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Willis partners climate study
Willis and Deloitte have joined forces with the University of Reading in an attempt to analyse the effects of climate change on business.The partnership will seek to involve further stakeholders, including insurers.Deloitte partner Lis Gibson said that the scheme would have a vital part to play in risk assessment. She ...
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Cobra targets reinsurance as first half profits flat
Broking group Cobra is to enter the reinsurance sector in a move to expand its London market division. Cobra Holdings chief executive Steve Burrows said the group had invested heavily in its London market operation, employing new teams to develop the reinsurance operation. He said: “We decided now is the ...
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Baroness Young defends EA over flood mapping
Baroness Young, chief executive of the Environment Agency (EA), has played down insurers’ claims that the agency is not doing enough to share its data on flood mapping.In an interview with Insurance Times, Young said that the EA, criticised for its management of flood defences, was working to help ...
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Motor insurance premiums not yet hit by impact of floods
Gap narrows between direct and broker premiums
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Companies not prepared for flu pandemic, warns Marsh
Catatrophic flu pandemic 'long overdue'
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Online onlyMorocco reinsurer gets positive rating
Société Centrale de Réassurance shown to be in a good position by S&P
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Online onlyDeloitte and University of Reading in climate change initiative
Project will look at weather changes on business
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Online onlyCalls for training on dangerous goods
TT club warns of the lack of training by land workers prior to shipment to sea
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Online onlyMarine faces a flood
Insurers in the marine market could get their fingers burnt, finds Andrew Holt
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Online onlyLondon market reform steps up a level
The London Market Reform group has some big hitters behind it to establish real process improvement
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Online onlyCosts add up for Typhoon Wipha
Insured losses will not exceed £124m says risk modelling company
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AXA appoints HSBC Insurance COO
Ian Robinson to replace retiring group business risk director
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Online onlyBrit to set up Gibraltar-based reinsurer
Protected cell captive will allow Brit to retain more risk
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Prince Charles hails climate change drive
?The Prince of Wales heaped praise on the insurance industry at the launch of the ABI’s ClimateWise initiative last week.The Prince said in the keynote speech: “This is a very important day for the insurance sector. And I am so pleased to be able to congratulate in person those who ...
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NewsIndustry calls for action to cut construction death toll
The insurance industry has warned the government that it must be prepared to take tough action against companies which flout health and safety rules, if it is to slash the number of deaths at construction sites. Government officials, the construction industry and trade union representatives met this week to hammer ...
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Insurers angered by call to withdraw flood cover
?Insurers have rejected calls from the Environment Agency (EA) to withdraw flood cover in order to deter housing development on flood plains. Baroness Young, chief executive of the Environment Agency, this week said insurers should refuse cover as a deterrent to developers who plan to build on flood plains, against ...
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