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European Round-up
Public sector seeks to self-insure
Swedish municipalities are increasingly looking to form captive insurers. Some of the larger municipalities have established, or are considering establishing, their own captives. Smaller municipalities are joining together and taking the mutual captive route.The trend is the result of recent severe premium increases that have reflected the worsening claims results ...
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European Round-up
Risk management - Diary dates
2007OCTOBER 4-5 ENERGYFORUM ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENTAmsterdamwww.energyforum.comOCTOBER 18-19The BCI SymposiumThe Hilton International, Amsterdamwww.thebci.org/diary.htm DECEMBER 4FLEET RISK FORUM 2007 – Update on new legislation; improving health & safety and greening your fleetLondonwww.symposium-events.co.ukDECEMBER 5 AIRMIC ANNUAL DINNERRoyal Lancaster Hotel,Londonwww.airmic.com
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European Round-up
Change and continuity
European risk managers will find a number of the sessions at this month's BCI Symposium of particular interest. Sessions include, among other topics:- Could a risk manager do your job?- Business continuity and enterprise risk management – are they coming together? - Corporate defence: risk management, business resilience and beyond- ...
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AIRMIC Portfolio
Comments on captives and solvency
AIRMIC's captive focus group is to draft AIRMIC's comments on the impact on captives of Solvency ll, the planned European prudential regime for insurance companies currently under discussion. The issue arose after a study by a sub-committee of the Dublin International Insurance & Management Association had concluded that under Solvency ...
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European Round-up
XL targets building industry
As part of its plans for long term expansion in the European construction sector, XL Insurance has more than doubled its underwriting capacity for construction projects from $40m to $100m. The insurer has also increased its European construction team with seven new underwriters in Spain, France, Germany, the Netherlands and ...
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AIRMIC Portfolio
AIRMIC'S D&O guidance
AIRMIC has revised its guidance on directors' and officers' (D&O) liability insurance
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Online onlySubprime crisis continues to impact financial institutions around the world
Willis publishes report on repercussions in the insurance market and beyond
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Online onlyAvian flu returns to UK shores
Defra has confirmed Avian Influenza in turkeys on premises near Diss on the Norfolk/Suffolk border
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Online onlyCoalition calls for common carbon reporting standard
An open letter addressed to the Prime Minister has called for mandatory carbon reporting standards
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Online onlyUS captive coalition opposes rule change
Coalition for Fairness to Captive Insurers will oppose changes to captive regulation in the US
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Online onlyWidespread datacenter expansions planned by European companies: Study
Disaster recovery initiatives were cited as the leading reason for expansions
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Evolution teams up with Allianz for public liability product
The commercial underwriter has added excess of loss public liability to its portfolio, the new contract is provided by Allianz
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Online onlyMerck settles $4.85bn Vioxx claim
Nationwide settlement should resolve 85% of the personal injury lawsuits in the US over Vioxx say lawyers
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Online onlySafeco expects $35m in California wildfire losses
The estimated loss includes $5m in commercial property claims
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Online onlyEngland spared massive flooding
The Environmental Agency said the tides peaked between 0700 and 0800 Friday morning
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Online onlyGermany extends terror backstop for 2 years
The federal government, however, said it expects the amount of the guarantee to be gradually reduced
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Online onlyFinancial shocks and ‘radical greening’ among biggest global risks: Report
Compliance risk, global financial socks and ageing workforce top Ernst & Young’s survey of biggest global risks
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Online onlyWarehouse fire shows need for businesses to re-evaluate their preparedness: Marsh
Marsh issues reminder to businesses about fire saftey and risk assessment
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Online onlyPolitical and security risk in emerging markets threatens business stability: Survey
Survey finds that 57% of emerging markets are at medium political risk or above
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Online onlyInterest in healthy worker programmes grows: Survey
Survey finds 46% of employers currently offer financial incentives for healthy behavior, number expected to grow to 70% by 2009
