Latest Emerging Risks Headlines
All the headlines from our Emerging Risks Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Willis Towers Watson Partners with Polecat Intelligence on Emerging Risk Analysis
Dec 18 2020 // Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced a partnership with Polecat Intelligence Ltd,, a business intelligence and data analytics company. Together, they are developing insurance...
An Emerging Risk of COVID-19 Pandemic: Rusty Pilots Making Flying Errors
Dec 1 2020 // On Sept. 15, an Indonesian flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew to the northern city of Medan momentarily veered off the runway after landing, sparking an investigation by the country’s transport safety...
Emerging Mkt Infrastructure Projects to Bring Premiums of $50B in Next Decade: Sigma
Jun 18 2020 // Investment in infrastructure development is set to be one of the main drivers of growth in emerging markets after the COVID-19 crisis subsides, according to Swiss Re’s latest sigma report. Emerging markets will...
Edge Computing, Supply Chains, Deepfakes Among 2020’s Top Emerging Risks: Swiss Re
Jun 12 2020 // Pandemic threats were once on the list of potential emerging risks facing the insurance industry and society. Now that this risk has materialized with the COVID-19 crisis, it is perhaps a good time to take a look at the...
Data Driven Business Models to Affect Entire Insurance Value Chain: Swiss Re Report
Feb 10 2020 // Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, according to Swiss Re’s latest...
Data Driven Business Models to Affect Entire Insurance Value Chain: Swiss Re Report
Feb 3 2020 // Digital transformation empowers consumers to be more informed and independent, and equips insurers with the tools to develop new tailored products and services and refine existing ones, said the latest sigma report...
How Emerging Risks for Medical Device Manufacturers Create Opportunities for Agents
Oct 7 2019 // The medical device industry is an expanding market with significant growth forecasted over the next decade. According to KPMG data, global predictions reveal the life sciences sector will grow by more than 5% per year,...
Specialty Lines Insurance: Innovating at the Edges of Society and the Economy
Sep 17 2019 // Emerging risks with little or no claims history can be notoriously difficult to underwrite—but many specialty lines companies are finding ways to put their toes in the water to insure these new risks, especially when...
Chubb, Hiscox, Tokio, Other Lloyd’s Underwriters Form Innovation Facility to Insure Emerging Risks
Jun 26 2019 // A group of Lloyd’s underwriters has launched a new facility with £53 million ($67.5 million) of capacity that is designed to speed up re/insurance product development for new and emerging risks. The Product...
Tokio Marine Looking for Insurance Acquisitions in Asia, Other Markets
Jun 25 2019 // Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. is seeking acquisition opportunities in Asian emerging markets and elsewhere as it seeks to double profits from those regions, according to the new chief of Japan’s largest...
Emerging Economies to Take Larger Stake in Global Growth in 10 Years
Mar 18 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry during the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...
Missouri’s POWERS Insurance & Risk Management Launches Emerging Risks Unit
Mar 12 2019 // POWERS Insurance and Risk Management, headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri, has launched an emerging risks division. This new sector will focus on insurance risk strategies that are aligned with cyber, technology, cannabis...
Emerging Markets to Drive Global Insurance Growth over Next Decade: Swiss Re’s Sigma
Mar 8 2019 // Emerging markets will remain the growth engine of the global economy and insurance industry over the next decade, reflecting a continuing shift of economic power from west to east, according to Swiss Re Institute’s...
15 Emerging Risks from Policies to Playgrounds, Sandboxes to Scooters
Oct 18 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
Largest African Insurer Sanlam Completes Acquisition of Morocco’s Saham Finances
Oct 11 2018 // Sanlam Ltd., Africa’s largest insurer by market value, said it fulfilled all the conditions for the $1.1 billion purchase of the shares it doesn’t already own in Morocco’s Saham Finances SA after...
Global Insurers in Mood to Take on New Investment Risks
Sep 18 2018 // Despite challenging market conditions, insurers are in a relatively upbeat mood and ready to increase their risk exposure, according to a study from investment advisor BlackRock. Almost half (47%) of insurers surveyed plan...
More Super Regional P/C Carriers Ready to Dive Into Specialty Lines
Sep 17 2018 // There’s Opportunity in Unusual and Emerging Risks, Sullivan Tells Carriers The current economic and business wave presents property/casualty insurance carriers with opportunities to expand or differentiate themselves...
Allianz Chief Economist El-Erian Q&A on Trump Trade Battles, Emerging Markets, Brexit
Sep 12 2018 // The trade battles being pursued by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration are likely to lead to fairer but still free global trade, said Mohamed El-Erian, chief economic advisor at the Allianz Group,...
15 Emerging Risks Worth Watching That Are Not Cyber
Sep 3 2018 // When insurance experts are asked what they see as the most important emerging risk for the property/casualty insurance industry, their consensus is cyber in some form. While cyber obviously poses tremendous risks, some...
Emerging Opportunities
Sep 3 2018 // Sometimes emerging risks are hiding in plain sight. As was the case for the man who was seriously injured when he fell through the floor in a museum in Portugal. The exhibit was designed to look like a hole in the floor...
