Economic unrest is expected to threaten security in Asia Pacific more than anywhere in the world and on par with Sub-Saharan Africa according to the first edition of World Security Report published by the British multinational security company G4S.
Social unrest, strike action and political activism are on the rise across the globe, triggered by inequality and the growing concern that social liberties are being eroded according to a new report by Gallagher.
A new predictive strikes, riots, and civil commotion (SRCC) data model, providing forecasts for thousands of global locations on the potential for damaging civil unrest events to emerge, has been released by Verisk's risk intelligence business, Verisk Maplecroft.
Climate change poses grave threats to countries across Africa, especially to fragile and conflict-affected states according to a new blog by IMF.
The riots, strikes and terrorism market in South Africa experienced the first hardening since its birth past 9/11 and continues to harden, says global insurance broker Aon in its "Insurance State of the Market 2023" report.
The insurance markets across Property and Casualty; Riot, Strikes and Terrorism; Motor; Cyber and Errors & Omissions (E&O) have been heavily impacted by three overarching local and global events, according to the latest Aon "Insurance State of the Market 2023" report on South Africa.
Lloyd's of London underwriters are leading insurers in raising rates and cutting the amount of cover they offer for risks involving Taiwan as concerns grow over possible military action by China, according to a Reuters report quoting industry sources with knowledge of the matter.
Protests against government energy policies are among the most important drivers of global cost-of-living unrest, according to the latest research.
Conflict deaths are higher than they have ever been this century according to the 17th edition of the Global Peace Index (GPI). The new GPI published in June 2023 revealed that over 238,000 people were killed in conflicts in 2022.
Over the past year much of the developed world has been hit by double digit inflation and rising interest rates, with a sharp fall in real incomes. This has increased public discontent and led to an increase in incidents of global civil unrest according to specialty (re)insurance group Chaucer.