Risk & Insurance

THE POLLUTER PAYS   By Dave Lenckus   As regulators strengthen legislation, pollution insurance is ever-more essential.   Many global companies still see pollution regulation as more bark than bite. But many of the world’s major economies are toughening their ...

STUMBLING OFF THE BLOCKS   By Dave Lenckus   Investors are piling into rapidly growing markets such as Brazil and Argentina. Financing risk in such markets can be fraught with difficulty, but insurance options are available.   Economic data shows ...

RISKY BUSINESS   By Alfred Modugno   Global Finance presents the winners of its Best Global Risk Management Providers 2012 Awards, incorporating our Best Global Insurers and Best Derivatives Providers Awards.   There is no question the world has become ...

STAYING NIMBLE   By Kathryn Tully   Of Global Finance ’s derivatives exchange awards, IntercontinentalExchange has won the achievement award four times out of five, while NYSE Euronext, the European Climate Exchange, Eurex and the Chicago Board Options Exchange have ...

MILESTONES: GLOBAL   By Joel Kranc   In the wake of the Great Recession, the G20 nations tasked themselves with creating stronger regulatory guidelines for the banking sector that would, hopefully, prevent future meltdowns like the one seen in 2007-2008. Part ...

LEARNING TO LIKE VANILLA   By Gordon Platt   Global Finance presents its annual awards highlighting the best global derivatives providers.   Reform and regulation of the derivatives markets is having a major impact on the functioning of the industry ...

EXPECT THE UNEXPECTED   By Paula Green   Recent natural disasters in Japan and Thailand highlight the need for companies to insure against business interruption.   Photo Credits: RUCHOS / SHUTTERSTOCK.COM About the only sure thing risk managers and their insurers ...

KEEPING RISK IN CHECK   By Paula Green   Political risk insurance is of increasing interest as unstable geopolitical conditions affect corporate operations.   Expect the unexpected. That is what corporate risk officers worldwide have taken away from the unforeseen ...

RISKY VISION   By Rebecca Brace   Global Finance surveyed Who's Who honorees about the issues that keep them awake at night.   Risk was the overriding theme of the 2012 Global Finance Who's Who in Treasury & Cash Management ...

COVER UP   By Paula Green   Insuring against cyber risks is stoking the imaginations of insurance companies as the risks to multinationals expand. However, companies should check what policies cover them for.   Cyber risks are increasingly edging their ...

RISING TO THE MOMENT   By Paula Green   Martin Senn became chief executive officer of Zurich Insurance in January 2010 after joining Zurich as chief investment officer in 2006. A Swiss citizen and career international banker, he spent 18 years ...

BEHIND EVERY CLOUD...   By Paula Green   Financial scandals, earthquakes, hurricanes, terrorist attacks and tsunamis generated some important lessons for the worlds of insurance and risk management. The challenge now is coming to grips with a world where vulnerabilities are expanding. ...

A NEW REALITY   By Al Modugno   Corporate liability risk is increasing as jurisdictions around the world adopt liability laws that mimic the stringent framework in the US.   Just over two decades ago, the European Commission began the ...

SEARCHING FOR THE SILVER LINING   By Al Modugno   The European sovereign debt crisis is causing rates to rise for trade credit insurance, and demand is increasing—particularly in emerging markets.   Since the global financial crisis of 2007–2008,demand for ...

SAFE LANDING   By Paula Green   With new regulations and tighter enforcement that could lead to more corporate legal action, many companies are increasing their cover for directors and officers insurance.   Most corporate risk officers should still enjoy ...

ENVIRONMENTAL INSURANCE: GLOBAL EXPOSURE MANAGEMENT   By Anita Hawser   Environmental risk insurers are offering more sophisticated solutions and a broader range of coverage amounts.   A fire broke out at a chemical plant in Moerdijk, Netherlands, in January 2011. ...

AUTOMATION, TAXATION AND RISK REDUCTION BY Denise Bedell Risk management and technology were key themes of the annual AFP conference in Boston in November.   Jegher, Celent: Only a fraction of banks now offer corporate mobile banking solutions The annual ...

MILESTONES: GLOBAL   By Anita Hawser   While the focus at the moment may be on bailing out indebted countries in the eurozone, one of the legacies of Lehman’s collapse is the need for systemically important financial institutions (SIFIs) to ...

MILESTONES: GLOBAL   By Paula L. Green   Financial industry regulators better have their feet on the ground—and a sound understanding of the links between the banking and insurance sectors—when they lay down new rules meant to bolster the troubled global financial ...

INSURANCE: POLITICAL RISK COVER   By Anita Hawser   Recent events in the Middle East and North Africa have brought political risk into sharp focus for multinationals in the region and beyond.   It was the morning after the Japanese ...