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European Round-upWhat is happening on the UK discrimination front
Employers can be liable for sexual harassment by a third party, says Anca Thomson
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Complaining customers show healthy markets
High numbers of complaints can indicate consumer confidence says Philip Hunt
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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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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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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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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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Finns and Poles join European federation
With the election of two new members, Finland and Poland, the risk management associations of 15 countries are now represented in the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). The Risk Management Association of Finland(FinnRiMa) was founded in 1987 based on a working group of the Central Chamber of Commerce ...
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Risk management diary dates
2007SEPTEMBER 11-13INSTITUTE OF RISK MANAGEMENT RISK FORUMHatfield University, Hertswww.theirm.orgSEPTEMBER 28AIRMIC RISK MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS EXHIBITIONNovotel, 10 Pepys Street, London EC3N 3NRwww.airmic.comSEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 3 FEDERATION OF EUROPEAN RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATIONS (FERMA) FORUMGenevawww.ferma-asso.orgOCTOBER 4-5 ENERGYFORUM ENTERPRISE RISK MANAGEMENTAmsterdamwww.energyforum.comDECEMBER 5 AIRMIC ANNUAL DINNERRoyal Lancaster Hotel,London
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Debate continues on proposed standard
The position paper on proposals by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) to create an ISO risk management standard 2009 that was issued by FERMA in July to assist member associations in national working groups essentially said that FERMA believes that a formal international risk management standard, especially with an ...
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A new model of capitalism?
The results of a bid to find a new model for sustainable business and a sustainable economy among business leaders, government departments, researchers, investors and entrepreneurs, will be announced at a major conference this autumn.The Next Great Transformation: Sustainable Enterprises will be held at the Eden Project, UK, on 24-26 ...
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New anti-hacking measures
The German government has approved new legislation which seeks to crack down on the sharp rise in computer attacks in Germany's public and private sectors. Although Germany, like the UK and the rest of Europe, already has computer crime legislation in place, the new law seeks to close more loopholes, ...
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European Round-upEC consults on sustainable industry
The European Commission has just completed a consultation on sustainable consumption and production and sustainable industrial policy. It will use the contributions received to prepare action plans on these topics. In a background document, the EC noted that current patterns of consumption and production are leading to the rapid depletion ...
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Themes and highlights
Global responsibility and sustainability are the themes of this year's FERMA Risk Forum in Geneva. Highlights include the following
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New mutual goes live
History was made in the UK on 1 April when the first local authority insurance company established in over a century went live. After two years' hard work, and only after meeting a set of tough criteria laid down by the Financial Services Authority (FSA), the London Authorities' Mutual Limited ...
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Risk Management is no fairly tale
Risk and insurance managers do not believe in fairy tales. This will become clear at the 11th annual congress organised by NARIM, the Dutch professional organisation of risk and insurance managers. The congress, with the theme Risk Management: fairy tale or a true story, takes place in Veldhoven in the ...
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Record investment in environment and safety
Capital spending on environment, health and safety by the Finnish chemical industry reached record figures in 2006, according to the Chemical Industry Federation of Finland (CIFF). The sector invested a total of some €86m, an amount equal to more than 14% of fixed investment by the sector and a rise ...
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Risk learning made easy
Stranger danger and safety in the home are just two of the topics Coventry's local schoolchildren are learning about with the help of an interactive puppet show.Puppets and their actor chums visited nine special schools during March to educate and entertain children with 'Risk Management on Show'. The 30-minute ...
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Interest in EIL cover grows
The environmental insurance market has shown further signs of growth, with insurers interviewed in the latest Willis Environmental Index for the first quarter of 2007 reporting an increase of up to 100% in the number of policies placed last year, compared to 2005. A corresponding increase in total premium placed ...
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Cutting the cost of fraud
A recent survey, conducted by FraudLine among a cross section of its 34 subscribing local authorities, revealed that, on average, the number of public and employers liability insurance claims received in 2006 was reduced by 15%, compared to the same period in 2005. FraudLine was endorsed within the survey as ...
