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Master programs: A complex world
Companies are expanding from West to East, and from East to West; risks are rising and regulations becoming more complex. Andrew Tjaardstra discovers some of the key considerations that should be taken into account when arranging a global insurance program.
- 25 Apr 2013
DAC Beachcroft defectors lead Clyde's Spanish expansion
Four partners from DAC Beachcroft's Madrid team, Ignacio Figuerol, Ricardo Garrido, Pablo Guillen and Miguel Relano, have resigned to establish an office for Clyde & Co in Madrid.
- 16 Apr 2013
Spanish construction: Unfinished business
The Spanish construction industry is in the doldrums with many building projects incomplete. How is this impacting the insurance industry? Edmund Tirbutt explains.
- 07 Mar 2013
Asia View from the Top: What if Lehman Brothers had been Lehman Sisters?
Rosabeth Moss Kanter, a Harvard Business School professor, asked this question hypothetically in October 2010.
- 17 Jan 2013
Asian claims power
Claims is often touted as the shop window of insurance, and claims departments in Europe have been given increasing power. Sam Barrett finds out why the same is not true of Asia.
- 15 Nov 2012
Indian insurers and the international expansion challenge
Foreign expansion is touted as the way forward for Indian insurers. But, while some may look overseas for growth, establishing a business outside the country is not an option for most of India's insurers.
- 25 Oct 2012
Asia View from the Top: Getting flood modelling right
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reported in 2007 that especially heavily populated mega-delta regions in south, east and south-east Asia will be at greatest risk owing to increased flooding from the sea and, in some mega-deltas, flooding from the rivers.
- 13 Sep 2012
Cyber insurance struggles to take off in Europe
Cyber exposures are headline news but, as Francesca Nyman reports, with ample capacity in the market and a lack of regulatory guidance, insurance uptake remains low.
- 16 Aug 2012
Q&A with DAC Beachcroft's Steven Dewhurst
DAC Beachcroft appointed Steven Dewhurst as an insurance partner in its Singapore offices in January with the aim of expanding its international network. Francesca Nyman spoke to him six months into the role to find out about the issues affecting the Asian insurance markets.
- 02 Aug 2012
Asia-Pacific legal review
The legal profession and the insurance sector depend on each other throughout the world and as Chambers Asia-Pacific 2012 launches its editor Shi-Ning Koay provides an overview of the legal insurance specialists and the markets in this region.
- 24 Feb 2012
EC data protection regulations could generate opportunities for cyber insurers
Draft regulations from the European Commission on data protection will impose significant demands on businesses and could generate new opportunities for cyber insurers, according to law firm DAC Beachcroft.
- 16 Dec 2011
Ceiops is dead, long live Eiopa!
Existing committees of EU supervisors for the European insurance sector are being transformed from 1 January 2011 into supervisory authorities with firm powers. Vic Wyman assesses what the impact of this regulatory change will be.
- 05 Nov 2010
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