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Russia to share legal risks of COVID-19 vaccine

“Russia is so confident in its vaccine that it has not asked for full indemnity and this is a major differentiating factor versus any Western vaccine,” said Kirill Dmitriev, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), the state sovereign wealth fund that is backing the vaccine.

“All of them are asking for full indemnity of legal risks.”

More than 150 nations join global vaccine plan,U.S.,but China absent

With some wealthier nations reticent over COVAX, the plan has highlighted the challenge of distributing vaccines equitably around a world of haves and have-nots.

The vaccine alliance said it expected another 38 wealthy countries to join the initiative in coming days.

It said it had received commitments for $1.4 billion towards vaccine research and development, but a further $700 million-$800 million was urgently needed.

AIR Worldwide Releases updated Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Model for China

An outbreak of African swine fever—a highly infectious and deadly disease—started impacting pigs in China in 2018, resulting in a loss of half of China’s 400 million pigs, or 40% of the world’s total agricultural pig population, as of the first half of 2020.
“China is a leading global producer of wood and paper products; the country’s forests can be insured under the national crop insurance scheme and incur large losses not only from extreme weather but also fire, pests, and disease,In addition, livestock (including poultry) policies now make up about a quarter of agricultural premiums in the country and have a large potential for losses. To get a comprehensive view of agricultural risk in China, companies must consider the risk to crops, forests, and livestock,”said Yizhong Qu, assistant vice president, AIR Worldwide China.

Risk professionals face six challenges in addressing reputational risks:Airmic,RIMS Report 

The six challenges are Unclear definition of reputation,Confusion on the categorization of risks to reputation,No commonly agreed upon, consistent measurement of the business impact from specific risks to reputation,No framework for linking the strategic, operational, and tactical aspects of reputational risk management,An absence of integrated ownership and accountability across organizations and Slow development of solutions for risk transfer including insurance.
The report states that risk professionals today are at a crossroads, where they can follow one of two paths: the first, where they have the responsibility but no influence and control; or the second, where they can contribute value to the organization by leading implementation of a structured, data-driven and systematic approach to reputational risk that draws the whole organization together around a common framework

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