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Actuarial & underwriting

How to identify the next ‘unprecedented’ event

Identifying low probability, high severity risks can be a challenge, as evidenced by the large number of companies caught without coverage when the COVID-19 pandemic struck. The Delphi method is one way that companies can prepare for the unexpected, says Gordon Thompson of AmeRisk Consulting.   12 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

FERMA launches cat risk business interruption taskforce

The Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) has launched a taskforce to make proposals to address the issue of business interruption coverage for catastrophic risks.   11 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Adapting risk strategies to cope with COVID-19

Risk managers entered 2020 with certain expectations about the challenges and opportunities the year would present. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic has forced them to throw their plans out of the window, and rethink how to manage their exposures in a world that suddenly looks very different, says Milliman’s Mike Meehan.   11 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

AF Specialty hires Ian Podmore to expand captives presence

AF Specialty has appointed Ian Podmore as director of captive operations. Podmore focuses on business growth and profitability for new markets and business opportunity development through the use of insurance captives and is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.   7 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Cyber should be a $60 billion market, and parametric insurance can get it there, says CICA digital panel

The cyber insurance market should be worth between $60 billion and $100 billion, and parametric insurance is the key to getting it there, according to John Donald, a special cyber advisor at AXIS.   7 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Cannabis industry would pay $1bn in annual premiums if insured at normal levels: New Dawn Risk

The legal US cannabis industry would pay about $1 billion in annual premiums if it was insured to levels that are normal for other businesses, according to research conducted by New Dawn Risk Group (NDR).   5 May 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Beazley makes five M&A appointments in the US, Europe and Asia

Beazley has expanded its mergers & acquisitions (M&A) team with the appointment of five new underwriters.   30 April 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Willis Towers Watson offers customised maritime cyber coverage

Willis Towers Watson has launched a new type of cyber insurance cover designed specifically for shipowners called CyNav.   28 April 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Latin America: a region waking up to captives

The concept and understanding of captive insurance in Latin America and the Caribbean has been evolving over the past few years, and the adoption of captives among organisations in the region has progressed considerably, say Marsh’s Maria Escobar and Alejandro Santos.   27 April 2020

Actuarial & underwriting

Marsh JLT Specialty builds up its renewable energy team

Marsh JLT Specialty has made two hires and two promotions to fill new roles in its renewable energy team.   27 April 2020

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