Supply Chain Paralysis Tops Black Swan Risks By Kostas Papapetridis Businesses identify supply chain paralysis from geopolitical conflict as their most likely Black Swan scenario.
Geopolitical Risks Threaten Cobalt Supplies By Andreas Fabricius Vesa Hakanen Cobalt mining's concentration in politically unstable regions threatens critical supply chains powering the global energy transition.
Redefining the Role of the International Broker By Arthur Michelino A persistent misconception reduces international insurance brokers to facilitators when they should function as strategic system designers.
The Full Cost of a Cyberattack By Martyn Janes Cyberattacks cost U.K. businesses far more than recovery expenses, with hidden impacts bankrupting 60% of small companies within months.
Why Geopolitical Intelligence Is Now Key By Pierre du Rostu As geopolitical threats surge and create a "polycrisis," insurers must pivot from reactive coverage to intelligence-driven risk prevention.
Making Pressure Legible in International Broking By Arthur Michelino Mapping connections, and their weight, provides a better way of looking at, and managing, the role of the broker.
Agencies Need Multilingual Customer Support By Faheem Shakeel Language barriers challenge insurance agencies' growth, but multilingual CRM technology transforms these obstacles into competitive advantages.
International Broking: Beyond the Transactional View By Arthur Michelino As multinational programs grow complex, international broking demands system coordination over traditional workflow management.
The Promise of Continuous Underwriting By Bill Deemer Bobby Touran Typically, a risk is underwritten, bound... and forgotten. But new streams of data and automation allow for continuous underwriting.
Convergence and the Insurance Ecosystem By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers Companies must anticipate the future, innovate beyond their core and transform their capabilities as rapidly as technology allows.
Lemonade's 'Synthetic Agent' Nonsense By Matteo Carbone Desperate for growth, Lemonade produces another howler: A lender receiving a 16% interest rate is presented as a (synthetic) agent.
Auto Insurance in an Existential Crisis By Stephen Applebaum Alan Demers The 125-year-old, $300 billion U.S. auto insurance industry is caught between runaway inflation and strained consumer wallets.