Mental health problems caused by the COVID-19 infections will be the next pandemic according to a new study published by the Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) in March 2021.
Global reinsurers are expected to post modest underwriting profits in 2021, as increases in reinsurance rates across almost all business lines are expected to outpace loss cost inflation, says Fitch Ratings. Pandemic-related losses are projected to normalise across non-life (re)insurance, life and health reinsurance mortality businesses.
Pandemic-induced economic stress will continue to exacerbate political risk throughout 2021 according to Marsh Specialty's political risk map 2021.
The International Union of Marine Insurance (IUMI) is refocusing efforts on environmental, sustainability and governance (ESG) issues to ensure the marine insurance sector and its clients are better prepared to deal with their impact.
Cyber criminals are now using new and advanced techniques to attack mobile-based banking processes according to a new report by cyber security firm Kaspersky released in April 2021.
More than one third of US motorists worry about possible cyber-attacks on their connected vehicles according to a survey by HSB Insurance.
A record number of organisations worldwide are now carrying out a long-term risk analysis following the COVID-19 pandemic according to a new research by the Business Continuity Institute (BCI).
An in-depth analysis conducted by Willis Re of the results of a set of 17 reinsurers shows that their reported combined ratio deteriorated from 100.6% in 2019 to 104.1% in 2020, due entirely to COVID loss reserving.
The Bahrain Institute of Banking and Financial Studies (BIBF) has issued a book on Islamic insurance in a strategic partnership with Gulf Insurance Group (GIG).
The majority of global CEOs will wait for more than 50% of the population to be vaccinated before returning to the office and nine out of 10 leaders intend to ask their employees to report when they have been vaccinated in order to protect the wider workforce.