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Karen Clark warns of $30 billion Californian wildfire loss

Insurers could face a loss in excess of $30 billion from an extreme fire in California, according to Karen Clark, CEO of Boston-based catastrophe modelling company Karen Clark & Co (KCC)

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China’s overseas coal-fired power plant promise could have $50 billion impact

China’s pledge to stop building coal-fired power plants overseas could impact $50 billion of earmarked projects, according to analysts

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Weed makes mainstream move with formation of Cannabis Compliance Alliance

US Cannabis compliance consulting firms Allay Consulting, iComply Cannabis, GMP Collective and TraceTrust have formed the Cannabis Compliance Alliance, a collaborative group created to put the cannabis industry on the same footing as mainstream business sectors

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Container crisis forcing cargo owners to gamble

A critical shortage of cargo containers has forced owners to take ever more risky steps to ship their goods, a leading expert has warned

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Tens of millions in danger as air quality plummets - WHO

Air pollution has been ranked alongside climate change as one of the biggest threats to human life in a hard hitting new report by the World Health Organization (WHO)

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Fears over cancer outcomes as waiting times lengthen

A leading charity has warned there are growing numbers of UK cancer patients which are failing to be diagnosed or treated within the agreed timeframes – and the figures could be the tip of the iceberg

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RISK in FOCUS – in association with the Institute of Risk Management

Risk in focus: Simon King

The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) talks to Simon King, CMIRM, Chief Risk Officer, UK Ministry of Defence on what working in risk is like and what advice they would share with people looking for a career in risk management

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Risk in focus: Alvin Lam

The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) talks to Alvin Lam, MIRM, Enterprise Risk Management Consultant, Aon Global Risk on what working in risk is really like and what advice they would share with people looking for a career in the industry

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Risk in focus: Dan Bannister

The Institute of Risk Management (IRM) talks to Dan Bannister, IRMCert, Client Support Manager/Operations MSS Global on what working in risk is like and what advice they would share with people looking for a career in the industry

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ANALYSIS

New care models: rising to the challenge of older and sicker societies

The landscape of health and social care is not fit for purpose, according to a substantive new report by The Geneva Association

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Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous 2021: Is the insurance and reinsurance industry ready to tackle the risks related to climate change ?

Although this year’s Rendez-Vous was once again cancelled as a physical event as a result of the pandemic, a number of key events were held online, including a fascinating debate on the (re)insurance market’s response to climate change

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