Risk
How to Model Systemic and Emerging Risks for Liability Risk Management
While insurers' use of models to analyze and quantify risk is well established in the property space, it's becoming increasingly important in the casualty space. The use of models in this area has ...
Strategic Portfolio Management Needed to Address Wildfire Risk
Economic losses from wildfires remain a concern for 2023, despite last year's average season, according to a new report by Gallagher Re. Climate change, shifting weather patterns and homes that ...
Titan Sub’s Unique Design May Have Destined It for Disaster
The deadly implosion of the Titan submersible raises questions about whether the vessel exploring the Titanic wreckage was destined for disaster because of its unconventional design and its creator's ...
Court Rules U.S. Must Pay For Contributing to 2011 Mo. River Flooding
The U.S. government may have to pay tens of millions of dollars—or more—to landowners along the Missouri River after a court ruled it worsened flooding there since 2007 that killed crops and ...
Viewpoint: Why Activists Should Rethink Hard Insurance Exits From Fossil Fuel Underwriting
Insurers play an important role in helping protect families, businesses and communities as our economy transitions to a greener energy future. However, those protections are coming under increased ...
InsurTechs Need to Prioritize Data, Resilience to Tackle Climate Challenges
Swiss Re estimated in its latest sigma report that in 2021, natural catastrophes resulted in total global economic losses of $270 billion. The level of insurance coverage for these climate related ...
Endocrine Disruption Litigation Has Arrived
How long does it take for science to identify a new type of harm from commercial activity before litigation tries to hold the businesses accountable? It has been more than 50 years since scientists ...
NYC Sinking Under Weight of Buildings as Rising Oceans Threatens its Banks
If rising oceans aren't worry enough, add this to the risks New York City faces: The metropolis is slowly sinking under the weight of its skyscrapers, homes, asphalt and humanity itself. New research ...