Analysis – Page 8
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Aon spikes plans to table offer for Willis
Insurance and reinsurance broking giant Aon has scrapped plans to make a bid for its slightly smaller rival Willis Towers Watson
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Protecting against the top three risks climate change, political risks and cyber threats
As risk managers gather for the AMARE Rencontres in Deauville, Julien Guénot, Country leader, France at AXA XL, considers the risks keeping risk managers awake at night.
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Qatar Re CEO Gunther Saacke steps down
Ex-Novae Re chief Gunther Saacke is set to step down as CEO and executive director in March.
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Traditional risk management concerns prevail in global corporations
Traditional financial and operational performance top global risk management concerns over the next 12 months, while much-publicised issues such as environment, tax and diversity lag well behind
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Renewed hope for 'palatable and affordable' insurance with new cyber risk pool
Following news that Singapore will set up the world’s first commercial cyber risk pool, StrategicRISK spoke to Star Hub’s Nigel Tay to get his thoughts on what this really means for risk managers in the region.
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Marsh acquires JLT in $5.6b deal
Following completion of the transaction, Dominic Burke, group chief executive of JLT, will join Marsh & McLennan Companies as vice chairman and serve as a member of MMC’s executive committee.
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Insurers alerted after alleged terror attack outside Parliament
The demand for standalone terrorism insurance is increasing due to a spate of attacks across the capital and the UK
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AIG finalises $5.5bn Validus acquisition
The $5.56bn transaction was first announced in January
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AXA and XL announce first joint branding operation
The new group – AXA XL – combines XL Group operations, AXA Corporate Solutions and AXA Art
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Parametric covers going mainstream
Insurance buyers wishing to go down the parametric route face some challenges and may need to acquire new skills, according to an Airmic report
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Five high impact risks in Swiss Re report
The re/insurer’s Sonar report features 18 emerging risk themes and seven trends for the re/insurance sector and for industry
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No more government blank cheques, as climate risk shifts to insurers and lawsuits
Law firm Clyde & Co held a briefing in London to discuss the evolution of climate risk litigation and the role of insurance sector
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Natural catastrophe insured losses “highest ever” in 2017 – Swiss Re
Reinsurer Swiss Re said Hurricanes Harvey, Irma and Maria had resulted in combined insured losses of $92bn, equal to 0.5% of US GDP
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Airmic welcomes Pool Re adding BI to UK terror backstop
UK government to legislate to broaden public-private terrorism reinsurer Pool Re’s remit to include business interruption
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IRM announces new chairman
Socrates Coudounaris will step up from deputy chair at the IRM from May 2018
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Parametric insurance: the future of risk transfer?
Parametric pay-outs could reduce the protection gap and help protect against climate change. Claudia De Meulemeester reports
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Axa to acquire XL Group
French multinational insurer Axa to boost its presence in London and Bermuda
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Why insurance buyers aren’t seeing more insurtech options
“Customer inertia” is driving insurtech firms to partner alongside traditional players, perhaps explaining why more new entrants haven’t emerged
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Brexit broking risk report published by EY, LIIBA
To continue to meet commercial clients’ needs, insurance brokers caught up by Brexit may need to create new subsidiaries