Risk Management
Tackling flood risk: Expert insights to protect your future
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Spotlight: Buildings underinsurance
This Insurance Post Spotlight series explores the widespread problem of buildings underinsurance, its impact on business owners and individuals, and how insurers and brokers can help customers address the issue.
Blog: What impact will construction costs have on underinsurance?
After a relatively stable 2024 compared with recent years, RebuildCostASSESSMENT.com’s Ben Richmond explores what 2025 could look like for construction inflation and material costs, and the likely impact on buildings underinsurance.
War and extreme weather top global risk ranking
State-based armed conflict has topped the World Economic Forum’s list of short-term risks, while extreme weather events dominate landed the long term top spot.
Verisk London 2024: Key takeaways
In the fourth and final video recorded at the Verisk Insurance Conference in London, Insurance Post content director Jonathan Swift spoke to delegates and speakers about the lessons they learned at this year’s event.
How to make your business sustainable
Simon Burkitt, sustainability lead at Aviva, has outlined steps insurers can take towards achieving net zero status in 2025.
Verisk London 2024: Experience the possible
In the first in a series of videos recorded at the Verisk Insurance Conference in London, Insurance Post editor Emma Ann Hughes interviewed speakers and delegates about the transformative power of data, analytics, and artificial intelligence.
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.
Spotlight: The emerging risks in property and business
This Insurance Post Spotlight series explores some of the new and emerging risks affecting business premises and the workplace, and how insurers and brokers can help customers stay prepared.
Ageas's Linklater on climate changing the role of insurers
View from the Top: Ageas UK claims director Stephen Linklater says that more frequent extreme weather events is broadening insurers’ responsibilities.
Roundtable: Staying ahead of insurance fraud
At a recent roundtable discussion, hosted by Insurance Post in association with LexisNexis Risk Solutions, an expert panel discussed the trends insurers are seeing around fraud, and the solutions firms are deploying to keep up with the increasingly…
Martyn’s Law highlights how risk management has the power to protect lives
RiskSTOP’s Johnny Thomson reflects on how a recent conversation with two people deeply affected by acts of terrorism, brought to light the positive impact insurance driven risk management is capable of having on all our lives.
ABI’s Clark says insurers can’t tackle climate change alone
Trade Voice: As the UK's extreme weather problem worsens, Louise Clark, general insurance policy adviser at the Association of British Insurers, calls on the government to take action.
Using AI in insurance underwriting for accelerated time-to-value
By turning to AI in insurance underwriting, insurers can avoid costly delays, streamline processes, improve accuracy, and create an optimal customer experience.
City of London to host summit to champion financial services
The City of London Corporation has today (11 December) announced the inaugural Global Risk Summit in London on 21 May 2025.
Environmental Audit Committee launches flood resilience inquiry
The Environmental Audit Select Committee has launched an inquiry to identify how to boost England’s flood resilience.
Spotlight: Buildings underinsurance – a hybrid solution?
The issue of underinsurance has created a dynamic landscape of both opportunity and challenge in the field of buildings insurance valuations. Johnny Thomson explains how the current period calls for innovative solutions that align with technological…
Spotlight: Buildings underinsurance – what can be done?
While tackling underinsurance can lead to greater levels of trust between an insurer and the policyholder, failure to take action can have significant downsides including reputational damage and even legal action, writes Tim Evershed
Spotlight: Why buildings underinsurance is bad for business
Based on current statistics, the insurance industry has some way to go in tackling buildings underinsurance. But for brokers that make a concerted effort to address this issue, client loyalty is a potential reward that cannot be ignored, as Tim Evershed…
Navigating regulatory tides in P&C insurance
In an industry where regulations shift as quickly as the tides, property and casualty insurers across the EMEA region must adjust their course to navigate emerging rules on the horizon.
Ireland construction trends: Industry report
HSB's report considers the key trends that are influencing Ireland’s construction market prospects and impacting construction insurance risks, from the small tool theft epidemic to the modern technologies which could enable the high demand for…
Why the NHS needs cyber insurers’ help
Tom Draper, head of insurance, UK, at Coalition, explains how the NHS is vulnerable to cyber attacks and explains ways insurers can come to the rescue of the nation's healthcare provider.
Storm Bert shows insurers must demand building rules change
Editor’s View: If you want to know why people recoil, rather than embrace you, when you say you work in insurance, Emma Ann Hughes recommends you type into Google: ‘What does the insurance industry need to do about the growing number of named storms?’
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.