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Airmic 2014: Birmingham Bound
With Airmic’s 2014 conference taking place in Birmingham, Post asked industry movers and shakers about which city hotspots they’ll be checking out and what they expect from this year’s event
Ferma prepares to launch benchmarking survey
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations will launch its benchmarking survey on Tuesday 22 April in the UK and 19 other European countries.
Airmic welcomes commercial insurance law changes
Proposed changes to the law governing commercial insurance will give risk manages greater confidence in the products offered by the London Market, according to Airmic chief executive John Hurrell.
Airmic selects BLM as a preferred service provider
The UK association for risk and insurance management professionals has appointed law firm Berrymans Lace Mawer as a preferred service provider.
Airmic education initiative set to go live
An Airmic initiative that will provide educational and social support to people new to risk management is scheduled to go live this month.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 12 December 2013
Arriving late for last week’s All Party Parliamentary Group on Insurance and Financial Services, Financial Conduct Authority boss Martin Wheatley found his own words had been used against him.
Risk managers and loss adjusters urge business interruption shake-up
Insurers told to do more to protect increasingly global supply chain.
Editor's comment: Your country needs you
Cuthbert Heath, one of the most innovative and influential Lloyd’s brokers, developed what we would now recognise as business interruption insurance, with the first modern policy issued in London on 1 January 1939, according to LMI Group.
Ferma 2013: Former Airmic chairman Graham appointed president of Ferma
The Federation of European Risk Management Associations has named DLA Piper risk management and insurance director Julia Graham as its next president.
Expertise in Action: Technology: Open to attack
Despite several high-profile cyber attacks on major corporations, the insurance industry is still behind the times when it comes to cyber liability. How can it catch up?
Post Audio Supplement - 11 July 2013
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Airmic’s basis contract clause campaign bolstered by heavy hitters
Lloyd’s market remains reticent to address elimination of avoidance clauses.
Top 5 European stories
The top five European stories on www.insuranceinsight.com over the past seven days.
Airmic 2013: Airmic CEO offers ‘antidote’ to basis clauses problem
Airmic chief executive John Hurrell has told members the body will be more focused on the “technical agenda than ever before” as it tackles issues such as basis clauses.
Penny Black's Insurance Week - 20 June 2013
Penny saw several delegates looking a little jaded on the final day of the Airmic 2013 conference in Brighton, but none quite so worse for wear as the good fellows from the Institute of Risk Management.
Regulators increasingly penalising cybercrime victims, says Ace
Corporate victims of cyber-crime are increasingly coming under government scrutiny, according to Iain Ainslie, cyber liability underwriter at Ace Group.
Airmic 2013: British risk managers urged to engage with Ferma
Airmic members should work more closely with the Federation of European Risk Managers, board member Julia Graham said today.
Insurance buyers warned of "lone wolf" attacks as terrorism threat changes
Several of the world’s long-established terrorism insurance schemes were set up to deal with a different terrorism threat than is predominant today, according to a new technical guide produced by Airmic, in collaboration with Willis.
Airmic 2013: Resilient companies “engage with staff”
Companies that have a culture of risk awareness and are open with their staff are the best equipped to deal with crisis, research by the Cranfield Business School has revealed.
Airmic 2013: Risk management reporting “opaque”
Companies should be much more open about the way they report their risk management activity, Airmic and the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators has urged.
Firms struggling to manage their supply chains warns Airmic
Companies are finding it increasingly difficult to control their supply chains at a time when the cost of failure is higher than ever, according to risk management association Airmic.
Airmic 2013: Non-disclosure tops buyer concerns
The possibility that claims may not be paid due to innocent non-disclosure is the top concern of Airmic members, research has revealed.
Airmic 2013: Supply chain losses up 465%
Economic losses from supply chain disruptions increased an estimated 465% between 2009 and 2011, research has revealed.
Airmic 2013: Investment returns to blame for claims payments
Reduced investment returns and a lack of client knowledge is causing insurers to repudiate claims, Willis deputy chief executive Steve Hearn has claimed.