All the headlines from our Emerging Risks Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 22 2013 // Leaders of the world’s major emerging economies are likely to endorse plans at a summit next week to create a joint foreign exchange reserves pool and an infrastructure bank, senior emerging market officials said on...
Mar 19 2013 // To complement its print version, Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon plc, has unveiled a new online and interactive political risk map with data going back more than 15 years. Aon explained the...
Feb 20 2013 // The UK’s RSA posted a solid operating profit of £684 million [$1.047 billion], compared to £727 million [$1.113 billion in 2011; while registering a five percent increase in net written premiums to £8.353 billion...
Jan 16 2013 // A new sigma study – Partnering for food security in emerging markets – from Swiss Re concludes that “global agricultural production must increase by 60 percent to feed the world’s population, which...
Dec 11 2012 // Swiss Re’s latest study, “Global re/insurance review 2012 and outlook 2013/14” provides a somewhat optimistic forecast of the future state of the global economy and the insurance markets.Swiss Re said:...
Dec 4 2012 // Willis Group Holdings has announced a series of senior leadership appointments in its Willis International business unit, “focusing on its UK and wider European operations.” Willis also explained that the new...
Oct 16 2012 // Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson knew when he acceded to his post one year ago that his predecessor, Lord Peter Levene, would be a hard act to follow. Levene served for nine years and oversaw significant...
Oct 8 2012 // Lloyd’s of London Chairman John Nelson knew when he acceded to his post one year ago that his predecessor, Lord Peter Levene, would be a hard act to follow. Levene served for nine years and oversaw significant...
Jun 27 2012 // Swiss Re’s latest sigma study concludes that “global overall premiums declined 0.8 percent in real terms in 2011. While non-life premiums expanded 1.9 percent on solid economic growth in emerging markets and...
May 23 2012 // The American Insurance Association has issued a statement, which points out several instances of a “disconnect between the continued significant global insurance capacity and a strong demand for insurance products...
May 4 2012 // UK-based RSA reported continued strong growth and financial strength in its interim management statement covering the first three months of 2012.Highlights included the following: • Net written premiums of £2.2 billion...
Mar 8 2012 // A survey from London-based Finaccord found that in ten emerging economies, surging car sales have doubled the value of their automotive finance and leasing markets in five years, to reach $182 billionFinaccord said:...
Feb 20 2012 // According to Deloitte’s “2012 Global Insurance Outlook,” emerging property/casualty exposures are prompting coverages for cyber liability, green construction, nanotechnology, global political risk, and...
Jan 24 2012 // A bulletin from Willis Group Holdings identifies 18 “emerging risks,” as causing increasing concern among the world’s insurance community. Willis compiled the list from its new website of intellectual...
Jan 18 2012 // Global economic challenges will make it difficult for insurers to generate growth and profits over the short and long term, however, they might improve their chances for achieving success in 2012 by focusing on new...
Dec 20 2011 // Insurance in emerging markets has “experienced strong growth over the past decade and the outlook for the next decade remains promising,” a Swiss Re sigma study concludes.However, it also notes that...
Dec 19 2011 // The Overseas Private Investment Corp. (OPIC) has arranged new political risk insurance for private equity fund investments in emerging markets.OPIC, the U.S. government’s development finance institution, sees...
Dec 13 2011 // Even though China gets most of the headlines, there’s been slow, but steady, progress for private insurers in Asia’s other billion plus people country – India. Although its rate of growth has slowed recently,...
Nov 7 2011 // There are lots of ideas out there. Some of them come to fruition but most do not. In business, success or failure of an idea often comes down to timing; sometimes other factors come into play.In other words, “not...
Oct 5 2011 // Dr. Josef Ackermann’s keynote speech to delegates at the Risk Management Forum of the Federation of European Risk Management Associations (FERMA) basically described the global financial system as broken and in need...