Poland News

San Francisco Hosts 100th Earthquake Conference, Predicts What If Scenarios

More than 2,500 delegates from around the world gathered in commemoration of San Francisco’s 1906 earthquake at the 100th Anniversary Earthquake Conference — the largest earthquake conference ever held — in San Francisco this week. There, earthquake professionals and policymakers …

Lloyd’s Analyzes Europe’s Windstorms

“Winter storms in Europe are like London buses,” says an article on the Lloyd’s web site (www.lloyds.com) – “You don’t see any for a while and then along come two or three, one behind the other.” The four month European …

Willis Launches M&A Practice Covering Central and Eastern Europe

Willis Group Holdings, in what it described as part of its “increased focus on delivering in-depth capabilities to high growth markets,” has expanded its International Mergers and Acquisition Practice into Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). A new team, headquartered in …

Lloyd’s Appoints Janusz First Polish Rep

Lloyd’s has appointed Witold Janusz as its first representative for Poland. “His primary role will be working on the process of gaining a full establishment license for Lloyd’s in Poland,” said the bulletin. Lloyd’s said it considers the country as …

RMS Puts Emma Losses at $458 Million to $1.1 Billion

Risk Management Solutions released preliminary loss estimates, following an analysis of the insured exposure from Windstorm Emma (See IJ web site – https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/international/2008/03/04/87878.htm) RMS indicated that they would probably range from €300 million ($458 million) to €700 million ($1.068 billion). …

AIR Assesses Damages from European Windstorm Emma

Boston-based AIR Worldwide is assessing the damages caused by windstorm Emma, which swept across Western and Southern Germany, as well as Austria and the Czech Republic on Saturday, March 1. No damage estimates have yet been made. The storm’s hurricane …

Maine study: Suspended Drivers in High Number of Deadly Crashes

Suspended drivers represent a small minority of all motorists but are involved in a disproportionately large number of serious highway crashes in Maine, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. After analyzing records from a statewide database of 160,000 motor-vehicle crashes from …

Trials Set in Fallout from Maine Crash That Killed 6

Two people charged in connection with a Poland, Maine car crash that killed six people on Christmas Eve 2006 are scheduled to go on trial next month. Twenty-eight-year-old Ryan Brissette of Poland is accused of allowing a group of including …

European Risk Managers, Industry Face New and Not so New Challenges

FERMA conference highlights growing importance of risk management in complex global business environment The insurance industry’s “traditional model” has become outdated and is so abstruse that the industry’s ability to compete is being jeopardized. European risk managers face the same …

Maine Study: Suspended Drivers in High Number of Deadly Crashes

Suspended drivers represent a small minority of all motorists but are involved in a disproportionately large number of serious highway crashes in Maine, the Maine Sunday Telegram reported. After analyzing records from a statewide database of 160,000 motor-vehicle crashes from …