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AnalysisCaptives will relocate to the UK, confirms Airmic CEO
Some large captives are preparing to redomicile to the UK, Airmic has confirmed, as momentum builds behind a new domestic regime.
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AnalysisCaptives gain ground as Airmic hints at Treasury’s next move
With strong backing from Airmic and growing government engagement, the UK is now laying the groundwork for a domestic captive insurance regime, a move that could reshape risk financing strategies for British firms.
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AnalysisRisk-!n 2025: solving risk management’s identity crisis
As the role of risk professionals evolves, so too must the way risk management is understood and integrated within the business. At a recent Risk-!n session, a panel of senior risk professionals and CROs explored how the function needed to evolve to make risk management great again.
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AnalysisDWIC 2025: Closing the catastrophe protection gap across MEASA
Panellists from Munich Re Underwriting Agents, Gallagher Re and AM Best discussed the catastrophe reinsurance market in the Middle East and beyond.
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AnalysisInsurers need to adapt to changing business needs, says David Broughton, head of insurance risk at Centrica
As risks become ever more connected, businesses are struggling to transfer the critical threats to their businesses. Insurers must shape up, or face companies turning to captives to manage key threats
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AnalysisRegulation watch: the pros and cons of the captive domicile charge
The UK is set to join a number of European Union member states which already have or are well advanced in the creations of captive domiciles. Here’s what risk managers need to know
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AnalysisInsurers must innovate to meet risk managers' needs - or become irrelevant
Rigid insurers are forcing risk managers to seek alternative solutions, says former president of FERMA, and past president and chairman of IFRIMA, Maurizio Castelli
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AnalysisDWIC 2024: Insurers are not as consistent as they should be, says QBE group CEO
Insurance is more important than ever to help businesses manage escalating risks, says Andrew Horton, group chief executive officer at QBE. However, to do this successfully, he argues that insurance companies must prioritise consistency
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AnalysisRegulation Watch: Big win for risk managers using captives
As the finish line looms in what has been a very long race, FERMA’s head of EU affairs, Charles Low, considers the captive market impact of the Solvency II agreement reached by the European Parliament and Council.
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AnalysisThe heat is on: climate change set to increase economic losses
New research shows the economic impacts of climate change are set to get even more severe. Risk professionals must therefore urgently target prevention and mitigation measures.
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AnalysisPARIMA conference: Key takeaways from this year’s sessions
Analysis of the key lessons and next steps for risk managers taken from six of the speaker sessions at this year’s PARIMA conference in Tokyo
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AnalysisRisk managers turning to captives in challenging market conditions
New data shows that captives are growing ever more popular, here’s how to decide if one is right for your organisation
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AnalysisAirmic 2023: De-risking the climate transition
New guide explores how organisations can pre-empt disorderly transition - here are the ten key lessons for risk managers
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AnalysisAirmic 2023: Three new tools to help risk managers
Airmic has launched a series of guides at its annual conference, designed to help risk managers do their jobs more effectively - here’s what’s new
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AnalysisSR Q2 2023: Protecting your greatest asset
No risk is an island. And in this complex, interconnected risk landscape we are operating in, no risk department should be either. The health of our organisations and our people depends on building risk cultures that break silos and become truly cross-functional
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AnalysisRisk-!n conference – Why Sonepar is deploying its captive to target employee benefits
François Beaume, VP of Risks and Insurance at Sonepar, says that using captives for employee benefits is a missed rendez-vous that the organisation is tackling head on
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AnalysisRisk-!n conferece: Why employee benefits could be the next frontier of captive management
Pascal Prévost, former manager of corporate insured employee benefits at Nestlé explores how captives could be used to reinsure employee benefits
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AnalysisCyber parametric solution will ease risk managers’ headaches
Founder and CEO of Intangic expects the concept will quickly become familiar with insurance buyers
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AnalysisCloud providers suffered nearly 500 critical outages in 2022
About a third of events impacted US cloud regions, with a total of 1,190 performance disruptions overall
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AnalysisLondon-based Cyber MGA launches with parametric policy
The policy has two triggers: the level of malicious activity targeting a company, and a subsequent loss in value
