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Supply Chain Disruptions
Certain natural catastrophes, such as the 2010 floods in Thailand and the 2011 Tohoku and 2016 Kumamoto earthquakes in Japan, have served as stark reminders that loss of life, property damage and ...
Reinsurers Back in Business, Execs Say—With Some Reservations
Reinsurers are officially back in business as insurance companies returned as buyers this year. But a trend exemplified by Chubb's venture with BlackRock could dampen any potential surge in demand, ...
New Technologies: A Double-Edged Sword for Insurance Companies
The insurance industry is on the horns of a dilemma: how to use new technologies to improve their operations and how to insure the risks these new technologies present to their customers. Situation ...
Staying Ahead of Workplace Violence by Identifying Behaviors of Concern
In most incidents involving violence in the workplace, there are warning signs that precede an event, according to Jim Satterfield, president, COO and founder of crisis coaching firm Firestorm. ...
How Risk Management Can Fuel Innovation
We generally do not tend to think of innovation and risk management as compatible themes. Innovation conjures up images of bold new ideas, thinking outside the box, disrupting established ways of ...
Europe Flood Risk: A New Growth Opportunity for the Industry
Flood events are not restricted by geopolitical borders. In a landmass with multiple adjacent countries such as Europe, flood risk can have a wide-reaching impact on both business and ...
Artificial Intelligence in Commercial Insurance
"Artificial intelligence" (AI) is splashed across the daily headlines. For example, an AI application recently beat the human Go champion, autonomous cars are edging closer to mainstream use, social ...
Cyber Terrorism a Major Concern for U.S. Businesses
U.S. businesses focused on addressing crisis management in the event of an on-premise terrorist attack may be leaving their information systems vulnerable to a cyber attack. According to The Global ...