All supply chain articles
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NewsCommodity traders face geopolitical turbulence, Willis warns
Tariffs, maritime disruption and regional conflicts are reshaping global commodity flows, as a Willis report highlights the sector’s exposure to escalating geopolitical and geoeconomic risk
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NewsSupply chain fragility reshapes risk strategies as cyber and geopolitical threats escalate
Businesses worldwide are reassessing supply chain risk management in light of growing digital and geopolitical threats, with insurance solutions struggling to keep pace, according to a new report from WTW.
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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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NewsSwiss Re Sonar report: ‘Beyond broken infrastructure’
A new paper from Swiss Re explores cascading effects of natural disasters and other emerging risks.
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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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NewsDUAL Europe acquires marine team from Swiss Re
Genoa-based marine team acquisition gives MGA DUAL the mandate to underwrite marine business on behalf of Swiss Re as capacity provider.
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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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NewsRising political risk for emerging market manufacturing hubs - Verisk Maplecroft
Heightened political risks are overshadowing a ‘friendshoring’ shift, according to report data from Verisk Maplecroft.
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NewsCyclone Gabrielle costs NZ insurers $1.5 billion
Catastrophes represent ”one of the most challenging periods for the insurance industry since the Canterbury earthquake sequence” - PERILS
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NewsUkraine ‘protection gaps’ must be addressed
Solutions for supply chain, reputation and other risks are needed to tackle ’seismic’ change - Lloyd’s and Aon
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NewsTipping towards disaster
In this ever-more destabilised world, the post-Cold War rules no longer apply, explains Dragonfly’s Henry Wilkinson
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NewsBasi: Ukraine is the ‘Hurricane Andrew’ of the specialty markets
Industry must brace for profound changes ahead as economies shift away from globalisation after three decades
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NewsCyber newcos are seeding the pipeline, reveals AM Best
There is significant opportunity to innovate as the risk landscape evolves, but reinsurers are taking a more conservative approach to risk
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NewsUkrainian grain insurance facility secures first placement
Marine cargo and war facility has been extended to clients of Lloyd’s brokers
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NewsInsurance M&A hits ten-year high
The sale of Athene Holding to Apollo Global Management for $7.7 billion is deal of the year so far - Clyde & Co
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NewsSCOR reveals net loss of €239m in H1
Reinsurer reveals it is pulling back from agriculture after taking a €193m hit from droughts in Brazil
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NewsUK: Johnson’s exit creates 'policy vacuum'
A more pragmatic approach to the Northern Ireland protocol would lower the risk of a trade war with the EU
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NewsThousands evacuate as Sydney floods
Over 30,000 people have been impaced as heavy rain and flooding continues to impact New South Wales
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News“No room for complacency” in shipping industry
Crew and port congestion challenges and the war in Ukraine are among the challenging headwinds - AGCS
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NewsHow climate change will shape offshore exposures
Climate change puts offshore energy and shipping sectors under increasing pressure - Chaucer
