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OSFI staff ‘very actively engaged’ in international capital standard for insurers: Zelmer

April 20, 2016 by Greg Meckbach, Associate Editor

An international capital standard for global systemically important insurers is “probably not going to have much of an impact on the Canadian p&c industry,” an official with the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions suggested recently, but Canadian insurers

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Lack of “people focus” hampers financial success of M&A: Willis Towers Watson

April 19, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

More than four in 10 (42% of) polled insurance companies “recognize the critical importance of cultural integration and of hiring and retaining employees to the overall success of a deal,” according to a survey of senior insurance executives conducted by

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UN, World Bank Group and insurance industry join forces for formation of Insurance Development Forum

April 18, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Leaders of the United Nations, the World Bank Group and the global insurance industry on Monday announced the formation of the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), which occurred at a high level meeting in Washington, DC, last week. The IDF has

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Toronto Insurance Conference puts out call for applications to TIC Scholarships Program, up to $15,000 available

April 18, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Toronto Insurance Conference (TIC) is now accepting applications for the fourth year of its university scholarships program. Founded in 2013 and managed by the Insurance Institute of Ontario, the TIC Scholarships Program offers financial assistance for up to three

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UN Secretary-General urges insurance industry to take leadership role in climate change response

April 14, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The global insurance industry is a key actor in forging new instruments to anticipate and manage climate risks, and must continue to work with the United Nations to manage and reduce such risks, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said on Wednesday.

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Data scientist top job of 2016, according to U.S. job search website CareerCast.com

April 14, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The job of data scientist, which combines information technology, statistical analysis and other disciplines to interpret trends from data, has been rated as the best job of 2016 by U.S. job search website CareerCast.com. Professions in mathematics top the 28th

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ICLR to host webinars on wildfires and hurricanes in May

April 13, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR) will be hosting two Forecast 2016 webinars in May – one on wildfires and the other on hurricanes. The wildfire webinar will be held on May 4 at 11 a.m. EST. It will

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RIMS executive report outlines steps to successful risk taking

April 12, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – RIMS, the risk management society, issued a new executive report Tuesday that explores how a formal risk appetite and risk tolerance statement “can become a powerful strategic tool for not only managing risk, but also for maintaining

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Cyber incidents in mining a complex topic for risk managers, mining product development has not kept pace with needs: Munich Re

April 12, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – It is important for risk managers in the mining sector to understand the most critical scenarios for their companies and to analyze the true impacts of cyber incidents, suggests Günter Becker, head of mining for Munich Re.

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William McGannon, David Mikulina named to the Risk Management Hall of Fame

April 12, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – William McGannon, a risk management pioneer who had a resounding impact on Canada’s risk management profession, is among the two latest members of the Risk Management Hall of Fame (RMHF). McGannon – long-time employee of NOVA Chemical

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First open source cyber scenario released by AIR Worldwide during RIMS 2016

April 11, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO — Catastrophe modelling firm AIR Worldwide has launched what it calls the first open source deterministic cyber risk scenario, a move meant to help individual companies and the insurance industry as a whole better understand aggregated risk from

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Forecasting emerging risks expected to get tougher: Marsh/RIMS report

April 11, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich, Editor

SAN DIEGO – Cyber attacks – once again identified as a top critical business risk – are expected to be a source of emerging risks, but forecasting for all emerging risks could prove more challenging over the next three years,