Insuring the Olympic Games: Major Risks, Much Secrecy, Heavy Coverage April 18, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle One hundred days to go before the 2012 Olympic Games open in London. As that day moves closer, preparations, which...
Willis Marine Market Review Forecasts ‘Another Difficult Year’ April 18, 2012 After an inauspicious start, 2012 could well be “another difficult and uncertain year for the maritime industry faced with the...
Willis Re Names Beedle to Head Asian Operations April 18, 2012 Willis Re, the reinsurance arm of Willis Group Holdings has announced the appointment of James Beedle as CEO of its...
AIR Expands Cat Risk Engineering Program for Supply Chain Risk Quantification April 18, 2012 AIR Worldwide announced that it has “expanded its suite of Catastrophe Risk Engineering (CRE) solutions to help quantify, mitigate, and...
Is Marine Insurance the Stranglehold on Iran? April 18, 2012 By Clare Baldwin and Osamu Tsukimori Marine insurance, or lack of it, may yet turn out to be the most effective sanction used by Western nations...
Are Some Insurers ‘Globally Systemic Important Financial Institutions? April 13, 2012 By Charles E. Boyle A report from the Geneva Association, “Reflections on a High-Quality G-SIFI Designation Process in Insurance,” authored by Daniel Haefeli and...
Luecke Joins Argo Group as Treasurer April 13, 2012 Argo Group International Holdings announced that George Luecke has joined the group as senior vice president and treasurer. His oversight...
Costa Concordia Salvage to Begin in May April 13, 2012 The salvage operation to move the capsized Costa Concordia away from the island of Giglio, where it ran aground three...
Japanese Insurers to Limit Iran Oil Voyages in Mideast Gulf – Sources April 13, 2012 By Osamu Tsukimori Japanese insurers are warning ship owners that they will only cover one tanker at a time carrying Iranian crude oil...
Fireman’s Fund Partners with Allianz to Expand Entertainment into Canada April 12, 2012 Novato, Calif.-based Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. in partnership with Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty have created an experienced underwriting team...