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Spotlight on IUMI – Risk Assessment and Loss Prevention


The annual International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) forum will be held in Tokyo, Japan, from 17-20 September 2006 and at last count, the level of attendance seems likely to equal that held in Singapore 2004 when the number reached 400. As a curtain-raiser to this prestigious marine event, Asia Insurance Review speaks with Mr Patrick de La Morinerie, IUMI President, who gives us an overview of the challenges faced by marine underwriters today and also tells us why this year’s forum promises to be one of the liveliest and important.

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Technical Feature - IFRIMA: Promoting Risk Management Discipline to All


Insurance companies are not doing enough to promote risk management, said Ms Susan Meltzer, Chairman of the International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Associations (IFRIMA). In this interview, she tells Asia Insurance Review that the understanding of risk management is just beginning among the insurers even for their own operations and certainly lots more need to be done in this area.

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Technical Feature - FERMA: Impact of New Risks & Regulations on Risk Managers


There is a lot of work still to be done with insurers as they are very reluctant to take on risks that cannot be calculated actuarially, said Ms Marie-Gemma Dequae, President of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations in Europe (FERMA). Here, she shares insight into how European countries are coping with new risks and changing regulations, all of which impact the risk managers as they look at risk transfer and risk financing.

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Technical Feature - Using Strategic Risk Management to Optimise the Risk/Return Ratio


Until a few years ago, when corporate leaders were asked, “What does risk management mean to your organisation?” the traditional response would most likely only refer to adequate insurance protection and disciplined housekeeping. Today, large corporations are far less likely to give such a brief answer. For hundreds of Global 1000 companies, strategic risk management – based on thorough business impact analysis of exposure to loss and its consequences – is elemental to strategic planning. Mr Dennis Bessant, Vice President, Global Services and Asia Operations, FM Global, looks at this growing phenomenon.

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Insights - Gearing Towards Electronic Risk Distribution


Towards the end of June this year, Aon announced it was moving to electronic risk distribution and that it would be using the RI3K electronic marketplace. We examine the implications for the global insurance and reinsurance industries with Mr Alex Letts, the Chief Executive, and Mr Tom Curtis, Asia Pacific Managing Director, of Trading Service RI3K.

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News - Asia: Malacca Strait War-Risk Rating for Ships Removed

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News - Hong Kong: FP Marine Risks Launches Trade Finance Initiative

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