Risk Management
How insurers are assisting with the energy transition
How insurers are enabling a “less volatile” transition away from fossil fuels is the focus of the second of two special Insurance Post Podcasts, to coincide with the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference, more commonly known as COP29.
2024 European Insurance Technology Awards winners revealed
Today, Insurance Post is delighted to announce the winners of 2024 European Insurance Technology Awards.
AI and insurance: Hype or reality?
AI’s central place in the future of insurance is secure. After much hype, when can insurers start reaping the benefits and how can they prepare for the future?
Q&A: Mike Brockman, ThingCo
ThingCo founder and CEO Mike Brockman sits down with Insurance Post to talk about why the business has recently been in 'stealth mode,' how he hopes telematics can appeal to a wider audience, and potentially new markets he hopes to expand into.
Spotlight: ESG in insurance
54% of consumers globally said they would like their insurers to offer green financial services, including climate friendly cover.
Blog: Vacant properties – don’t let the risks move in
With empty homes up 10% in five years and the proportion of high street retail premises left vacant hitting a one in seven all-time high, RiskSTOP’s David Reynolds reminds us of the key steps in managing unoccupied buildings.
Could climate change drive an insurance availability crisis?
Climate change is one of the greatest, long-term risks facing the insurance sector.
Ferma vice-president reports lack of ‘concrete action’ to aid net zero transition
Two years on from the Federation of European Risk Management Associations calling out insurers for not doing enough to support clients transitioning to net zero, the body’s vice president has said there has been a lack of concrete improvement.
Spotlight: UK businesses brace for evolving claims risks
The risks facing UK businesses are constantly evolving, and trends in claims follow in their wake. It’s not just a rise in extreme weather events that is contributing to the claims tally for UK businesses.
Spotlight: Why insurance can't afford to ignore RegTech
Within the insurance industry, regulatory pressures are intensifying, operational costs are soaring, and the ever-present threat of compliance violations could destabilise entire businesses.
Over half of risk managers think key risks are set to become uninsurable
More than half of risks managers believe that some of the key business activities and locations are set to become uninsurable, a survey by the Federation of European Risk Management Associations has found.
Verisk London 2024: Catastrophe modelling
In the second in a series of videos recorded at the Verisk Insurance Conference in London, Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift met with industry experts to examine how the sector can get a better view of catastrophe risk.
Why insurers should rethink their approach to tree removal
Freya Chapman, residential lead at ground engineering specialist Mainmark, explains how insurers can triage tree-related subsidence in a low impact way.
Spotlight: Tackling insurance's regulatory tsunami
Waves of regulatory initiatives are driving up costs, reducing profitability and slowing down business for insurance firms. This spotlight focuses on how insurance firms can respond to these challenges and address the regulatory tsunami.
2024 AI handbook for insurance leaders
AI will touch nearly every aspect of insurance - from broker operations to underwriting to risk management to claims processing and beyond. Insurers that adopt AI effectively will have an insurmountable advantage.
Spotlight: Why we need risk management for everyone, not just the 2%
For over 200 years, the insurance industry has understood the benefits of risk management in reducing and controlling exposure. But in a world of emerging and evolving risks, the traditional way of making improvements through site surveys creates a…
Spotlight: Emerging risks in the property sector
The property sector faces a number of long-established risks from storms and floods to subsidence and fires. However, new risks are emerging all the time and the insurance industry must make sure customers are aware and are prepared to face them. Tim…
Spotlight: UK businesses brace for evolving claims risks
It’s not just a rise in extreme weather events that is contributing to the claims tally for UK businesses. Tim Evershed explores the gaps in insurance cover in the workplace
Howden and Microsoft launch climate risk platform
Howden has collaborated with Microsoft on a platform aimed at enabling clients to manage climate risk and increase climate resilience.
ESG Spotlight: Can SME commercial insurers drive profitable growth with ESG data?
ESG continues to act as a catalyst for change, with its reach having extended to the UK SME sector.
Terrorism legislation ‘likely’ to result in increased D&O claims
Legislation tabled in parliament last week is “likely” to result in more directors’ and officers’ claims and renewed demand for public liability cover, law firm DAC Beachcroft has warned.
ESG Spotlight: Ethics, talent and underwriting profit - how ESG can help insurers
Although most insurers are not yet fully embracing ESG in working practices, a group of UK insurers are showing best practice – from pricing and underwriting to staff motivation and community investment.
Look to the skies to manage climate change risk
By leveraging advanced technologies like satellite data, Forbes McKenzie, founder and CEO of McKenzie Intelligence Services, argues insurers can better predict, manage and mitigate the impact of increasingly common frequency and severe natural disasters.
Government uncertain on Martyn’s Law’s insurance implications
Martyn’s Law, which will require public venues to boost their preparedness for terrorist attacks, has finally been introduced to parliament.