All Weekly Email Alert articles – Page 31
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Editor's Letter
Principles and contingents
Contingent commissions are totally against the European rules on anti-competitive activity
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Eastern Europe faces fragile recovery
Average contraction of 6% in 2009 with a “fragile” and “patchy” recovery in 2010 expected
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Mapfre launches global unit
The new division will administer global programmes for large commercial clients
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Guide
RIMS report calls for total transparency
The association stressed that brokers should be acting solely in the interest of their client
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Jobless rate rises to 8.6% in OECD
Unemployment rises 2.3 percentage points higher compared with a year earlier
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ACE partners with Czech children’s charity
Partnership officially announced at the Ferma Forum in Prague
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US tough stance on AIG exec pay
Obama’s executive remuneration tsar will crack down on bonus payments, reports the FT
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Features
Steering through the minefield
The world of international business is a complicated one. Firms with overseas operations face a huge number of legal challenges, not least in the realm of insurance, writes Nathan Skinner
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Features
Handle with care
Recent UK initiatives are at last giving issues over claims handling the attention they deserve. Sue Copeman reports
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Expect higher prices under Solvency II, says insurer
AXA Corporate Solutions’ CEO expects insurers to pass higher costs onto their clients not their shareholders
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Interviews
Turning to risk management
In response to the global economic downturn 69% of organisations have reviewed their approach to risk
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CFOs step up risk management a notch
Financial directors are playing an increasingly pivotal role in risk management
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Risk management awareness growing in Czech Republic
Over 70% of Czech firms said they conducted risk management but far fewer have a dedicated risk management function
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Concerns about Solvency II
Emphasis on modelling could shift underwriting decisions to a senior manager within insurer
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Ferma seeks agreement on contingent commissions
Peter Den Dekker wants an agreement on active transparency before the end of 2010