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Mar 2022

Global Risk Review


Insurance professionals identify skills and knowledge gap

One third of insurance professionals participating in a survey feel gaining the right skills and knowledge to best serve customers is the biggest challenge they face in the year ahead.
 


Business risks top of the list for over one-third of business leaders

Specialist insurer Beazley’s new report ‘Spotlight on business risks’ shows that business leaders believe they are more resilient as they move into 2022 but 34% still place business risks as their top concern for the year.
 


Crop losses from climate crisis cost billions of dollars in insurance payouts

US farmers received more than $143.5bn in federal crop insurance payments from 1995 through 2020, with just under two-thirds paid out for crop damage from drought and excess moisture exacerbated by the climate crisis, according to US Environmental Working Group’s new crop insurance database.
 


There could be 1.2bn climate refugees by 2050

Extreme weather, rising seas and damaged ecosystems could threaten the safety and livelihoods of billions of people, according to an article published in the web-magazine of Zurich.com. It says collective effort is needed to find solutions to help the ‘world’s forgotten victims’ of climate change.
 


Mental health conversations should be encouraged

Two-thirds of insurance professionals are confident discussing mental health and money matters with customers, according to a new survey by Chartered Insurance Institute (CII).
 


Less than half of US executives think supply chains will ease by late 2022

Only 45% of respondents in a new PwC 2022 survey predict supply chain disruptions are likely to ease by the end of the year and 62% of business leaders indicate they will increase the price of goods and services in 2022 to manage against these risks.