Big Data

AON Risk Report Looks at Potential Threats Around the World

Risk is a notoriously difficult thing to calculate accurately. As the insurance industry changes and Artificial Intelligence is used to assess consumers, businesses and nations, it will be interesting to see how much weight AI […]

Emerging Risk

Opinion: Cybercrime Attacks Are a Huge Challenge for Insurers

In this Opinion article, Alison Martin, Group Chief Risk Officer at Zurich Insurance Group, takes a look at cybercrime and how this rising, and ever-changing type of risk, poses challenges for the insurance sector; In […]

Emerging Risk

Allianz Partner With Flock on Drone Insurance

Allianz Global and Corporate is teaming up with Flock, an app-based insurance provider, to promote drone insurance cover to a wider market. Drone use, especially in the commercial sector is growing rapidly, and has obvious […]

Emerging Risk

Willis Towers Watson Appoints Tim Rees to Cyber Risk Role

Leading global advisory, broking and solutions company, Willis Towers Watson (NASDAQ:WLTW), today announced the appointment of Tim Rees as Client Engagement and Strategy Leader for the UK Cyber Risk Solutions business. Based in London and […]

Emerging Risk

Cyber Attacks in Finance and Insurance Sector Rise by 80%

The number of cyber-attacks against financial services companies reported to the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has risen by more than 80 per cent in the last year. In 2017, 69 material cyber incidents were reported […]

Business

ECIC Warning on Carillion Debts to Smaller Suppliers

ECIC, the specialist insurer for the mid-size construction and associated trades is warning regional brokers that many of their customers could be facing financial difficulties and possibly failure as part of the fall-out from the […]

Emerging Risk

Changing Face of Product Recall Risks Analyzed by Allianz

Product-related risk is one of the biggest perils facing businesses today, with recall exposures having increased significantly over the past decade, bringing the potential for larger and more complex losses than ever before, warns insurer […]