All geopolitics articles
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NewsMiddle East PV continues to soften amid new London market entrants – IGI’s Abulqasim
Zuhair Abulqasim, senior underwriter for political violence at IGI, based in the DIFC, will be joining the PV roundtable taking place during DWIC 2025.
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NewsDWIC speaker preview: Crisis management lessons with WTW’s Thomson-Hall
At next month’s Dubai World Insurance Congress (DWIC) 2025 event in Dubai, speaker Pamela Thomson-Hall, CEO, international, WTW, will share insights on managing geopolitical risk crises.
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NewsPolitical risk capacity rises to record $3.5bn – Gallagher report
Gallagher Specialty released the Q1 iteration of its structured credit and political risk study, highlighting shifts in economic and foreign policy since Donald Trump’s second inauguration.
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NewsThreats to assets and people dominate crisis management landscape – WTW
Political repatriations, kidnap and malicious risk threats dominate the crisis management landscape, according to Willis.
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NewsDavid Howden plea to brokers stresses London’s ‘untapped potential’
In a rapidly evolving geopolitical landscape, insurance alone has the power to de-risk potentially trillions currently sitting untouched on company balance sheets, according to Howden Group’s chief executive.
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NewsClimate, technology and geopolitics lead 2025 risks – Beazley CEO
Three overarching key risk areas emerged from Beazley’s ‘Risk & Resilience Predictions for 2025’, the re/insurer’s CEO, Adrian Cox revealed.
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NewsResilience fears lead WTW client study
Some 80% of risk leaders concerned about their organisations’ emerging-risk resilience in the next decade, according to a new WTW survey.
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NewsSwiss Re: major economies 'robust'; set to drive insurance growth
Non-life hard market expected to continue over 2024 and 2025, as inflation and rising claims costs push rates higher, according to The Swiss Re Institute.
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NewsInternational order ‘in decline’ – WTW political risk report
A political risk insurance report from the broker highlights the decline of consensus on the liberal international order, summarising it as at best, ‘lukewarm’.
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NewsGeopolitical tensions highlight supply chain exposures – Marsh McLennan forum
Current tensions stress the importance of understanding supply chain exposures, Lord Sedwill, a cross-bench peer from the UK’s upper house of Parliament, told the Marsh McLennan Rising Professionals’ Global Forum 2024.
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News“Grey zone” losses prompt action – WTW geopolitics report
Some 47% of firms have experienced a political risk loss in excess of $50m, broker WTW warned, and 96% said they have invested in political risk management capabilities.
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NewsHowden launches Red Sea cargo war risk facility
First of its kind insurance facility within an active conflict zone to protect ships and strengthen global supply chains.
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News‘Holiday from history’ is over – Howden geopolitical risk report
A record number of elections in 2024, amid escalating geopolitical risks, underscore the value of political violence and political risk insurance, Howden emphasised.
