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The heat is on: climate change set to increase economic losses
New research shows the economic impacts of climate change are set to get even more severe. Risk professionals must therefore urgently target prevention and mitigation measures.
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Cyber tops risk concerns for European businesses, with nat cat threats rising rapidly
As ransomware attacks, flood, fire, and floods ravage companies across Europe, new research highlights the steps that risk professionals can take to manage the threats.
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$100bn annual nat cat losses is “the new normal” - how risk managers can better prepare
2023 highlighted the need for a proactive approach to risk identification, mitigation and adaptation including a renewed focus on downward counterfactual analysis.
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Top tips for managing the biggest risks facing businesses in 2024
A new barometer identifies the biggest threats to organisations wordwide as cyber, business interruption, and nat cats. Here are the report’s top tips for managing the risks
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Cities across the world are ill-prepared to evade, withstand, and recover from shocks and long-term stresses
The least resilient cities, according to the study, carried out in partnership with Economist Impact, were New Delhi, Jakarta, Cairo, Dhaka, and, lastly, Lagos.
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Risk briefing: Five steps European organisations must take to tackle extreme weather risks
New research shows risk managers are more concerned about extreme weather than any other threat to operations. Despite this a quarter of firms have no plans to mitigate climate risks. Here are five ways to protect your organisation
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How emerging technology could improve the claims process for businesses
Our sister publication Insurance Times asked industry experts how emerging technologies will impact the future of insurance claims management. Here’s what risk managers and insurance buyers need to know.
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PARIMA conference: Key takeaways from this year’s sessions
Analysis of the key lessons and next steps for risk managers taken from six of the speaker sessions at this year’s PARIMA conference in Tokyo
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Movers and Shakers - Cyemptive Technologies, Brooks Macdonald, Thomas Miller, Brokerslink, Tokyo Marine HCC, Flood Re, TTClub, Sompo and Howden
The latest appointments news from across the global risk, broking and insurance industries
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Can insurtechs help risk managers tackle tricky and underinsured risks?
Two industry experts give their views on whether the insurtech sector can help solve the problem of underinsurance.
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How European risk managers can improve business decisions with resilience
New data from FM Global ranks countries for resilience, here’s how risk managers can use the index to help improve business decision-making
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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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Dealing with the mental health consequences of natural and man-made disasters
Pressure is mounting on businesses and organisations to take a more holistic approach to their operations and address the mental health fall-out from any man-made or natural disasters.
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Four lessons to learn from hurricane Ian
Swiss Re’s sigma report highlights the key lessons that the risk management and insurance industry must learn from hurricane Ian.
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Climate litigation becoming a corporate threat – Kennedys
Climate action group ClientEarth has taken energy giant Shell to the UK’s High Court
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UK property cladding risk dataset launches
It will enable insurers to better understand the risks posed by flammable cladding on highrise buildings
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Global nat cat losses surpassed $313 billion in 2022 - Aon
Windstorm Eunice was the costliest individual European windstorm since 2010, with droughts also causing severe impacts
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2022 nat cats set records with $270 billion in losses
Europe’s summer of extremes resulted in costly wildfires, hailstorms and business and trade disruption
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IDF calls for ‘convergence’ of insurance and disaster risk management
As key milestones announced at COP27, IDF heralds the industry’s ability to influence “systemic change”
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COP27: Time to confront a warming Europe
Temperatures in Europe have increased at over twice the global average over the past 30 years - WMO