All Environmental Risk articles – Page 8
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Freezing weather resulted in an estimated gross loss of €129,000 for business – FM Global
Thomas Roche , Northern Europe operations vice-president, outlines top five steps against freeze damage
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How falling oil prices will affect insurers
Falling global oil prices could affect insurance rates and cause an exodus of expatriate staff from Middle Eastern insurers, warns A.M. Best
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Why firms should switch to green energy despite drop in oil prices
Tumbling oil prices may affect growth in the renewable energy market, but businesses should seriously consider switching to cleaner forms of fuel
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Volcanic and seismic activity remain unpredictable and dangerous
In today’s globalised society, volcanic and seismic activity pose a high risk to global supply chains, meaning firms must understand their exposures to be resilient
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Ebola: EU announces medium/long-term support through development co-operation
Efforts should ultimately help contain, control, treat and defeat the disease
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Resource scarcity a raw deal for risk managers
Rapid population growth and geopolitical tensions are elevating resource scarcity to a completely new level
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Corporates operating in Japan face a disproportionate amount of risks
Besides being prone to earthquakes and other natural disasters, Japan is threatened by its ageing, shrinking population and the possibility of regional conflict
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What risk managers at multinationals are doing about carbon emissions
With punishment taxes on the horizon, companies are discovering the commercial benefits of cutting carbon dioxide emissions. Chief risk officer Carl Leeman gives a snapshot of what his firm is doing in this space
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Chief resilience officers of 100 Resilient Cities to focus on nat cats
New partnership between Resilience Cities and cat modelling company RMS will provide risk managers greater support in tackling nat cat exposures
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Navigating through Latin America’s patchy environmental laws
Regulation is lacking in clarity and the lesson for multinationals in the increasingly sensitive mining sector is that they must take into account all stakeholders, including local communities
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Catastrophe-related economic losses at half-year low
Swiss Re’s preliminary Sigma report for 2014 estimates a significant drop in catastrophe-related losses in the first half of the year
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The Philippines: a land of extremes
The country has one of the fastest-growing economies in the world, but income inequalities, a growing population and being on a typhoon path mean it remains vulnerable
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Small weather changes harms retail and construction firms - Swiss Re
Small abnormalities in the weather can prove to be as critical to business operations as extreme natural catastrophes
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Building resilient cities
Swiss Re’s Alex Kaplan on the reinsurer’s part as a founding member of the Rockefeller funded 100 Resilient Cities project
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Businesses fail to invest in climate change risk mitigation – Marsh
Extreme weather is having an impact on businesses but few record the impact or measure the costs arising from a weather-related incident
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Research finds environmental systemic risk “a ticking time bomb”
RSA, WWF and PwC set our recommendations for handling growing environmental systemic risk
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Allianz UK profit almost halves in Q1 after weather claims
COR increases to 98.7% overall and 102.5% in retail
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Weather claims push Ageas UK to £4.6m loss in Q1
COR jumps to 106.1% as flood and storm losses hit
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Insuring the Arctic: handling emerging risks
Infrassure experts on the insurance challenges of Arctic exploration
