Analysis – Page 9
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Could green construction really attract new business?
Green infrastructure is good for society and the environment and is increasingly touted as offering business benefits, but how feasible is it to construct green buildings? Experts from Balfour Beatty and Swedish construction firm NCC discuss the challenges
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More than half of 100 cities most exposed to nat cats are concentrated in four countries
Verisk Maplecroft’s Natural Hazards Risk Atlas 2015 reveals high concentration of cities exposed to natural hazards
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The increasing cost of nat cats in Saudi Arabia
Growing awareness of disasters in a historically safe country
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How the UK Insurance Act 2015 will shake up the industry
Clyde & Co reviews the Act and explains how it will change the (re)insurance landscape
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New model combines tsunami loss information with earthquake-shaking damage output
Willis Re’s Japan Tsunami Model aims to help risk managers quantify and manage risk from extreme events, where historically losses have been little understood
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Inga Beale: Insurers offering too little cover for clients’ non-physical risks
Lloyd’s chief says industry’s 10% share of corporate risks ‘is not good enough’
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AXA launches new data tool to help brokers assess risk of new business
Brokers will get to see information ranging from; financial performance to flood, subsidence and theft issues
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Allianz report reveals top causes of loss for businesses
Largest financial losses come from ship groundings, fires, aviation crashes, earthquakes and storms
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EXCLUSIVE: Malaysia Airlines’ reputation for safety and risk management ‘at the edge of a cliff’
Destruction of MH17 may force company to rebrand, warns one industry insider, while another questions the quality of the airline’s risk management
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Businesses fail to invest in climate change risk mitigation – Marsh
Extreme weather is having an impact on businesses but few record the impact or measure the costs arising from a weather-related incident
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What’s new from Airmic 2014
Airmic’s chief executive John Hurrell and its technical director Paul Hopkin review the association’s latest products as the conference comes to an end today
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Allianz UK profit almost halves in Q1 after weather claims
COR increases to 98.7% overall and 102.5% in retail
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Weather claims push Ageas UK to £4.6m loss in Q1
COR jumps to 106.1% as flood and storm losses hit
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The future of Catastrophe modelling
Aon Benfield, Lloyd’s and Intersys on new trends for Catastrophe modelling
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Guy Carpenter launches satellite-based catastrophe evaluation service
The service promises to provide initial loss estimates in a matter of days
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FM Global: Too many firms accept nat cat losses
Companies must take on a proactive approach in preventing nat cat losses as opposed to merely preparing for their consequences, say FM Global
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Risk manager profile: Malwine Braunwarth
Focusing on the smaller things is crucial for risk management in the transport sector, according to Bombardier’s head of risk engineering
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Lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy: one year on
A year on since Superstorm Sandy devastated the North-Eastern seaboard of the US, businesses are wising up to the pitfalls of complacency says FM Global
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'Quality over quantity' says FM Global’s new northern and central EU operations vice-president
Efficient risk and resilience strategies will help secure strong partnerships