Emerging Risks
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Beazley planning to determine risk appetite for AI
Beazley PLC is reviewing its portfolio to determine its appetite for writing risks related to artificial intelligence and its potential…
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SRS to launch Zurich-based specialty MGU
Strategic Risk Solutions (SRS), the world’s largest independent insurance company manager, has announced the launch of Altitude, a Zurich-based managing…
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Howden launches innovation hub with £500m capacity for new risks
Broker Howden has launched an insurance innovation hub with £500m of delegated underwriting capacity that it says will fast-track the…
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Supporting Europe’s energy transition
The European market has seen significant investment in energy transition in the last few years, brought about predominantly by initiatives…
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Darim approaches 100th member
The Danish Risk and Insurance Management Association (Darim) is on the verge of a milestone. It currently has 99 members…
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Allianz Commercial tracks rise in emerging risks from offshore wind
Developers and insurers of offshore wind projects face an increasing number of emerging risks as the sector braces for a…
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Captives increasingly offering ways to address emerging risks, say panellists
Businesses are increasingly looking to captives to address emerging risks as commercial insurance market conditions remain difficult, experts say. Demand…
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Data analytics critical to navigating emerging risks
If companies want to stay on top of a barrage of emerging risks, they must make use of big data…
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Megatrends offer $200bn+ market opportunity for insurers: Aon
Potential new markets worth $200bn from ten megatrends are waiting to be unlocked by insurers in response to buyer demand,…
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Swiss Re unveils 13 emerging risks on the horizon
Swiss Re has revealed 13 emerging risks in its 11th edition of the SONAR report, which detects risks on the…
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Capacity issues remain for Swedish risk managers
Swedish risk managers are still struggling to get the capacity they need despite an apparent softening of the market. While…
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Bouquot says new captive regime is a ‘game changer’ for French economy
The new legal framework in France for captives will be a “game changer” for French companies and the wider economy,…
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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…