GE Capital now off the ‘Too-Big-To-Fail’ list
GE Capital, the financial services arm of American multinational conglomerate General Electric, recently welcomed good news following its removal from...
Sompo Canopius forms partnership with Mexican Insurer GNP
Lloyd’s (re)insurer Sompo Canopius has just announced strategic partnership with Mexican insurer, Grupo Nacional Provincial (GNP). The companies released a...
Brand reputation – A delicate risk to manage
Giant Swedish box retailer IKEA is voluntarily recalling over 35 million dressers in North America after six children in Canada...
Tesla driver death highlights risks from self-driving vehicles
Assigning liability might be the greatest problem that the advent of self-driving vehicles poses to insurers. The first confirmed death...
Bitcoin risk grows with market
The risks associated with bitcoin are increasing rapidly, because the market for the popular cryptocurrency has exploded in recent months....
Whistleblowing: Is it a risk worth taking
To blow or not to blow? That is the question. In a world where critical information is increasingly digitised and...
Sompo Insurance unveils model to evaluate wind farm risks
Japanese Sompo Insurance Group has launched a model for evaluating risks to onshore and offshore wind farms. As the price...
Allianz to buy Zurich’s Moroccan asset
German insurer Allianz has agreed to acquire Moroccan insurance unit, Zurich Assurances Maroc, from Zurich Insurance Group, the insurer said...
Products at risk of theft from trucks in Europe
Cargo theft throughout Europe is on the rise. Nearly $23 billion USD (£16 billion) in losses were reported last year,...
Venezuela’s Maduro caught between failed systems
Is it a cautionary tale about the inevitable economic failure of socialism or an example of what can happen, in...
