Emerging Risk

Innovative bedbug insurance offered by Lloyd's and Aon

08/07/2011

The growing bedbug problem affecting even some of the world’s top tourist destinations is likely to put the dampeners on many a summer vacation this year.

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Data loss – businesses under siege

09/06/2011

The audacious hack attack on Sony has heightened fears among risk managers over the huge potential cost of data loss

Fried breakfast

Cutting down on obesity costs

02/06/2011

Employers will suffer as a result of obesity epidemic and so should act to help treat it

Population pressure

31/05/2011

The global population is set to reach seven billion in late 2011. What does this mean for the planet and its resources?

A new wave of hacker attacks

13/04/2011

Hackers are switching from stealing credit card and social security numbers to sell on the black market to the much more lucrative business of selling company’s secrets to their rivals and foreign governments, and are mounting increasingly sophisticated attacks on corporate networks to rob them.

Unusual illness: how Lloyd's can help

11/04/2011

Sometimes doctors and legal experts can’t agree on the cause of a disease, its diagnosis, or even whether it exists or not. This creates huge uncertainty for underwriters that insure health risks associated with the products we use, the way we work and the protection we buy.

The battle of the bedbugs

06/04/2011

They smell of almonds and suck your blood while you sleep: bedbugs are making a comeback

The emerging risks of social networking

11/03/2011

Hugely popular social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter allow hundreds of millions of people to share information at the click of a button. However, this latest evolutionary twist in the development of the web presents risks for companies that are now looking to embrace this new way of communicating.

Shale refinery

Shale gas: energy saviour or environmental disaster?

07/03/2011

With the world’s rapid consumption of its finite fossil fuels – and the environmental effect this is having – causing growing alarm, the discovery of vast deposits of cleaner natural gas has been hailed as a potential “energy saviour”.

Crops in a field

Experts in the field

19/08/2010

A new book, co-written by Nigel Ralph, a property specialist with Lloyd’s Underwriting Performance Team, aims to highlight the risks and special characteristics of world crop reinsurance.

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