Climate Crisis Is Top Risk Facing World for Next Decade: World Economic Forum Survey January 11, 2022 By Alessandra Migliaccio There’s little faith in the global economic recovery accelerating, with officials and business leaders citing climate change and rising social...
COVID-19 Crisis Accelerates Labor Shift from Humans to Robots: WEF Survey October 21, 2020 Robots will destroy 85 million jobs at mid-sized to large businesses over the next five years as the COVID-19 pandemic...
Risk Professionals Reassess Top Risks During Post-COVID Era June 8, 2020 Reaching out to some of the same risk professionals that respond to the its “Global Risks Report” each year, the...
Risk Managers Expect Prolonged Recession From COVID-19: World Economic Forum May 19, 2020 Risk managers expect a prolonged global recession as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, a report by the World Economic...
Insurtech Firm CyberCube Calls on Insurers to Set Global Cyber-Security Standards January 22, 2020 CyberCube, an insurtech focused on cyber risk analytics, is calling on the insurance industry to set global cyber-security standards as...
Financial Services CEOs in Davos Complain They Can’t Save Planet Without Clients’ Help January 21, 2020 By Viren Vaghela As the financial industry comes under pressure to avoid funding dirty energy, the heads of Citigroup Inc. and Zurich Insurance...
World Economic Forum Sounds Alarms About Climate Change Risks January 15, 2020 By Jill Ward The World Economic Forum is sounding alarm bells on climate change, with environmental risks occupying the group’s top five long-term...
Cyber-Attacks Named as Top Business Risk in U.S., Canada and Europe, by WEF Survey October 1, 2019 By L.S. Howard Cyber-attacks are named as the leading risk for business executives in the United States, Canada and Europe, according to a...
Failure to Mitigate Climate Change, Cyber Attacks Are Top Global Threats: WEF January 17, 2019 By Jill Ward The failure to tackle climate change and extreme weather events are the most threatening global risks this year, according to...
WEF Helps Create Fintech Cyber Security Consortium; Members Include Zurich, Citigroup March 7, 2018 By Anna Irrera The World Economic Forum has led the creation of an industry consortium focused on improving the cyber security of financial...