All risk financing articles – Page 4
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Analysis
Aon and WTW call off mega merger
Brokers terminate merger agreement following “an impasse” with the US Department of Justice
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Analysis
Insurers must meet buyers’ changing needs
Only 54% of insurance buyers say their cover is addressing their business challenges very well, finds Beazley
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Analysis
Is the ‘harsh market’ starting to ease?
At mid-year, pricing for most classes of business was back to technical levels - but cyber remains an outlier
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Analysis
Geneva Association awards sustainability approach
Nina Arquint, CRO at Swiss Re Corporate Solutions, has won the Geneva Association Women in Insurance Award
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Opinion
Navigating the hard market
Can you show insurers that you’re up-to-speed with how your operations are responding to new market pressures?
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Analysis
Cyber insurance struggling to counter online threat
Cyber insurance has failed to live up to expectations that it may act as a tool for improving organisations’ cyber security practices, finds RUSI
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Analysis
Prince Charles and global insurers join forces on climate change
Lloyd’s chairman says that ’partnership and accelerated action’ can help address ‘unprecedented’ climate change risk
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Opinion
The spy who managed success
Is it time to abandon risk management and seek to manage performance instead? Let’s consider Bond’s latest mission
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Analysis
Q1 commercial insurance prices rose 18%
Quarter is the first to show a fall in the average rate of increase since Q4 2017; UK continues to lead with rate hikes of 35% - Marsh
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Analysis
GVNW urges action on pandemic risk solution
German insurance buyers’ association calls for immediate discussion at an EU and national level
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Analysis
GVNW renewal survey shows “loss of trust”
Two thirds of German insurance buyers are actively seeking alternative risk transfer solutions, such as captive insurance and parametric covers
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Analysis
Captive formation picks up in Guernsey
The jurisdication expects to see a “significant rise” in 2021 against the backdrop of a hardening commercial insurance market
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Analysis
Insurance hikes could be "nail in the coffin"
Mactavish expects rates to continue to rise in 2021 and says that some companies will be unable to pay for their cover
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Analysis
Liability solution targets motor manufacturers
Amid growing product recall risks, a 5-in-1 insurance solution has been developed for Asian automotive manufacturers
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Analysis
Hard market: “Start renewals early”
Risk managers should start their renewal process early and manage their expectations as the hard market plays out, advises FM Global
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Analysis
Airmic welcomes insurer’s decision to drop appeal
“Market turns are cyclical, and underwriters should keep squarely in mind their relationships with their insurance buyers for the future”, says Julia Graham
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Analysis
FERMA: Trust with insurers has been eroded
Service quality and relationships are being deteriorated as the commercial insurance market hardens, say panellists
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Expert Views
Future of insurance: Rise of parametric covers
As businesses look to protect intangible assets from interruption events such as natural catastrophes, parametric insurance products are emerging as an ideal solution to fill gaps in cover.
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Expert Views
Future of insurance: Non-damage business interruption
With intangible assets making up an increasing proportion of an organisation’s value and wider and more vulnerable supply chains than ever before, businesses are open to interruptions in new and more complex ways.
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Expert Views
Future of insurance: Transfer, retain or finance?
Today, shifting market dynamics and the COVID-19 pandemic accelerates pressure on an already hardening market. Now might be the time to reconsider your risk financing options, explains Thomas Keist