The Lloyd's market must evolve and evolve fast or risk driving itself into irrelevance. This was the warning from Lloyd's chief executive Mr. John Neal as he addressed delegates at the 2019 MMC Rising Professionals' Global Forum in London today. ... Continue Reading »
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Marsh & McLennan Stresses Next Generation Industry Leaders Must “Adapt or Face Extinction”
Marsh & McLennan Companies' Rising Professionals’ Global Forum 2019 opened in London today, with approximately 700 delegates attending the two-day event to hear from world class speakers on the central theme for the Forum – Adaption or Extinction. ... Continue Reading »
Asia’s Health Care Industry Reels From Cyberattacks
Health care is one of the sectors most vulnerable to cyberattacks, with more than one in four (27 percent) health care organizations reporting that they have been a victim of a cyberattack in the past 12 months. This is more than financial institutions (20 percent) and nearly twice the incidence in the communications, media and technology sector (14 percent). Despite this, ... Continue Reading »
Healthcare Organizations and Medical Risk: What HCOs Need to Know About the Medical Risks They Own
As healthcare organizations transition their business models from "fee for service" to "fee for value," margin pressure, capital allocation and expense management are pitfalls to a successful transition. We argue that the creation of an integrated risk strategy framework to think about medical risk collectively (the medical risk continuum) will empower healthcare organizations ... Continue Reading »
Modeling Insights
Here we review recent GC Capital Ideas posts covering insights on modeling. A Risk Overview of Wildfire: Today, the frequency and severity of wildfires are garnering greater attention - not only from the media, but also from (re)insurers, catastrophe modelers, mitigation experts and other invested parties. Read the article >> Understanding Flood Risk in Malaysia ... Continue Reading »
The 2019 Captive Landscape
The number of organizations and risk professionals embracing captives as a tool to secure their future continues to grow, according to Marsh's 2019 Captive Landscape report. ... Continue Reading »
Insurance Risk Management 2025: Navigating the Digital Future
How could the insurance industry look in 2025, and what are the implications for the risk function? A video from Guy Carpenter affiliate Oliver Wyman offers a futuristic glimpse of a rapidly evolving industry. The insurance industry of today is already highly complex. However, this complexity is only likely to increase as business models evolve, the speed of change regarding ... Continue Reading »
GC Capital Ideas Top Stories: May, 2019
1. Chart: Combined Ratio For Guy Carpenter Reinsurance Composite, Year-End 2018: Chart presents combined ratio of the Guy Carpenter Global Reinsurance Composite, 2005 through year-end 2018. View the chart >> 2. A Risk Overview Of Wildfire: Today, the frequency and severity of wildfires are garnering greater attention - not only from the media, but also from ... Continue Reading »
Global Insurance Pricing Rises in First Quarter of 2019
Dean M. Klisura, President, Global Placement, Marsh Contact Average insurance pricing in the first quarter of 2019 in the United States increased by 1.1 percent, year over year. Property pricing increased 4 percent and has now increased each quarter since the fourth quarter of 2017, a period marked by catastrophe losses that included an above-average North American ... Continue Reading »
From Risk To Strategy: Embracing The Technology Shift
Technological change and digitalization can help risk functions in Asia Pacific increase their efficiency and effectiveness, but this will require new skills at an individual level, a supportive organizational environment and a well-managed transformation program. ... Continue Reading »
