Rare books are collectible items which can carry hefty price tags. As more than 100 countries around the world prepare to celebrate World Book Day,the risks associated with collections of valuable books can be managed and transferred

India’s huge groundwater-dependent population, uncertain climate-reliant recharge processes and indiscriminate land use changes with urbanization are among the many factors that have rendered the Indian groundwater scenario to become a global paradigm for water scarcity, for both quantity and quality

The sharing of assets and services creates new opportunities but also new risks. It can be difficult for traditional insurance coverages to be applied to disruptive sharing economy models as assets are fragmented – owned and shared amongst users – and new multi-party relationships between platforms, providers and consumers draw further questions around who is ultimately responsible for managing and mitigating risk.

Last year political risk increased in eleven countries, compared to only two countries that saw reduced risk, showing the persistence of political risk across the globe, highlighted by increases in political violence and supply chain disruption. Many countries’ risks of supply chain disruption have risen due to both climate shocks and weakening fiscal positions.

The thing about cyber risk is that it is evolving at a pace which most companies will find hard to keep up with; attacks are getting more sophisticated – from distributed denial of service attacks to ‘man-in-the-middle’ attacks, the risk just keeps changing.