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The silent enemy

Efforts to affirm or exclude cyber from non-specialist products are creating challenges for underwriters and brokers, writes Laura Board...

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Casualty Cyber

Marsh CEO Doyle calls on US to launch pandemic backstop

Marsh president and CEO John Doyle has written to congressional leaders and the Trump administration calling for a pandemic insurance backstop...

Insurance Insider / Article / 7 days ago
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Covid-19 (Coronavirus) Emerging Risks

Opinion: What does history tell us about rising malware claims?

As with K&R risks in the 1960s it has taken time for this type of loss to become quantifiable...

Insurance Insider / Article / 1 month ago
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Claims & Losses Cyber

Opinion: Cyber’s untested tail risk

No precedent has been set on what a cat loss looks like for cyber...

Insurance Insider / Article / 3 months ago
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Cyber Emerging Risks

Industry can do ‘so much more’ on climate risk: Zurich

Zurich’s head of sustainability has called for the insurance industry to do more to prepare communities for climate change...

Insurance Insider / Article / 3 months ago
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Emerging Risks Environment & Climate

Insurers must explain the ‘real price’ of climate change: Michael Butt

The insurance industry should use its technical expertise in pricing risk to convince politicians of the financial impacts associated with climate change, Axis’ chairman and co-founder said...

Insurance Insider / Article / 5 months ago
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Emerging Risks Environment & Climate

When the torches and pitchforks come out, it’s time to focus on careful underwriting

Hurricane season is drawing to a close and wildfires in California are dwindling. But now another “storm” with massive potential impact is gaining strength, and starting to wreak havoc on insurers’ bottom lines...