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India’s Cloudburst Challenges:Insurance gaps & Future safeguards
The entire Himalayan belt is increasingly vulnerable to...
Aerospace Industry: Facing strong supply chain headwinds
“Airlines depend on a reliable supply chain to operate and grow...
Professional Indemnity: Emerging global liability trends for professional services firms
A new report from professional indemnity (PI) insurer Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty (AGCS) identifies a number of emerging liability trends for companies, ranking them by level of anticipated impact, potential drivers of loss activity and the likely ease...
Cyber Insurance: Global premiums could exceed $50 billion by 2030, predicts Howden
Dan Leahy, Associate Director, said: “Having navigated the early phases of development that often come with new, fast growing lines of business, the cost of cyber insurance is now more commensurate with loss costs following the recent correction. Whilst the first half...
Future of Forests: France’s wildfires ignite debate on cutting planet-heating emissions
Globally, rising temperatures and land-use change are projected to result in a 50% rise in the number of catastrophic wildfires by 2100, according to the U.N. Environment Programme - and governments around the world are grappling with how best to protect their forests...
Insurtech: Tougher funding environment, but represents a massive $7 trillion opportunity
Insurance is still a strongly underfunded market, especially in areas such as life insurance. Operational efficiency is now a must for insurtechs and insurers. Insurtech startups are enabling operational efficiency through the whole value chain Insurtech has also...
Heat Wave: Rising fatalities just a foretaste of what is to come
McKinsey Global Institute estimates that the lost labor from work in areas exposed to extreme heat, such as construction and agriculture, could put at risk up to 4.5% of India’s GDP by 2030 “Many places that need to have local heat action plans do not have one,” said...
Global protection gap reaches a new high of $1.8 trillion in 2022
`We see the world economy today as in need of a sustained reload in resilience. The value of unprotected risk exposure globally has risen steadily in the past five years. We estimate about 43% of risk globally was unprotected by assets or insurance in 2022, improved...
Read the tea leaves: Climate change taking toll on Darjeeling tea gardens and workers
The changing weather patterns have made it increasingly challenging to harvest even two kilograms per day of high-quality tea leaves, a fraction of the six-seven kilograms per day till 2015 The implications of climate change ripple through every aspect of their lives....
Emerging Risks: From frozen Arctic to hacking AI
Patrick Raaflaub, Swiss Re's Group Chief Risk Officer, said: "The concurrent increases in economic interests, environmental change and geopolitical tensions make the Arctic a hotbed for emerging risks and potential risk accumulation. With SONAR, we aim to proactively...
Mental Health: You’re not alone
Declining mental health is a longer-term trend, and it’s likely work demands have also played a role. Research identifies three main workplace contributors to mental ill-health: imbalanced job design when people have high job demand yet low job control, occupational...
Going Digital: Customising Premiums for Policyholders
Anuj Parekh, Co-founder and CEO,Healthysure How Technology advancements makes it easier to customize plans to an individual’s unique needs and bring down the premiums In a world where digital advancements are constantly reshaping our lives, the Indian insurance...