The Federation of European Risk Management Associations convened its bi-annual conference in Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, on Monday, welcoming some 1100 attendees, and two new members. Newly installed president, Peter den Dekker, Corporate Insurance Risk Manager for …
Guy Carpenter & Co., LLC, a global risk and reinsurance specialist, has agreed to buy London-based reinsurance broker Rattner Mackenzie Limited (RML) from HCC Insurance Holdings, Inc. HCC is a specialty insurance group headquartered in Houston, Texas, with offices in …
Bermuda has concluded a comprehensive bilateral tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Spain, which provides for a “full exchange of information on criminal and civil tax matters.” The announcement, issued by Bermuda’s Ministry of Finance, noted that “significant benefits were …
The biggest floods in decades threatened Vietnam’s central provinces on Wednesday following a powerful typhoon that swept into the country after wreaking havoc in the Philippines. The government said 38 people had died and 10 were missing in floods and …
Aon’s Global Risk Management Survey 2009 has found that “environmental risk ranked lower as a concern in Europe than any other region – despite the introduction of the EU Environmental Liability Directive (ELD).” Aon’s report is timed to coincide with …
Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC has published its annual update on legislative and legal developments affecting insurers and reinsurers in Continental Europe. The report – available at: www.GCCapitalIdeas.com – “addresses the implications of the ongoing global financial crisis and highlights …
Australia, Canada, Spain, France, Italy, Greece, California: They’ve all experienced devastating wildfires. Is there a connection? In February bush fires swept through large parts of the state of Victoria, killing 173 people and destroying more than 2,000 homes. The fires …
Jorge Luzzi, Worldwide Director of the Risk Management Department for the Italian based industrial group Pirelli, has been appointed as a member of the board of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA). He is also a member of …
The recent series of wildfires that ravaged parts of Spain, France, Greece and Italy in late July may well be symptomatic of the warming trend in global weather patterns according to experts at Lloyd’s of London. “Spain was worst hit …
At first glance, Kathryn Soderberg would seem an unlikely candidate for an insurance agent whose expertise in marketing to Hispanic customers lands her gigs on radio talk shows and leading Hispanic market training sessions for large insurance companies. Soderberg, president …
