Opinion: Growing lithium-ion battery fire lawsuits pose an emerging risk for insurers
March 8 2024 by Mithun Varkey
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Opinion: European regulator’s climate conundrum poses questions for South-East Asia’s risk mitigation
- April 26
Excluding high-risk areas from coverage does not provide a viable solution, as all actors need to work together to address climate risk, including the P&C sector, governments and society.
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Opinion: Baltimore marine disaster serves as potent warning for Asia marine market
- April 1
With rates sure to correct for the multi-billion dollar loss from the event, the region has more at stake with mega-vessels concentrating trade into fewer mega-ports, which can lead to potentially higher risks and mega-claims.
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Opinion: AI will tip the balance – the question is, when?
- March 26
While algorithms are great at working with tried and tested data and assumptions, conceptualising scenarios outside the given parameters is not within their capabilities and an underwriter’s assessment is still needed.
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Opinion: How long will it take for Asia to bridge the nat cat protection gap?
- March 1
Despite Asia constantly hitting records with the costliest catastrophes happening in the region, the sort of nat cat cover that can be bought in many economies in Asia Pacific is necessarily constrained and ineffective in the face of the growing threat from climate change.
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FM Global | Resilience: No longer a choice
As climate disclosure becomes mandatory and new risks emerge from natural hazards, understanding the tools that are available to build resilience is more important than ever.
