All Environmental Risk articles – Page 9
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Europe edition - April 2014
Read the latest trends and mitigation techniques for handling natural disasters, risk prevention in the food and drink sector and what the forex scandal means for insurers
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Extraordinary year for natural disasters and extreme weather
Increasingly volatile weather is becoming a global trend and businesses need to be prepared for extreme and unprecedented disruptions
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ACE expands EU environmental capabilities with crisis management
ACE adds crisis management cover to its environmental risk proposition for EU firms
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Building resilience against natural disasters
Debate continues over the reasons for the world’s recent weather disasters, but risk managers must have a clear position on planning for the unknown
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XL: East European companies urged to manage political risks
Against a backdrop of political violence in Ukraine, XL’s new Central and Eastern European lead talks to StrategicRISK about risk trends in the region
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ACE raises environmental liability insurance capacity to $50m
The insurer increases capacity by $20m as environmental risks become ‘increasingly onerous’
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ACE hires new environmental risk underwriter
ACE expands its environmental liability insurance capabilities with new appointment
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Income disparity tops WEF Global Risks 2014
Income disparity most likely to cause serious economic damage over the next decade – WEF 2014 Global Risks report
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Opinion: Main risk exposures are now cyber and natural catastrophe
Repsol’s director of insurance Miguel Luque Herrán on the key challenges affecting the oil and gas industry
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Production and processing businesses neglect key resource assessment
Companies are urged to assess risks that could affect availability of natural resources
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Volatile weather conditions affect business performance worldwide
AGCS warns businesses to wise up to the financial strain arising from everyday weather fluctuations
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Opinion natcats: are we getting better at managing the risks?
Things are more difficult in the economically fragile less developed countries
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Businesses warned against weather risks
Aon’s Weather Protect aims to bridge gaps in the insurance market that could leave some businesses vulnerable to weather risks
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‘Strongest ever’ Super Typhoon Haiyan makes landfall
Moving biggest typhoon in history smashes into Philippines before it heads north-west towards China
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Environmental risks in transport sector are underrated says AXA chief
Environmental risks in the transport sector are highly underrated and poorly understood, reflecting a difficult marketplace for buyers, according to Axa chief underwriter Etienne Champion
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Marine operators face greater scrutiny by environmentalists
‘Shipbuilders and engine manufacturers are being challenged on all fronts’ – Willis
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Lessons learned from Superstorm Sandy: one year on
A year on since Superstorm Sandy devastated the North-Eastern seaboard of the US, businesses are wising up to the pitfalls of complacency says FM Global
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Ferma Forum 2013: interactive conference review
All the news, views and video interviews from this year’s Ferma Forum in Maastricht
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Shipping facing volatile risks
Marine operators need to navigate not only more stringent eco-regulations, but also a slowdown in the commodities market worldwide and a rise in natural catastrophes
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Q&A: Nicolas Givelet, Ace’s new environmental risk taskforce lead
Ex-Axa Corporate Solutions environmental risks underwriter Nicolas Givelet heads up Ace’s new environmental risk engineering taskforce Continental Europe and tells us his plans for the year ahead