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You may think that once you’ve seen one car insurance policy, you’ve seen them all. However, although the basics of car insurance in Japan will seem familiar to foreigners, there are some factors and notable differences that consumers should be aware of before they buy coverage here.
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- Managing emerging markets
- Procurement: What you need to know
- Talent management: A tale of two policies
- Long-term assignments: The full package
- Women Leaders: Assigning the way to a more female future
- Beyond Budgeting
- Connecting with the next generation
- Localisation policy and practice
- Mobility trends in focus
- How informed assignees are protected assignees
- What a DSP can do to enhance the assignee process and client satisfaction
- Which international relocation supplier model suits you?
- Top investments for successful international assignments
- Can relocation still fit into today’s global business landscape?
- Writing international assignment offer letters: do best practices exist?
- Relocating to the UK: top tips
- Localisation of assignees: tips for ensuring success
- Short-term assignment policy guidance
- Relieving pension tension for mobile employees
- International finance for overseas assignees
- Client sites – immigration without an entity
- Immigration: assessing the legal status of policy guidance in the Alvi and Munir cases
- Driving in Japan: the pros and cons
- How to be a strategic global-mobility leader
- Short-term assignment policy guidance at Worldwide ERC Symposium in Washington DC fits the bill for global mobility
- Challenges for global mobility: insights from Worldwide ERC global thought leaders
- The changing face of global mobility
- Moving to Australia: practical considerations
- Trends in international relocation policies
- The immigration basics behind a successful international assignment
- Statutory UK residence test: summary of responses to consultation and draft legislation published
- Australian carbon tax explained
- Banking made easier for UK-bound corporate employees
- How short-term assigness will be affected by recent changes to tax benefits
- UK Immigrant rule changes will be eased by ‘unspent convictions’ law
- New markets change the face of international mobility
- Assignee support: employers could do more
- Trends in international relocation assignment types and remuneration strategies
- Focus on Canada
- Tips on minimising the cost of assignment expenses
- Supplier management – a critical component in managing a relocation programme
- Posted workers as a flexible option for EU staff transfers
- How international employment companies are meeting global mobility challenges
- The importance of reliable partnerships to the relocation process
- Repatriation: how a personal development plan can help
- Assignee-centric systems
- Flying starts
- Europe – taking the temperature
- When the homeland becomes foreign: ensuring successful repatriation
- Mobility trends in Norway
- Going global: Corporate Social Responsibility on the move
- Be prepared! Crisis management unwrapped
- Are flexible policies the smart solution?
- In to Africa
- Relocating to Africa
- Pensions: what assignees need to know
- Transforming the future?
- Russia reinvented
- VSO: get involved
- Disaster situations: are you prepared?
- Rebounding from the Arab Spring
- The changing nature of international assignments
- The changing nature of expatriate demographics
- Born in the USA – or vive la différence?
- Business travellers and commuters: managing the risks of cross-border working (part 2)
- Rewarding performance in an international environment
- Onshore and offshore bank accounts - the differences
- Managing crossborder working
- Spousal employment: the impact on international relocation
- Changing your mobility program: how to get the results you want
- The changing nature of assignees and assignment types
- Latest trends in international relocation unpacked
- Banking arrangements: a top priority for inbound assignees
- Short term assignments be prepared!
- The changing nature of assignees and assignment types
- Brookfield survey identifies changing nature of international mobility strategies
- Going local: is the new pay a myth?
- Integrity and ethics
- The Relocation Perspective
- HR: fit for the next decade
- The shape of things to come
- Recent trends in international assignments
- New study highlights lifestyle changes worldwide
- Credit crunch affecting expats` Christmas travel plans
- EU social security legislation will impact new expatriate assignments
- Aiming high with ERC
- Alternative assignment types
- Removals: thinking out of the box
- India the times they are a-changin'
- Relocating to India
- Cultural issues: dealing with subtle cultural differences
- New guide details employers` duty of care to employees on the move
- What do expats miss most about the UK?
- Cost not primary factor in short-term assignments despite downturn
- Relocation during recession
- Keeping global careers on track
- The Importance of Selecting Expatriate Assignees from a Diverse Pool
- The value of being able to do business in other languages
- The challenges of an international assignment in Russia




As divorce rates rise, it’s important for HR to realise the full implications of sending married employees on assignment, whether or not their spouses accompany them. It is in the interests of both employer and employee that, should a marriage fail, any settlement implications are understood, to reduce the chances of assignment failure. Victoria Ward, of law firm Thomson Snell & Passmore, considers the issues.
Fiona Murchie reports from February’s Worldwide ERC Global Mobility Summit in London.
Lump sums are an attractive option for both employer and employee. With the time now right for relocation professionals and assignees to embrace more innovative and cost-effective compensation and IT solutions, Ruth Holmes asks if technology can be used to overcome the obstacles associated with current lump-sum practices.
As in other sectors, technology is raising the bar in relocation. We look at innovations that will make HR and relocation professionals’ jobs easier, from the latest developments in employee tracking to immigration compliance tools, and consider how cloud-based solutions can benefit HR.








