Willis and Miller merger
The Competition and Markets Authority is asking for comments on the anticipated acquisition by Willis Group Holdings of Miller Insurance Services.
C-Suite: Taiwan lacking insurance provisions for food recall scandals
A senior Taiwanese broker argues that increasing fines is not enough to help Taiwan's food industry overcome several food recall scandals.
Ferma secretary general Meyer credited for contribution to industry
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations' secretary general Edwin Meyer has died, the organisation announced on 9 February.
New IRM chair outlines priorities
Raising awareness of the Institute of Risk Management’s professional standards for members and championing its new certification scheme are among the priorities of the institute’s new chief executive.
In Series: Corporate Risk: Threats on the radar
Insurers can help companies with their risk management strategies by offering products that anticipate the challenges of the future