All Claims Management articles – Page 34
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Catastrophe RiskSubsidence losses set to rise as a result of global warming
Subsidence is a creeping catastrophe.
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Catastrophe RiskDisasters bulletin: 19 November 2007 – 7 March 2008
By Professor Bill McGuire of Benfield – UCL Hazard Research Centre
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Online onlyNew law cracks down on corporate killing
The Corporate Manslaughter Act comes into force on 6 April 2008
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Online onlyRMS launches commercial fire model
The RMS Account Fire Model is aimed at primary commercial and specialty insurers and reinsurers
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Online onlyAon lambasts P&I Pool rate increases
Shipowners' rates increase by 15.55%, Aon calls for transparency in P&I insurance
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AnalysisThe lawyers are coming!
European competition authorities are cracking down hard on companies that try to compete unfairly. A dangerous new trend for businesses is the move towards more private actions for damages
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Online onlyProperty owners need to manage asbestos risk: NU
Norwich Union joins HSE in warning tradesmen of the dangers of asbestos
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Online onlyReebok fined for importing toxic bracelets
Agrees to pay $1m civil penalty after a product recall
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Online onlyFlood tops insurance risk league table
Flooding is the biggest ‘act of nature’ risk to the UK, says research
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Online onlyHewitt, Enron reach $11.2m settlement
More than $11m will be restored to the settlement fund for former Enron employees who lost their pensions when the company collapsed
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Online onlyUK companies suffer most from climate change
British companies (51%) were the most likely to view extreme climatic factors as a threat to their businesses, says a study
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Online onlySocGen shareholders file lawsuit in US
The complaint alleges the bank misled investors about its exposures to the subprime mortgage market and failed to act on information about rogue trades
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Online onlyCMI predicts how the world will work in 2018
Chief executives are warned to prepare for cyber attacks and a US withdrawal from the world economy
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AnalysisBeyond subprime
The impact of the US subprime mortgage crisis has been broad and it goes well beyond the financial services sector
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Online onlyWindstorm Johanna batters England
Reports of power outages, downed trees and scattered damage in England
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Online onlyEquities markets increase risks for D&O, warns insurer
Large multi-national firms are risking the threat of increased claims including class actions, says Zurich
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Online onlyRMS comments on British quake
Had quake occurred closer to nearby towns losses would have been far worse, says RMS
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Online onlyRMS issues report on US tornadoes
Hundreds of properties have been destroyed as a result of the severe weather and the death toll stands at over 50
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Online onlyAlliance applauds construction site spot checks
Risk broker reacts to news that HSE will make a series of construction site spot checks
