ACE Progress ReportsSM
Critical research on current and emerging risk management issues
| Protecting Against Environmental Risks in the Global Marketplace April 2013 |
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The global economy has opened up new markets and new opportunities for businesses around the world. At the same time, countries around the world are putting an increased focus on protecting the environment. Businesses that are prepared to meet expanding environmental challenges are most likely to succeed in the new global marketplace. |
| Building a Proactive Safety Culture in the Construction Industry April 2013 |
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In a high-hazard industry like construction, safety is an investment that provides real benefits. A safe work environment helps to keep skilled employees on the job and projects on track by reducing accidents that result in injuries and schedule delays, while also reducing the risks of litigation and regulatory action. A strong safety record enhances a company’s reputation, makes it more competitive and helps to manage insurance costs over time. |
| M&A Risk Management: Collateral Liabilities and Solutions March 2013 |
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This paper discusses how to address collateral responsibilities from an efficient risk transfer standpoint and highlights factors potential purchasers may need to address. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: Cross-Border Challenges and Solutions for the Marine Market February 2013 |
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This report sets out the general principles that need to be considered when developing a multinational program and to which extent they apply to the specialized context of marine insurance, Contractors All Risk (CAR) and Erection All Risk (EAR). |
| Renewable Energy: the Right Risk Partner Makes the Difference December 2012 |
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Renewable sources play an increasingly important role in producing sustainable energy and contribute a rapidly growing share of the world’s energy needs. Whether at the financing, construction, handover or operational stage, the failure to appropriately identify, manage, control and transfer risk is one of the factors most likely to jeopardize a renewable energy business. As part of a proactive risk management strategy, owners, operators and developers of renewable resources should look for an insurer that provides seamless coverage and for risk management assistance throughout the project lifecycle. Download the paper to learn more. |
| Compassionate Use: Balancing Compassion and Risk in Clinical Trials December 2012 |
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Pharmaceutical companies conducting clinical trials of investigational drugs and devices are increasingly faced with requests to provide the treatment being studied to patients under the compassionate use exception to federal regulations. When drug companies don’t address whether they will provide compassionate use of a test drug to test subjects prior to the start of a trial, they run the risk of creating a potential lose/lose situation for everyone. This paper discusses how pharmaceutical companies can mitigate these risks. |
| ACE Environmental Advisory - Legionella: Minimizing the Risk During Construction November 2012 |
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Contractors today must deal with a wide range of pollution risks on projects of almost all sizes. Besides well known issues such as mold, lead paint, asbestos, and silica, contractors should be aware of the dangers posed by legionella pneumophilia, the bacteria that cause the potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease. A proactive risk management strategy can help to mitigate the exposures posed by legionella. |
| ACE Environmental Advisory - Legionella and Mold: Construction and Renovation Risks at Healthcare Facilities October 2012 |
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Construction and renovation projects pose special challenges for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. The responsibility for providing high quality, safe care must remain the top priority even during hospital renovation projects. Building projects at healthcare facilities need to be planned and managed to minimize the potential risks from a range of pollutants, including mold and legionella. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: Cross-border Challenges to Business Travel & Personal Accident Insurance August 2012 |
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This report discusses the challenges faced by multinational accident and health programs, explores best practices on how to structure multinational business travel and group personal accident insurance programs, and offers a checklist of factors to consider when insuring employees under these programs. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programmes: Cross-Border Challenges to Side A Directors & Officers Liability Insurance April 2012 |
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This report addresses the complex challenges of identifying and underwriting a multinational D&O program and the difficult question of structuring locally compliant Side A insurance in conjunction with it. |
| Global Catastrophe Survival Guide: New Challenges to Casualty Risk Management February 2012 |
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Risk managers must come to terms with the changing nature of the catastrophe risks they face as their businesses expand around the globe. This paper discusses new challenges to casualty risk management and highlights the importance of developing effective catastrophe management plans. |
| Uninsured Motorist and Underinsured Motorist Coverage February 2012 |
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Large national and multinational organizations often seek to reject UM/UIM/PIP coverage or purchase the minimum amount allowable by state. However, each state has differing rules and requirements to document these coverage elections. Risk managers currently spend a significant amount of time and resources documenting and executing their UM/UIM/PIP coverage elections. In order to streamline this process, ACE has developed an online web-based portal that allows a risk manager to answer a series of questions that will facilitate documenting their coverage elections. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: The Emerging Regulatory Challenge to Non-admitted Insurance February 2012 |
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This report discusses three recent regulatory enforcement actions in Brazil, India and the United States, each of which challenges some of the assumptions behind the most common forms of non-admitted insurance. |
| Pollution: The Unrecognized Risk of Business Operations February 2012 |
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As society grows ever more environmentally aware, a far broader spectrum of enterprises face new, and often unrecognized, pollution risks from their day-to-day operations. This paper discusses the pollution risks faced by businesses, and the range of activities of businesses today that are subject to continually evolving environmental laws and regulations at the federal, state and local level. |
| Insights into Cross-Border Insurance Regulation in Canada November 2011 |
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The international risk management community is eager to understand how to buy insurance seamlessly, cost-effectively and in a compliant manner for multinational enterprises with risks in Canada. Authored by Suresh Krishnan and Fernand Vartanian, this paper offers insight into cross-border insurance regulation. |
| Social Media: The Business Benefits May Be Enormous, But Can the Risks - Reputational, Legal, Operational - Be Mitigated? April 2011 |
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In less than a decade, social media, in many ways, seems to have “taken over the world.” This report discusses the risks and benefits of companies engaging in social media as well as solutions for addressing these risks. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: Current Challenges in Argentina, Brazil and Mexico July 2011 |
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This report discusses how to effectively provide seamless, cost-effective and compliant insurance across national borders to multinational enterprises in Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and other Latin American countries. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: Solvency II and its Potential Impact on Captive Insurance Companies – Considering the Alternatives June 2011 |
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The sixth in the ACE Progress Report series to focus on various aspects of multinational insurance programs, this report identifies the potential impact of the European Union’s Solvency II regulatory requirements on captive insurance companies, and offers an alternative insurance structure for risk managers of multinational companies to consider. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programmes: Current Challenges in Australia, New Zealand and the Asia-Pacific Region May 2011 |
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This report outlines the regulatory and execution challenges involved in purchasing globally coordinated insurance programs, analyzes laws related to “insurable interest” in several Asia-Pacific countries, and includes a checklist of questions that participants in a multinational insurance program should consider when underwriting such a program. |
| What Does CSA Mean for Commercial Trucking Companies? May 2011 |
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This article will attempt to clarify important aspects of Compliance, Safety, Accountability Act (CSA), and suggest how to understand their overall impact. |
| M&A Risk Management: Avoiding Pitfalls, Finding Solutions April 2011 |
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This white paper is a roadmap to guide private equity firms and corporate M&A dealmakers through the M&A risk identification process and present insurance solutions to mitigate the exposures. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programs: Addressing the Taxation and Transfer Pricing Challenge February 2011 |
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Sophisticated buyers of multinational insurance programs expect consistent coverage, superior service and execution certainty; however, taxation and transfer pricing should also be a central component of the design and implementation of a compliant multinational insurance program. This report explores factors that risk managers and their financial colleagues should consider -- with respect to transfer pricing -- when designing and implementing a multinational insurance program. |
| Structuring Multinational Insurance Programmes in Europe: Intragroup Risk Financing – Considering the Issues October 2012 |
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What do I need to consider when my insurer in Europe pays out on a claim relating to a loss in another country where it is an unlicensed carrier? Because every insurance policy is first and foremost a ‘promise to pay’ in the event that the unexpected happens, this is, perhaps, the single most important question for European risk managers to consider before structuring a multinational insurance programme. |