Latest Emerging Risks Headlines
All the headlines from our Emerging Risks Topic Page, ordered by recency.
People Moves: Tokio Marine HCC CPLG Names New VPs and Head of Emerging Markets
Apr 2 2024 // Tokio Marine HCC – Cyber & Professional Lines Group (CPLG), a member of the Tokio Marine HCC group of companies based in Houston, Texas, named two new vice presidents and a head of emerging markets. CPLG appointed...
3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety
Mar 18 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...
3 Emerging Risks: AI-Driven Civil Unrest, Heavy EVs, Solar Panel Safety
Feb 23 2024 // Technology is poised to take over traditional markets and is rapidly creating new ones. For example, this trend is evidenced by the adoption of electric vehicles, demand for solar energy, and the blistering pace of...
3 Emerging Risks to Watch: Rising Lumber Costs, Solar Flares, Underground Climate Change
Oct 16 2023 // The risk landscape is seemingly ever-expanding. While the insurance industry faces the familiar — yet more costly — severe weather activity, there may be new risks emerging below the surface and above the...
Viewpoint: Biometric Litigation Is Significant Emerging Risk for Insurers
Sep 28 2023 // Executive Summary: Biometric litigation is a significant emerging risk that insurers must now take into consideration, says Jim Blinn, vice president, Client Solutions, Zywave. States are increasingly passing biometric...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re
Jul 17 2023 // Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to the opening of previously frozen waterways in the Arctic and the creation of new shipping and trade...
3 Emerging Risks to Watch: The Rise of Robotics, Infrastructure Spending, Vehicle Subscriptions
Jul 3 2023 // Years ago, it may have been hard to imagine a time when robots could have nine-to-five jobs and handle household chores, drivers could subscribe to luxury vehicle features like heated seats and big infrastructure projects...
Climate Change Leads to ‘Arctic Opening,’ Creating Key Emerging Risk: Swiss Re
Jun 28 2023 // Climate change is the cause of a key emerging risk identified by Swiss Re’s SONAR report, which is leading to the opening of previously frozen waterways in the Arctic and the creation of new shipping and trade...
3 Emerging Risks to Watch: Generative AI, Deceptive Design, Bidirectional EVs
Mar 20 2023 // Innovative technologies can be transformational for businesses, industries and our way of life, but they also represent risks. Advances in new areas of tech, such as artificial intelligence (AI), are creating unforeseen...
Markets/Coverages: Specialist Re/insurer Apollo Announces Partnership With Praedicat to Harness Emerging Risk Insights
Mar 10 2023 // Apollo, the London-based independent specialist insurer and reinsurer, announced a three-year agreement with Praedicat, the California-based emerging risk analytics and modeling company, that will deploy Praedicat’s...
10 Emerging Risks & Markets to Know About
Feb 6 2023 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and a few challenges due to economic forces, tough insurance market conditions, and societal pressure. Here are 10 industry sectors that could see new and emerging...
The Emerging Market for Active Assailant Insurance
Oct 12 2022 // So far in 2022, the U.S. has experienced multiple tragic mass shootings. One only needs to see the images on the news following the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Tex., or the attack during the Fourth of...
Quantum Computing, Lower Construction Quality, Legal Tech Seen as Emerging Risks: Swiss Re
Jul 4 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
Emerging Risks: Quantum Computing, Lower Construction Quality, Legal Tech etc.
Jun 24 2022 // The global community continues to deal with known challenges such as the pandemic, the war in Ukraine, economic turmoil and failing trust in established social institutions. But a report from Swiss Re reminds re/insurers...
10 Emerging Risks to Watch
Feb 7 2022 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and a few challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, economic forces and tough insurance market conditions in 2021. Here are 10 industry sectors that could see new...
Lloyd’s Forms ‘Product Launchpad’ to Develop Insurance Solutions for Emerging Risks
Jan 6 2022 // The “Lloyd’s Product Launchpad” is the new home for the development of insurance solutions to tackle emerging risks. The Lloyd’s Product Launchpad has been created to replace the Product Innovation...
Organizations Miss Competitive Advantage by Underemphasizing Emerging Risks: Marsh
May 19 2021 // Cyber attacks, climate change, geopolitical unrest — organizations agree on what some of the emerging risks that pose threats are. But they lag in understanding just how much of a threat they can be. Despite a broad...
Surfacing Emerging Risks From Covid, Cyber, Civil Unrest, Mergers, and More…
Feb 8 2021 // Insurance Journal examined industries experiencing changes and challenges due to the COVID-19 pandemic, societal unrest and other market forces experienced in 2020. Here are 10 industry sectors that could see new and...
Willis Towers Watson Partners with Polecat Intelligence on Emerging Risk Analysis
Dec 18 2020 // Willis Towers Watson, the global advisory, broking and solutions company, announced a partnership with Polecat Intelligence Ltd,, a business intelligence and data analytics company. Together, they are developing insurance...
An Emerging Risk of COVID-19 Pandemic: Rusty Pilots Making Flying Errors
Dec 1 2020 // On Sept. 15, an Indonesian flight carrying 307 passengers and 11 crew to the northern city of Medan momentarily veered off the runway after landing, sparking an investigation by the country’s transport safety...
