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The converging shocks to global trade
From conflict around the Strait of Hormuz to European wildfires, the convergence of risks from multiple unrelated events is creating significant pressure for global trade
Marine 2027: Softer pricing, harder risks
The headline safety trend for hull & yacht is positive, cargo underwriting is increasingly an exercise in understanding accumulation, and the opportunity for shipyards lies in a strong construction and refit pipeline
Europe’s AI Act is a wake-up call for insurers
Act’s new transparency requirements should prompt insurers to evaluate their approach to artificial intelligence
‘Punching shear’ is a major new post-Grenfell risk
Huge potential exposures could drive some commercial property and professional indemnity insurers out of the market
Risks reshaping P&I insurance on the road to 2027
There are six main risks currently impacting decision-making in the protection & indemnity sector
Chronic climate risks threaten data centre surge
Data centre stakeholders can better manage longer-term climate risks, such as heat and drought, that may increase cooling costs, squeeze margins and threaten insurability
Cyber’s systemic risk problem
Systemic cyber risk does not lend itself to straightforward insurance solutions
The hidden risk from building defects following a fire loss
A fire claim can evolve into a much larger and more complex issue if investigations reveal defects in a building’s fire protection measures
Ditch the Katrina playbook
Two decades after Hurricane Katrina, are insurers ready for a completely different kind of $100-plus billion disaster?
Why climate-driven risks call for a new underwriting model
The intersection between climate and technology will drive significant opportunity across the risk landscape over the coming decades
Fixing delegated authority after Blueprint Two
A faster bordereaux process is not sufficient to resolve what is effectively a control problem
The political violence market must respond to growing grey zone threat
Political violence risk can no longer be assessed only through the lens of war or terrorism — it must also account for disruption that sits below the threshold of open conflict
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