Emerging Risks
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BI and cyber top risk list for Americas and Asia Pac in Allianz Risk Barometer
The two most important business risks in the Americas and Asia-Pacific in 2023 are business interruption and cyber incidents, according…
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Concern jumps over macroeconomic risks but cyber and BI retain top spots: Allianz Barometer
Macroeconomic risks and the energy crisis have shot up the ranking, but cyber and business interruption (BI) remain the top…
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AXA Research Fund mandate renewed for scientific and risk research
AXA has renewed the mandate of its AXA Research Fund, a philanthropic scheme that invests in scientific projects, for a…
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Time to get back on the front foot
This has been quite a year for the European and global risk and insurance management community, and I am sure…
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AM Best revises French cat reinsurer outlook to negative
AM Best has revised the outlook to negative from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) and affirmed the Financial…
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Risk managers face growing ESG risks
The interconnectivity of ESG risks is creating new challenges that risk managers and their organisations cannot afford to ignore. ESG…
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Conflict on the rise over EU’s focus on the ‘S’ in ESG
Brussels-based European business confederation BusinessEurope is “deeply concerned” about what it describes as the “overly detailed and prescriptive” requirements that…
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ESG-related litigation on the rise in Europe
Corporate Europe has been far more successful in its efforts to resist the kind of litigation persistently faced by its…
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Geopolitical risks and cost of living threaten productivity in 2023: International SOS
Organisations have been put into ‘perma-crisis’ mode with global risks from geopolitics to the cost of living threatening productivity going…
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Crypto insurer Relm sets aside reserves for FTX collapse
Crypto insurer Relm has said it is assessing its full exposure to the collapse of cryptocurrency exchange FTX. As well…
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Staying ahead of the storm
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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Italian, French and German business groups call for regulatory truce
The Italian, French and German confederations of industry have sent a joint declaration to national governments and the EU, calling…
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Eiopa publishes dashboard to help tackle nat cat protection gap
The European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (Eiopa) has released a dashboard that depicts the insurance protection gap for natural…
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Risk managers must innovate as models thrown into doubt by current crises
Risk managers must challenge some of the models and assumptions they rely upon to help mitigate the raft of current…
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Airmic launches AXA Climate School to help members manage transition
UK risk management association Airmic is launching a climate change learning programme in collaboration with AXA Climate to help members…
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ESG is worth it… despite the global meltdown
The Commercial Risk team arrived in Antwerp this week to host our latest annual conference, with Belgian risk and insurance…
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European packaging sector faces up to radical change through new EC waste rules
The European Commission (EC) has proposed a new set of EU-wide rules on packaging that it hopes will tackle “this…
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European court erases years of progress in battle against dirty money, claims Transparency International
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) has set back the fight against cross-border corruption by years, according…
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Preparing for the storms ahead
Many risk managers feel they have been in firefighting mode for the last two years, struggling to stay ahead of…
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German minister says resilience must be collective effort
The German government is stepping up its efforts to make the nation more resilient in the face of rising natural…