What are the minimum requirements for an insurance policy under the Road Traffic Act (RTA) 1998?  A recent £2million lawsuit between...

Following the Brexit theme of my last post, the complex nature of the divorce from Brussels continues to unveil itself. The questions...

One of President Trump’s most reliable applause lines during the 2016 campaign was his promise to build a wall sealing off the Mexican...

Oil and gas companies, like many firms in the natural resource sector, have a high exposure to risks associated with corruption. The...

The Indian government's longstanding efforts to address the nation's skewed sex ratio seem to have failed, according to new government...

Venezuela was once a source of wry amusement in an otherwise grim international system. Hugo Chavez, the late president, declared...

A recent report from Aon Benfield highlights the true financial costs of severe storm systems, and the resulting insurance claims.

Since the UK voted to leave the European Union (EU) back in June 2016 the uncertainty surrounding the nature of a relationship with the...

The relationship between the insured and insurer and their willingness to work together in the case of the returned Norman Rockwell...

Due to fundamental economics, the world’s largest industries follow an element of game theory and the oil and gas sector is no exception....

After years of political crisis and two cancelled elections, Macedonia's nationwide poll finally took place on the 11 December 2016...

When people outside of the industry think of political risk insurance, they tend to think of damage to employees or factories from riots,...

A casual observer might assume Montenegro’s imminent accession to Nato means that it is an island of stability in the western Balkans....

There was welcome relief for Travelers yesterday when Mr Justice Coulson threw out a £10m claim at the High Court by Leeds Beckett Uni...

The debate surrounding the use of drones, sometimes known as Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs), has been gathering pace in the last number...

As Britain ponders life outside the European Union, practical realities are doubtless increasingly on the mind of risk managers, from the...

Compulsory health insurance for employees in Dubai has been introduced in phases over recent years, via the Insurance System for...

With the rise of 'Big Data' companies seem willing to trade off their know-how and gut feelings in a rush to accumulate and store...

Although an attempt to use a botnet to mine bitcoins recently ended with little palpable success for the hackers, it did showcase one of...

“What gets measured, gets managed” – so said Peter Drucker. According to IDC (International Data Corporation), the world’s volume of...

Oil and gas is risky business and falls amongst the highest insured industries.Treacherous terrain, perilous operations and extreme...

Payday lender Wonga's massive security breach over the weekend shouldn't come as a surprise to anyone vaguely following the news. Cyber...

At the beginning of his tenure of office as Chinese President, Xi Jinping officially initiated a campaign to root out corruption within...

In a timely announcement, the Director General of Lagos State Safety Commission has this week announced that the Lagos State Government...

On Sunday the US Ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, suggested that regime change was a prerequisite for peace in Syria. This position...

A number of high profile cases, within the esoteric world of property law, are expected before the Court of Appeal later this year. The...

I was fortunate this morning to be sitting in a corporate security briefing hosted by IHS Markit, one of the premier geopolitical and...

Russia's response to the US foray into Syria was in many ways typical of the ongoing exchange of accusations, denials and...

François Fillon’s strategy of claiming to be the victim of a conspiracy engineered by the judicial and political establishment to derail...

Donald Trump has famously said that “everything is negotiable”, confirming an opening for strategic rivals of the US who seek to curb its...

The late Professor of Sociology at the University of Munich, Ulrich Beck, introduced the concept of ‘risk society’ into social science...

Sub-Saharan Africa is currently a region of potential economic growth, with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) predicting emerging...

Once upon a time on the island of Yap currency took the form of 4 ton carved limestone blocks but since this was not a convenient way to...

While some analysts will doubtless point to Russia's recent involvement in the Syrian conflict as the motivation behind what initially...

As Flood RE celebrates its first anniversary today, research shows that the scheme is proving a success among insurers and insureds...

I may have spoken figuratively of fintech innovations appearing from Nairobi to Nuremberg in my last article but the bonds between the...

With the announcement that VAT will be implemented across the GCC at a standard rate of 5% from 2018, UAE has been one of the first to...

Country Energy Access and Efficiency

The following is an attempt to outline a suitable policy for a structural reform of the energy sector...