Political risks
Career development & CSR: Searchlight ups specialist training courses to London market players
Insurance industry training provider Searchlight has begun offering specialist courses to London market practitioners.
Kidnap & ransom policy rise likely in Middle East
Insurers will see an uptake of kidnap & ransom policies that contain repatriation costs if the civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa continues, Chubb has claimed.
Hiscox targets political unrest for opportunities
Hiscox is looking for underwriting opportunities arising from the political unrest in the Middle East and North Africa.
New rating factors needed after European gender ban – Insurance News Now – 2 March 2011
Post news editor Mairi MacDonald outlines this week’s major general insurance stories including what the ECJ’s ruling that a person’s gender can no longer be used to calculate insurance premiums or annuity rates will mean for insurers.
Disagreement likely over Middle East property cover
Law firm Clyde & Co has claimed that property damaged during the civil unrest in the Middle East and North Africa could fall under either all risks property cover or political violence insurance.
Middle East policies may face court challenges
Commercial insurance policies that exclude political risk are likely to come under scrutiny by courts in the Middle East, following civil unrest in the region.
Post Magazine – 24 February 2011
The latest issue of Post magazine is now available to subscribers as a digital and interactive e-book.
No-claims household insurance discount considered by Axa – Insurance News Now – 24 February 2011
Post reporter Amy Ellis outlines this week’s major general insurance stories including how Axa is considering awarding no-claims discounts to household insurance customers to encourage them to take more responsibility for preventing weather-related…
Egyptian losses too early to assess
Aon Risk Solutiuons has said that from a political risk point of view it is too early to say whether the events in Egypt will lead to losses in the insurance market.
Companies reassessing coverage in wake of Egyptian unrest
Marsh has said that companies are reassessing the adequacy of their insurance coverage and risk management arrangements in the wake of political unrest in Cairo and other cities across Egypt.