Expert Views
-
Expert ViewsBuilding a forever business: BHSI’s European growth strategies
Since 2016, Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance (BHSI) has taken a measured, disciplined approach to building its presence and product lines across Europe. Alessandro Cerase, Head of Europe at BHSI, shares the company’s latest advances and future plans in the region.
-
Expert ViewsHow risk managers can tackle growing sanctions risks
The complexity and magnitude of international sanctions now demands vigilance on a new scale. Smaller businesses may not have the ready resources to tackle the issue, but the laws won’t make exceptions. So what practical steps can you take to stay safe?
-
Expert ViewsHydrogen: insurance supporting the evolution of a new energy economy
With the hydrogen economy poised for take-off, the insurance industry has a crucial role in supporting its end-to-end growth
-
Expert ViewsParametrics: Solutions for a changing world
Faced with long-term challenges and emerging risks, is parametric insurance part of the future of risk transfer? asks Marco Adamo
-
Expert Views10 ways international programmes help you grow your business
Whatever your strategic objectives, there is an important role for international insurance programmes
-
Expert ViewsSustainability: Time to invest in biodiversity
Nature-based solutions can help organisations achieve greater resilience in the face of a changing climate
-
Expert ViewsSupply chains: Spotlight on Asia
The last decade has seen four major sources of disruption to supply chains in Asia Pacific: Natural catastrophes, manmade disasters, cyber attacks and pandemic.
-
Expert ViewsSupply chains: Partnering to develop risk solutions
Supply chain complexity is particularly evident in the automotive sector, where lean production has created critical hubs
-
Expert ViewsLessons in supply chain resilience
The COVID-crisis is the latest incident to draw attention to supply chain vulnerabilities. The lessons are clear but how quickly will they be forgotten? asks Martin Schürz.
-
Expert ViewsExpert view: Entering the new decade: emerging risks and evolving risks
Julien Guénot, Country leader, France at AXA XL, considers how technology and innovation can help risk managers navigate a hardening insurance market and remain resilient when faced with increasingly complex risks.
-
Expert ViewsMobility ecosystems: Driving change
Self-driving cars are speeding from the future into our present. But what effect will such tech have on the way we view transport, and crucially liability on the road? Insurers cannot afford to hit cruise control and wait to find out
-
Expert ViewsProduction lines: Supplying change
The sheer numbers and complexity in car manufacturing supply chains make them exceptionally vulnerable. It takes a proactive approach to prevent production lines grinding to a halt
-
Expert ViewsA new dawn for the construction industry
As the world’s population continue to grow, demand for enhanced and new infrastructure has never been greater. This poses many challenges and intensifies the risks of project delays and cost overruns. But the tech revolution is bringing fresh new opportunities, albeit slowly
-
Expert ViewsPrinting grand designs
Highly cost-effective, energy-efficient, fast – 3D printing could be the future of homebuilding. But is the technology too new for insurers?
-
Expert ViewsCan construction truly go green?
After a sustained push to improve the energy efficiency of homes and offices, the focus has now shifted to the construction companies that build them – and they are not performing well
-
Expert ViewsFast track to rail innovation
Advancements in train travel are notoriously slow. So it is unexpected that railways could be the root of the first significant innovation in mass passenger transit in more than a century
-
Expert ViewsAutomating the high seas
The world’s first fully automated vessel is expected to set off on its first unmanned voyage by 2022 and that promises to be a good thing for the environment. But the innovation comes from an unlikely corner of the marine industry
-
Expert ViewsTaxis: prosperity and pain
Ride-sharing apps like Uber have been both good and bad for taxi drivers. But the introduction of autonomous vehicles is likely to signal a bleak future for all professional drivers – and challenges for insurers
-
Expert ViewsOne-way ticket to a green future
Climate change concerns are fuelling a change in direction as air travel industry explores environmentally friendlier alternatives. The risks of such innovation are high, but the greatest risk of all is standing still
-
Expert ViewsBuilding predictive analytics into your ERM framework
How bringing together siloed data points from internal and external stakeholders can optimise risk management and drive accurate decision-making, strategically, operationally, and situationally, writes Jim Wetekamp, chief executive at Riskonnect
