Marsh McLennan helps insurers operationalize effective growth, risk and capital strategies to address the future of insurance. Our firm understands how industry trends around cyber risk, increased digitalization, consolidation, the workforce of the future and other emerging risks impacts our insurer clients. We deliver tailored solutions to help these organizations adapt and thrive in this rapidly evolving environment.
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Read moreReport Preparing for Frontier Risks in the New Economy Recognizing that attention and resources are focused on managing immediate crises, this chapter spotlights a unique kind of risk alongside the predicted and the almost-impossible-to-predict: “frontier risks” – risks that emerge at a frontier as technologies surface or human and societal forces shift. These risks are characterized by their unknown likelihood, unknown impacts or both. -
Read moreWebtool 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. -
Read moreReport 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. -
Read moreReport 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. -
Read morePerspective Pandemic Poses a New Catastrophe Paradigm After the shock losses produced by COVID-19, the question of how to tackle systemic risk is at the top of risk professionals’ agenda -
Read morePerspective Leading Up to January 2021 Reinsurance Renewals Guy Carpenter is pleased to present our new briefing, Leading Up to January 2021 Reinsurance Renewals. This paper highlights the myriad market developments providing the backdrop to the January 1, 2021 renewals, ranging from COVID-19-related losses and rate movements at the mid-year renewals, through tightening capacity across certain insurance classes and loss developments on long-tail lines of business. -
Read morePerspective Global Insurance Market Index - 2020 Q3 Global Commercial Insurance Pricing Increased 20% in Third Quarter -
Read moreEvent Insuretech Connect 2020 Oliver Wyman will once again be the presenting sponsor for InsureTech Connect, the world's largest insurtech gathering where entrepreneurs, investors, insurance executives, and risk managers meet to solve cutting-edge problems in the insurance sector. -
Read moreReport The 2020 Captive Landscape Report Learn how more than 1,200 captive insurance managers are maximizing the use of their captives. -
Read moreReport Pandemic Risk Protection While the COVID-19 pandemic is first and foremost a human tragedy, its economic impact is also deeply concerning. The stakes for businesses, nonprofit organizations, and workers are too high to defer action, and a pandemic risk insurance program will be an essential element in the response to COVID-19 and future pandemics. -
Read morePerspective 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? -
Read moreReport 2020 Vision: Insurers Keeping it simple in a complicated world Key investment ideas for insurers for 2020 and beyond -
Read moreReport COVID-19 Risks Outlook: A Preliminary Mapping and Its Implications Economic distress dominates companies’ top concerns, yet leaders must act now to address the knock-on effect of far-reaching environmental, societal, and technological risks -
Read morePerspective Improving Liquidity During and After the Pandemic Beyond its effect on people, the continuing COVID-19 pandemic has had severe effects on the US and global economies. Maintaining liquidity can act as a bridge until economic activity improves, and a number of insurance and risk management strategies can enable that process. -
Read moreReport Building National Resilience: Aligning mindsets, capabilities, and investment Explores the key issues for national and subnational governments, focusing on effective country-level risk management -
Read moreReport COVID-19: A Macroeconomic Perspective The virus has spread to virtually every corner of the globe and is no longer containable.