Emerging Risks

Webtool Climate Health Threat Illustrator

Climate change is increasing health risks and costs for people and businesses worldwide — and its effects will intensify over time. Disease burden and disparities are likely to worsen, and 2 out of 3 major cities expect climate change to seriously compromise their public health assets and services.

Report Community-Based Catastrophe Insurance

Insurance plays a critical role in recovery from natural disasters, but many households and small businesses do not have sufficient coverage to fund repair and rebuilding due to various reasons. CBCI can play many roles in the dynamic ecosystem of existing public and private catastrophe insurance mechanisms. It could complement traditional catastrophe insurance markets by providing supplemental financial protection to community members in the event of a disaster or be used as full-limit, single-peril property protection in areas with high risk. In other instances, CBCI can offer the community a means to work with carriers or private capital providers to rebuild and sustain insurance uptake while facing loss volatility.

Report 2020-2021 Global Director Survey Report

The Global Network of Director Institutes (GNDI) member organizations have assisted boards across the globe to help them navigate the economic and social impact of the COVID-19 global health crisis and its unprecedented impact on business and society. This report is the result of the collaboration between GNDI member institutes, representing more than 150,000 corporate board members. This year, many directors from different regions reported to us similar challenges that emerged from the global pandemic crisis. Although there are a variety of regional and country-specific differences in director attitudes and outlook, there are clear patterns that point to a global community of directors who are interested in continuing to improve the effectiveness of their corporate governance and oversight practices.

Report Global Risks Report 2021

COVID-19 has exacerbated ongoing geopolitical and societal challenges, and the existential crisis of climate change looms large. More innovative and collaborative approaches to resilience are needed more than ever.

Perspective Governing Artificial Intelligence

The explosion in AI usage by businesses over the past few years has driven an unmistakable inflection in innovation, efficiency, and profitability. However, it has also exposed firms to ethical pitfalls and wasted investments, making effective governance and risk management vital.

Journal 2020 M&A Handbook

A selection of perspectives from our businesses offering insights from their work helping to navigate through M&A activities.

Perspective Regional Risks for Doing Business

Results from the World Economic Forum’s 2020 Executive Opinion Survey highlight the front-of-mind concerns regarding the global pandemic, but also offer insight into how business leaders globally are perceiving the ramifications of the crisis for local economies and societies.

Report The 2020 Captive Landscape Report

Learn how more than 1,200 captive insurance managers are maximizing the use of their captives.

Perspective Shipping’s Uncertain Voyage to Zero Carbon

Large-scale change is needed now in the shipping industry

Perspective The Generational Shift That Will Change Business Behaviors

Companies integrating environmental and social commitments into their core business are positioning themselves for impending generational shifts

Perspective 2020 AFP Strategic Role of Treasury Survey

Treasurers have been in the spotlight with the COVID-19 crisis and the prolonged and uncertain economic impacts are an opportunity to accelerate to a better “new normal” in terms of the impact and role of the function. Marsh & McLennan is proud to support the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP) 2020 survey that examines the strategic role of treasurers. The survey explores evolving treasury responsibilities, critical skills for treasury leaders and their teams during COVID-19 and post pandemic, and the role of technology within treasury in the next three years.

Perspective Putting Data-Based Insights at the Core of Your COVID-19 Strategy

The COVID-19 pandemic’s rapid global spread brought business as usual to a screeching halt. Social distancing measures, essential to slowing the spread of the disease, compelled many organizations to alter their operations and/or rethink how they do business.

Perspective Climate Change is Now Driving Investments in Flood Resilience

Flood risk is only likely to increase as climate change worsens

Video How Businesses can Overcome Barriers to Achieving Climate Goals

According to a recent survey of hundreds of business executives and thought leaders, many are taking the right steps to reach their goals…

Perspective NACD Governance Challenges

The National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD) recently released its 2020 edition of Governance Challenges in collaboration with their five strategic-content partners, which includes Marsh & McLennan. The 2020 edition focuses on the board’s role in strategy and the contribution from MMC, Facing Uncertainty: 25 Strategy and Crisis Questions for Directors outlines how strategy discussions at a time of crisis create a venue for management and the Board to pressure-test assumptions underlying strategy and hone a clearer vision for the organization post-crisis.

Perspective A Changing Landscape

With job losses across the United States reaching unprecedented levels due to COVID-19, how will unemployment affect access to health insurance?