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From climate change to terrorism, energy security to liability, boards must anticipate and understand emerging risks to successfully lead their businesses into the future. Our blog offers expert insight and opinion on emerging risk from Lloyd's Exposure Management Team.

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Lloyd's Risk Index: Are businesses really better prepared?

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Wednesday 07 December 2011, 10:49AM

Lloyd’s has unveiled its second Risk Index, revealing what business leaders around the world see as the biggest risks facing their future and reflecting how well prepared they feel to tackle them.

Neil Smith

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COP17: what's all the fuss about?

Emerging Risk | Alexandra Vincenti | Tuesday 29 November 2011, 4:22PM

So COP17 has just opened. But what is COP17 and why is Lloyd’s keeping a close eye on it?

Alexandra Vincenti

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Forecasting Risk

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Thursday 30 June 2011, 3:35PM

Neil considers the potential of long-range forecasting for the insurance industry.

Neil Smith

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The side effects of fracking

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Monday 06 June 2011, 2:53PM

You may recently have read reports in the news about an earthquake near Blackpool in Lancashire.

Neil Smith

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Hurricanes and errors of reasoning? Again...

Emerging Risk | Trevor Maynard | Wednesday 04 May 2011, 10:51AM

Following on from my blog yesterday I've another comment to make about the NAIC hearings on March 28th in Texas.

Trevor Maynard

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Hurricanes and errors of reasoning?

Emerging Risk | Trevor Maynard | Tuesday 03 May 2011, 5:04PM

On March 28th various catastrophe modelling firms presented to the NAIC at their Spring meeting in Austin Texas.

Trevor Maynard

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2011 Hurricane forecasts begin

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Tuesday 12 April 2011, 4:58PM

With the Hurricane season rapidly approaching, it’s that time of year when forecasting teams put their reputations on the line and a stake in the ground in terms of predicting hurricane activity for the forthcoming June to November season.

Neil Smith

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Solar Storm Surge

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Thursday 24 February 2011, 12:33PM

Last week three solar flares, including the largest in four years, erupted in the direction of the Earth.

Neil Smith

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Dice seriously underestimating risk

Emerging Risk | Trevor Maynard | Friday 21 January 2011, 4:25PM

I just rolled a die 4 times and got one 1, two 2s and a 3.

Trevor Maynard

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Emerging technology, emerging risks

Emerging Risk | Neil Smith | Tuesday 21 December 2010, 4:21PM

Businesses are often quick to exploit the latest technology trends to grow their businesses and reduce costs.

Neil Smith

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