Agriculture Analysis
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Risk briefing: Maritime supply chains in danger of sinking
As CEO of shipping giant Maersk says that supply chains are at breaking point, here’s how ports are responding and what risk managers can expect
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How risk-sharing systems can help climate vulnerable countries
New research shows world’s most climate vulnerable countries could lose over 100% of GDP in 2024 from disasters that are insurable
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How climate change is making it more difficult for risk managers to find adequate insurance
As insurers grapple with increasingly frequent and severe natural catastrophes, the insurability of cat risks is being called into question, with worrying implications for risk managers.
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Food supply chain: Late or failed payment claims up 79% - Atradius
‘Quadruple threat’ of rising prices, fallout from Brexit and the pandemic, and bad weather could see insolvencies soar
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Climate change will drive disruption within food & drink sector - WTW
Three quarters of food & drink firms cite lack of supply chain insurance solutions as among their biggest challenges
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AXA XL identifies seven sectors most exposed to water risks
The cost to businesses of inaction is five times higher than the cost of action
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Building resilience into the food and beverage supply chain
Supply chain financing can protect against the financial vulnerability of primary producers and avoid future disruptions
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Interest in parametrics grows as traditional capacity retrenches
Offers an “affordable solution” for large-scale insurance of catastrophic and agriculture exposures - New Dawn Risk
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Supply chain risks remain underinsured despite demand for cover
Companies are redesigning supply chains, but BI insurance protection remains a “wafer-thin patchwork”, finds WTW
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Potential targets warned in VMware ransomware campaign
The majority of impacted ESXi servers are in France and Germany with at least a dozen universities impacted
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Food and fuel top global cargo thefts
Thefts from hijacking have fallen as a proportion of cargo theft; these are now second to theft from facilities
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Allianz Risk Barometer: Fallout from global crises dominates survey
Inflation, financial market volatility, a looming recession and the energy crisis are top risers for 2023
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Insurer targeted over controversial Adani coal project
Activists received a tip-off that Probitas1492 is insuring the Adani Carmichael’s thermal coal project rail line, haulage operation and port
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How exposed is your supply chain to modern slavery?
80% of the global population – some 6.25 billion people - live in regions where there is a high or extreme risk of modern slavery
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sigma study examines risk in a multi-polar world
“Friend-shoring” and reshoring of supply chains, investments in green energy and mitigating a food crisis will shape the risk landscape
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Heat stress to threaten over 70% of global agriculture by 2045
This could trigger a host of secondary impacts, from civil unrest and political instability to mass migration and human rights abuses
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Ukraine fall-out and new ransomware tactics elevate cyber risks
The maritime sector and satellite infrastructure are sectors most likely to be targeted by cyber criminals
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World ‘unprepared’ for magnitude of cascading climate risks
As the intensity of heatwaves, storms and floods speeds up, so do the time horizons for rising global instability, warns Maplecroft
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European wildfires rise 75% YOY
As wildfires have only recently been considered a material peril, the modelling is not as developed
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Beware new generation climate risks, warns SONAR
The thawing of permafrost could accelerate climate hazards and release disease-carrying pathogens