All insurance protection gap articles
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Opinion
Opinion: Why unconventional industries require an innovative approach to risk and insurance
Unconventional industries like 3D printing, space mining, and cryptocurrency may find it difficult to access traditional insurance. A hybrid approach can help, says Randy Sadler, a risk management expert and captive insurance manager at CIC Services
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Analysis
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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Analysis
Claims inflation will extend hard market - sigma
Global insurance premiums are set to surpass $7 trillion for the first time, with the UK and France showing strong growth in Europe
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Analysis
CFC issues ransomware warning to SMEs
The ‘BazarCall’ attack is responsible for an increasing number of malware infections observed by CFC over the past three months
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Analysis
UNDP partners with Generali to tackle protection gap
The partnership will support developing countries’ access insurance and risk finance solutions
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Analysis
Q1 nat cat losses reach $32 billion
Climate-related losses are likely to escalate with every additional increment of global warming - Aon
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Analysis
Corporates facing ‘resilience fatigue’ - Beazley
Institutional burnout is a particular threat in pandemic-exposed sectors such as health, travel, education and hospitality
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Analysis
WTW launches ports and terminals risk forum
It is collaborating with the University of Cambridge Centre for Risk Studies to develop an index of risk disruptors
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Analysis
Brexit remains a top risk for UK firms
Recession, skills shortage, supply chain disruption and loss of reputation are other key concerns - Aviva
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Analysis
Campaigners target reinsurers in Baden Baden
Only a few reinsurers have so far publicly committed to phase out coal from their treaty business
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Analysis
‘Radical fresh thinking’ needed to tackle protection gaps
The Covid-19 pandemic has shone a - sometimes uncomfortable – spotlight on the insurance industry
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Analysis
Lloyd’s: Insurers must address emerging geopolitical risks
New report calls for innovation around insurance for geopolitical risks to address the “significant protection gap”
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Analysis
Nat cats cost $77 billion in 1H
Insured losses are the second highest on record for a first half as climate change results in greater weather extremes - Swiss Re sigma
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Analysis
Workplace reopenings present new risks
Long COVID, differing attitudes to social distancing and reluctance to return to the workplace are among the key challenges
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Analysis
Physical climate risk to test limits of diversification - Fitch
Companies with strong internal coordination and contingency planning will be better placed to respond to climate shocks