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Welcome to our Monthly Newsletter – September 2009 An Established and Successful Force in International Insurance. Worldwide Risk Solutions is a U.K. based commercial organisation which has the sole objective of facilitating global business strategies and business development in the international insurance industry. For more information about us, please go to www.worldwiderisksolutions.com. What Is Going On Out There? Comment of the Month – Those of you who followed the World Cup Athletics will recognise some of the developments: certainties happen and certainties do not happen; leading personalities deliver and leading personalities do not deliver. Those who prepare best are less likely to be confronted with unpleasant surprises. Preparation in sport is like risk management in insurance: you try and work out what you are best at and aim to be better than the rest and you identify where things could go wrong and fix them in advance. And the most coveted rewards do not come easily: at the top level, hard work helps more than just raw talent. Over the years, most of the motivational talks to insurance professionals we have attended, encouraging us to go the extra mile (oh, dear…), come from successful sportsmen. Maybe that is why professional organisations, dedicated to promoting improved standards in the industry are never satisfied with current achievements: they want insurance people to perform faster, higher, stronger (citius, altius, fortius, in Olympic terminology). Talks around the Bazaar - Every month there is an acquisition, a market entry, a new joint venture, fresh legislation, an eye-opener somewhere in the insurance world. We keep you abreast of these developments with our comments and hyperlinks. Spotlight - In international business, almost every market around the world does things in a different way. This often leads to misunderstandings and unfulfilled expectations. However, different does not need to mean difficult and knowledge of the needs and characteristics of specific geographic markets is an advantage to those who are active in the global economy. These articles help you understand different aspects of the insurance industry around the world, enabling those who do business there to feel more “at home, abroad.” This month the Spotlight article looks at Afghanistan. We read daily reports of the sickening violence, hatred, courage and despair of those involved in some of the worst areas of the world for people to live. It can be no-one’s dream to travel to areas in the country where death is so close around the corner. In other parts of the country, there is a different picture: people go out unarmed, take a bus to the supermarket, cycle to work or confidently take their children to school. We have an article on insurance and the market in this stricken country, where our hearts go out in grief for all victims of the war and hatred and we proudly regard those who do their best to improve the prospects of life and peace there. Should anyone wish to communicate with the writer of this article, we can arrange for contact to be made.Spotlight – Afghanistan After decades of conflict, Afghanistan is stabilising albeit slowly and albeit with some sporadic incidents of political violence, terrorism and abduction and in particular a spate of those surrounding the recent general elections. At the time of writing (final week of August 2009) the elections had just taken place with some 10% of validated votes now in and a slender lead - more slender than anticipated - for Hamid Karzai, the incumbent, over his main challenger Abdullah Abdullah. It is too close to call and it is certainly to soon to call so it is expected that several more weeks will pass before a final winner can be declared. To read the complete report, Please Click Here.
If you would like Worldwide Risk Solutions to conduct an economic, business and insurance survey of any international markets please contact us – Details below. Worldwide Risk Solutions has access to a wide client base of internationally oriented organisations. Why not utilise this knowledge and experience? We can conduct a swift appraisal of your global activities or answer any questions you may have about international developments. Call +44 (0)1444 450 919 or send us an e-mail and we will respond immediately. And should you be passing through London, please let us know. George Worsley, Director |
Talk Around the Bazaar tripplanner/events_in_cambodia/?PID=legendangkor elderrights/world/2009/loomingproblem.htm article/20090803/NEWS/908039994 CIRCULAR%20450-NEW%20PRODUCT.pdf 20090820/NEWS/908209992 * * * * * * * * * * We are currently discussing projects in the following markets and are regularly being asked to attend the annual conferences and meetings of the major networks: * * * * * * * * * * We continue to work with a growing number of networks to improve and expand their international capabilities. If you have not already spoken to us about expanding your international markets, now might be the right time for us to conduct a feasibility study. For more information, please see the contact details below. What Clients Say “Worldwide Risk Solutions has the building blocks we need” “At a time when we needed a quick introduction to a key person, they made the call straight away and we got moving” * * * * * * * * * * CONTACT US BY POST BY TELEPHONE BY E-MAIL BY SKYPE Disclaimer |
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