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Savvy global travelers have a trained eye on Political Risk

December 03, 2019

The next time your travels find you in a foreign country, look around. Chances are you will find clues to that country’s political and credit risks. Because...

Project quality management, part one: What is quality management?

December 03, 2019

This first article of a series on project quality management looks at its role as part of a firm-wide quality management system, or QMS. Subsequent articles...

Where there's smoke there's environmental exposure

December 02, 2019

The combustion triangle is fairly easy to understand. A fire needs only three things present to burn: Oxygen, Heat and Fuel. Beyond that, the equation...

Captives: weathering the ups and downs of the insurance market

November 28, 2019

By Matt Latham, Head of Global Programs and Captives at AXA XL Trends in the wider insurance market have always had an impact on the captive market....

Property Perspective: Steering through a firming commercial property insurance market

November 25, 2019

2019 is almost, but not quite, over. It’s been quite a year for AXA XL’s Michele Sansone and her North America Property Insurance team. For the first...

The view from Asia: Adapting to a changing market

November 18, 2019

By Zoe Xie, Client and Distribution Leader, Asia, AXA XL, a division of AXA As rates trend upward, new risks emerge, and traditional risks become more...

What are the risks keeping European risk managers awake at night?

November 18, 2019

By Dirk Wegener, incoming president of FERMA. This year’s Federation of European Risk Management Associations’ forum gathered risk managers from across...

Floodproofing, FEMA and flood maps

November 13, 2019

The following is an interview between Randy Lewis, VP of Loss Prevention Education, Design Professional and Adam Reeder, PE, CFM, Senior Project Manager...

Sounding the alarm: Wildfire exposure and prevention in construction

November 12, 2019

We know certain types of construction carry inherent fire risks – wood frame construction is one such type. Building materials stored onsite can pose a...

Bigger projects, a slimmer workforce and new tech

November 06, 2019

Construction projects are bigger and more complex than ever before. The construction workforce, however, is not keeping up. Many skilled workers have left,...